## Sun Go Nova - Artist(s): [[Denmark Vessey]] - Release Year: [[2018]] - Ostensible or actual genres: [[hip-hop]], [[underground hip hop]], [[conscious hip hop]], [[boom bap]] - [Bandcamp Link](https://denmarkvessey.bandcamp.com/album/sun-go-nova) Notes: #album #👍 %% ## Tracks: | No. | Title | Featuring | Notes | | --- | ----- | --------- | ----- | | | | | | %% ## Bandcamp Copy > The Sun Go Nova Collection (14 Tracks: 2 Volumes) > Vol.1 : Sun Go Nova Ep (prod. Earl Sweatshirt & Knxwledge) > Vol. 2: Sun Go Nova Beat-Tape (prod. Denmark Vessey) > > Like most truly original artists, Denmark Vessey defies easy understanding. He’s a Detroit rapper and cult rap hero currently living in New York City, named after a brilliant 19th century slave-turned-carpenter who was convicted and executed for planning what would’ve been the largest slave revolt in North American history. He’s funnier than most political rappers, more political than punch line spitters, and too imaginative for regressive underground stereotypes. > > It’s all readily apparent on his latest project, SunGoNova, a breezy exercise of warped soul and eccentric raps produced entirely by Earl Sweatshirt and Knxwledge. The record cohered on a whim not long after Earl proclaimed that you needed to buy Denmark’s Martin Lucid Dream if you needed food. > > A subsequent trip to LA found Denmark linking with the pair and returning home with a pack of beats to rap over. There was no idea to formally collaborate but a loose concept began to percolate in the ensuing months. Record sessions commenced in Chicago, where Denmark simultaneously laid down alongside tracks for... more > credits > released April 20, 2018 > license > all rights reserved