Coming off the release of his debut album Summertime ’06, it looks like Cali rapper Vince Staples is currently working another new project called Prima Donna.
Revealed in his cover story for The FADER, Jeff Weiss talks about hearing the EP inside Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles:
“That evening, as we listen to songs from Staples’ forthcoming Prima Donna EP, the sturdy insulated walls at Hollywood’s Record Plant Studios shake so hard that you envision the platinum plaques falling to the ground. The eyes of the ultra-professional engineers give the “great googly moogly” bulge. Even though this isn’t their first time hearing the EP, they tell Staples they haven’t heard anything like this before. It’s the truth, not idle flattery. With production from James Blake and DJ Dahi, the six-song set starts with a rap star killing himself and concludes with him first coming to fame. You’re meant to be able to play it front-to-back or back-to-front. Either way, it’s a chaotic fusion of warped soul, distorted hooks, and extraterrestrial demonic spirituals. The tentative release date is sometime this summer.”
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