if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. fat tony and long time and damn-near permanent collaborator tom cruz are a hell of a team. with a new album, smart ass black boy,
coming out in a shade under two months on june 11th, fat tony aims high with his new single in “i shine,” stuntin’ on the knowledge frontier. i’ll let you take a listen (and download!) below.
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-grizzly
VICE got the dibs on our homie fat tony’s new single, “hood party,” which features bay area’s kool a.d. (of das racist) and def jux’s despot. this is a 3-coast collaboration on a grimey, tom cruz-produced beat that’ll set your spring break off proper. fat tony’s currently prepping his new LP, smart ass black boy, due out june 11th.
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-grizzly
the double dragon duo is back again with a new music video from their 2012 collaborative mixtape project. keeping in line with the glitchy video game theme of the project is the new video for “young girl,” putting forth some MIA-esque videos while single 10ille handles guest duties in a haze of swirls and video game bits.
if you missed it for some reason, download the mixtape.
-grizzly
this is a great look for our town. uncle bun, scareface, fat tony, uzoy, the niceguys, doughbeezy, rob quest, and much more in this clip – as they take you through a quick oral history of our wonderful city. check out this neat write up by brando (of day and a dream) for rocks off.
-grizzly
pausing for a minute on the double dragon campaign is fat tony, who kicked off the road to his sophomore lp, smart ass black boy. and while the album won’t grace our ipods until the spring of 2013, he wanted to put things into motion a little early. “BKNY” is the first taste of the project, tapping long time collaborator tom cruz behind the boards for the ode to brooklyn.
video is cameo heavy, calling on kool AD (das racist), mr. muthafuckin exquire and nick catchdubs to name a few.
-grizzly
the double dragon team is still going strong, and this video is a silly affair turned murder mystery, in the same weird ass vein as the “nigga you aint fat” clip he released last year. and if you haven’t already, be sure to download double dragon, cause it’s a mixtape full of fun shit that’s free.
edit: well shit, we get “doubled up” on videos here, as that namesake, which features the main attrakionz, gets visuals too. watch girls beatin’ each others asses below the jump.
-grizzly
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after releasing one of this year’s best mixtapes in double dragon, the pairing of fat tony and producer tom cruz has come back around again. this time, they’ve released a whopping 40-song, hour long mixtape in check yo ponytail. read the tracklisting here and download below.
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and i was like, “hell yeah.” two of my friends link up for a track together, collaborating for the first time since floss produced a few songs for fat tony back in the day. “ridin’ feelin’ good” is exactly that – a feel good track with a beat that knocks and some good ol’ fashioned bars.
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-grizzly
hold it, whoady. the swt tandem in double dragon (fat tony & tom cruz) are currently out on the road, taking their eponymously (if that’s a word) self-titled collaborative tape to cities across the country. after having stopped in houston a few nights ago (i couldn’t make it, and that feels bad), the group has released their main attrakionz-assisted single in “double up.” the visual takes on the lo-fi, glitchy aesthetic the pair have embraced with the new mixtape, and we have absolutely no problem with that.
-grizzly
first off, i just wanna say fat tony’s fuckin’ the game up. i’m proud that a dude i went to school with is gettin’ ahead with this rap shit. in his latest endeavor, fat tony and tom cruz’s double dragon takes off with an 8-bit head of steam in their first video off their double dragon mixtape. which by the way, should be downloaded for free here.
props to stereogum for the premiere.
-grizzly
we here at WWM are proud of our bud fat tony. not only is he turning heads and having publications like complex premiere his mixtapes, but he’s getting ready to return to texas (by way of LA) to perform at free press summer fest this weekend. before you catch his set at 2pm sunday, be sure to download the latest mixtape venture from him and his go-to producer, tom cruz, who also happens to spit bars out the ass on the double dragon mixtape.
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fat tony & tom cruz – double dragon [mixtape]
-grizzly
my man fat tony is doing big things. after having relocated to the los angeles area by way of houston, he buckled down to work on a few projects. the first of which is his sophomore album, and the second – a joint album with producer tom cruz called double dragon. double dragon is a mixtape that’ll drop on the just announced young one records, home to acts like mr. muthafuckin exquire, main attraktionz and fat tony himself.
the first single from double dragon comes in the form of a downtrodden, cruz-produced, bun b and nick diamonds (of islands)-assisted lead single in “bad habits.” another single from the record can be found on the young one’s seven song mixtape, which serves as an introduction to the label.
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fat tony – bad habits [f. bun b and nick diamonds]
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two new fat tony posts in one day – as his latest single “home” gets the tour montage treatment. and why not? after opening for the likes of wu-tang clan and snoop dogg and his debut LP getting steam, there’s no better way to celebrate than a ‘homecoming’ song of sorts, touching down in venues like the mink and mangoes, to name a few.
rabdargab can be downloaded at his homepage yall.
-grizzly
this is my first introduction to noisey, a vice affiliated website that’s taking their time to feature different artists from around the states. this time around, they got my boy fat tony on blast – with a nice 6 minute feature to boot. you can sit down with him and talk about why he plays shows in a certain vein, get a few fan interactions and of course, live footage. get the whole fat tony experience and give this page some hits. luv it, mayne.
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fat tony – noisey’s featured artist
-grizzly
my good homie fat tony and rob roy are teaming up for this month’s dubfrequency-sponsored creme de la creme party. this shindig will be totally free (with RSVP) and will feature the dj stylings of grrl parts, dj tron and squincy jones. rob roy has cause to celebrate, as the rapper recently signed to aoki’s dim mak records. erryone in houston should come out, support and drink 7 dollar beers. i’m positive the house of blues will be packed to the max, so get there on time.
-grizzly