{"product_id":"czarface-every-hero-needs-a-villain-cd","title":"Czarface - Every Hero Needs a Villain (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eCzarface - Wu-Tang founding MC Inspectah Deck and veteran Boston duo 7L \u0026amp; Esoteric isn't concerned with the glitz and the B.S. that modern consumer culture is pushing. And neither are the group's fans. In 2013, the trio appeared relatively unassumingly with their self-titled debut, which was chiefly produced by DJ 7L and included guests ranging from Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna to Vinnie Paz, Action Bronson and Roc Marciano. The soon-to-be acclaimed group found out quickly that there was a groundswell of hip-hop fanatics thirsting for the lunchpail, lyrics-above-all-else rap they fell in love with in the '90s. Several pressings of the album on CD, 2-LP and even cassette later, they are back and ready to up the ante. This time around the group is the same, but it's fair to say that all three men have stepped up their game. \"We knew how we felt about the last album, but weren't sure how it would be received by listeners,\" explains MC Esoteric. \"But people really responded to it, even more than we had hoped. That gave us the confidence to really spread our wings and let loose on this one. The chemistry is even tighter this time around. We know exactly what lanes we are cruising in and what weight class we are fighting in for Round 2.\" Inspectah Deck adds, \"Czarface is like the Danger Room for the X-Men, I can use all my weapons on there. When I'm in Wu-Tang, I have to come a certain way because we have a certain style of fan, when I'm here doing the Czarface projects, it allows me to actually be an MC, it allows me to actually just spit... I love that. I love when i can just spit freely and just be an MC.\" The fighting analogy - whether drawn from pugilism or '80s wrestling, both which figure into Every Hero Needs A Villain - is an apt one, considering the unrelenting lyrical attacks that Deck and Esoteric unleash on track after track, each trying to one-up the previous verse. Best of all, it is friendly camaraderie, based around a loose theme of renegade mutant MC talents running wild. DJ 7L explains, \"All three of us are influenced by comics, sci-fi movies, TV, wrestling. Czarface encompasses all of that, and it helps with the visuals as well.\" On the production side, 7L shows yet again - as he did with the group's debut - that he remains a formidable yet underappreciated musical force, constantly providing hard, funky and alternatingly ominous backdrops for the assembled MCs to use as lyrical luge paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon the Armor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Czartacus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lumberjack Match\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nightcrawler (Feat. Method Man)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e World Premier (Feat. Large Professor)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Great (Czar Guitar)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Red Alert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Junkyard Dogs (Feat. Juju of the Beatnuts)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e SGT. Slaughter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e When Gods Go Mad (Feat. Gza)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ka-Bang! (Feat. MF Doom)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Deadly Class (Feat. Meyhem Lauren)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Escape from Czarkham Asylum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sinister\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Good Villains Go Last (Feat. Ra the Rugged Man)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50400803553554,"sku":"853044003595","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/2929621.jpg?v=1729117566","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/czarface-every-hero-needs-a-villain-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}