Denmark Vessey announces ‘Sun Go Nova’ produced Earl Sweatshirt and Knxwledge.

Detroit native Denmark Vessey announced a new project coming 4/20.  The new record (Sun Go Nova) comes as one album with two volumes – 1) a new EP produced by Earl Sweatshirt and Knxwledge 2) a new beat tape produced by Denmark.  The 14 track project also features ADAD, DrxQuinnx, and Vic Spencer on the mic. The first single and title track Sun Go Nova debuted at Uproxx today and is produced by Knxwledge.  The new album will be out on vinyl, cd, and digital via Mello Music Group.

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.

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“For lack of a better word, it’s alternative and left-field,” Denmark says. “It’s not light substance-wise, but light in that I want people to think of it as a treat, a little instance of coolness, a flash in the moment but not to be forgotten.”

Despite the brevity, there’s an innate gravity to the words themselves—especially in tandem with the psychedelic thump of the production: “If rap don’t work, I’m whipping this fishscale out/Probably not though/I watched The Wire and it looked fire, but I checked online but the streets not firing.”