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Solomon Childs & Messiah Of Madness guest on Tone Fultz’s “Talk To Um”
Modern day Grime-lord Tone Fultz says you better “Talk To Um.” New single from the Pittsburgh based producer/emcee is audio violence extraordinaire for the boom-bap connoisseur. A warped vocal sample, drums that knock and ominous tinkling keys is the perfect backdrop for Solomon Childs (Theodore Unit) and Fultz (in his emcee alias Messiah Of Madness) to drop the realness over.
Taken from his forthcoming LP, Bare Knuckle Boom Bap, Fultz revealed originally it was supposed to be a producer album but “I ended up jumping on every track so it’s just as much of a Messiah Of Madness album.”
Listen to “Talk To Um” here: https://youtu.be/UHueUgrUVn8?si=1gQef0kfuNDYDyiF
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HKEQcgMiUXX42lVWUh7vg?si=9faPqjllTaOuesjITMncAQ
Fultz has a long-standing relationship with Solomon Childs as he has produced two tracks for him. This includes his recent “Get On Your Knees” single. He also produced the recent Iron Angeles LP, a full collaboration with Dios Negasi of Reagan Era Records. Iron Angeles was praised by a lot of media outlets including Rap Is Outta Control on Shade 45 who had Fultz and Negasi on the show.
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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