RBX has returned following a 17-year hiatus, able to reclaim his spot as a Hip-Hop heavyweight with the discharge of his comeback album, Hibernation Shivers.
On Friday (March 15), the long-awaited LP arrived through Labcabin Information as a CD and BandCamp unique. The discharge of Hibernation Shivers additionally marks a triumphant return for the Grammy Award-winning Lengthy Seashore native, who was previously signed to Dying Row Information. The 18-track album boasts a number of excessive profile contributors, together with the West Coast lyrical maestro Ras Kass for his or her “Hibernation” single.”
“RBX has such an iconic standing and bodily stature that ‘Hibernation’ looks like the right analogy for him dropping a brand new solo album after a 17-year hiatus,” Ras Kass says. “The Grizzly lastly waking as much as feast. I’m honored to be the BooBoo to the his Yogi. Salute.”
Whereas Hibernation Shivers serves as a testomony to RBX’s enduring affect and expertise, it additionally doubles as a reminder that the bi-coastal competitors inherent to Hip-Hop tradition and in rap music remains to be one thing to take critically. RBX truly defined in a press assertion that his selection for the quilt paintings was intentional in that regard, contemplating the picture depicts him destroying the New York skyline.
“I went to Snoop Dogg with the thought of an enormous model of myself crushing buildings for my album again in ‘94,” RBX mentioned of the thought for the album paintings. “Subsequent factor I do know I see him doing it within the ‘New York, New York’ music video with Daz and Kurupt. That power helped set off the notorious coastal wars. I’m taking it again and making use of the correct power this time round, ya dig?”
Identified for his iconic contributions to Hip-Hop historical past, RBX has enlisted a star-studded lineup of MCs to affix him on his musical journey. From MC Eiht and Krayzie Bone to Spice 1 and Kurupt, the album is a who’s who of rap royalty, promising an unforgettable listening expertise for followers outdated and new. Further options come by means of KXNG Crooked, Sccit, Chris “The Glove” Taylor and Jellyroll.
Take a look at Hibernation Shivers beneath.
