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Kingdom Kome x G Fam Black x RUEN drop new single/video “Sacrifice”
They’re back! Scant months after the release of the first installment of Dirty Linens comes the announcement of volume 2! Pairing Brockton, MA’s masked menace G Fam Black with world-traveling wordsmith, Kingdom Kome, Dirty Linens 2will drop on 9/11 via Walking With Enoch Music. This time, production on the entire LP is by RUEN, who also provided some of the sonic grit on the previous LP. With this announcement also comes the digital drop of first single “Sacrifice” giving a taste of the boom-bap griminess in store.
Listen to “Sacrifice” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIEoaJIm3tI
Speaking on the swift time in-between volume 1 and 2, Kingdom Kome revealed “after we dropped part 1the end of last year, the response was overwhelmingly positive. We began work on part 2 almost immediately and the energy and intensity was crazy. RUEN and I mixed and mastered the album and it is even darker, more intense than the first album.”
Also recently released is the Barrel Reserve LP, a more elegant and hazy work from Kingdom Kome and RUEN.
More Info: www.KingdomKomeMusic.com
All Said And Done, the latest chapter of Hieroglyphics is here! The third official full-length album from the Oakland, California super-crew is now available via streaming, vinyl and CD editions (links below) with hand-drawn album cover courtesy of Shomari Smith. A legendary amalgamation of hip-hop entities, Hieroglyphics is composed of Casual, Souls Of Mischief (a quartet composed of A-Plus, Opio, Phesto and Tajai), Del The Funky Homosapien, Domino, DJ Toure and Pep Love.
Recorded over a nine-month period in 2025, All Said And Done (the first official Hieroglyphics release since 2013 mixtape The Kitchen) is a fully self-produced affair (with tracks handled by A-Plus, Domino, DJ Toure with the only additional assistance from multi-instrumentalist Jim Greer and cuts on one track by DJ D-Styles of The Beat Junkies). Speaking on the album title, Casual stated that “it refers to this album being the skill level that we would like to be remembered for.” He also says that the album track “Uplifted” is a personal highlight that will “last to tell the story of HIero if no other song does.”
An official video for the track “The Way That It Be” featuring performances from Casual, Pep Love and Tajai was just released (link below).
Watch the official video for “The Way That It Be”: https://youtu.be/FlDWQ89MCcg?si=qB8Ct-Lp4GWrdzwq
The crew also just completed a North American run promoting the release of the album, which hyped the track “Drum Talk” (featuring Casual, Phesto Dee, Tajai and Del The Funky Homosapien).
Listen to “Drum Talk”: https://promo.theorchard.com/OTf4THL8AWSMaUDoZPgu
The tour culminated in the 2026 edition of the annual Hiero Day celebration in San Francisco. However this Saturday (September 12) will be the launch of the first Hiero Day Canada (to take place at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver)
Stream/Purchase LP/CD All Said And Done: https://hieroglyphics.com/
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