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Silent Funk +1 drop new video/single “Say Less”
Defenders of the Hip-Hop Universe Silent Funk +1 take on “The Wackness Group” in a new video. “Say Less” is partly inspired by emcee Rhinoceros Funk’s hatred of that term. As he states “My issues with the grammatical chaos have provided many a chuckle during intense Silent Funk conversations. One day Silent Someone (producer) called me while wearing a smoking jacket and stuffing his whale bone pipe and said we use the phrase correctly to persuade these bums to ‘Say Less’ and encourage them to zip they lips and move on.
In the animated video, Rhino, Silent and the third member of the group, DJ JS-1 use their hard-earned hip-hop skills to topple Microwave Cooks, DJ Dishpan hands and producer Lord HypeBeast. Speaking on what these characters represent JS-1 said “to me those characters represent the typical clones that oversaturate the hip hop landscape. The one’s who think they are killing it because they post a lot of nonsense on social media or drop an album every twenty-seven minutes.”
Watch official video for “Say Less”: https://youtu.be/Z4YnaU0No8Q?si=iIiE-TCj3705ohHy
“Say Less” appears on the forthcoming Silent Funk +1 LP U Ain’t Special (to be released in vinyl and digital format). When the group announced the LP recently they did it with a special track/video entitled “U Ain’t Special (The Promo)”
Watch official video for “U Ain’t Special”: https://youtu.be/fa8VZ4mF2VQ?si=JGEcyMJDoU17OtBh
The album title is a direct sentiment of how the trio of Rhinoceros Funk (emcee), Silent Someone (producer) and DJ JS-1 feel about the current generation of operators in the hip-hop space. As JS-1 states, “In this modern era where tech allows ANYONE to jump in and do anything, nothing is special. Most of the people everyone puts on pedestals are not even slightly special. They are dime a dozen with fantastic engagement on social media.” Or as Rhino succinctly states “Let me remind you of what’s inside you brother..NOTHING!!! I ain’t special … and if I ain’t special you ain’t special!”
U Ain’t Special follows last year’s LP Silence B4 Da Funk, which was the first LP as a trio, though Rhino and Silent Someone have released two prior albums as a duo (2022’s Self-titled LP and 2024’s Silent Funk 2 A Funky Silence EP).
More Info:
https://www.instagram.com/rhinocerosfunk
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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