The Video :
Last month, Double A.B. & Dub Sonata released their Man Bites Dog Records debut, Media Shower, a critically acclaimed and well-received album that finds the New York City rapper and producer duo delivering an updated, 2012 take on the classic hip-hop that they grew up on, alongside a host of like-minded and talented artists, like Roc Marciano, Cannibal Ox, Evidence, Rhymefest, and more. Since release, A.B. & Sonata have continued to feed fans new singles and videos from the album, the latest of which, "Children Of The Night," is being released today.
The video, premiered by Prefix and directed by Nick Heller, places the NYC native up against an woman-beating drunk that roughed up A.B.'s girl during a weed sale. The video narrative follows along as Double A.B. lays out the story of the man's life, complex rhyme schemes abounding ("The product of a fatherless crib/ His poppa left his momma for a bottle of gin/ Shit, he bottled it in"). And as the video, a short-and-sweet two-minute clip, closes, A.B., fangs emerging and rapping the lines "We some hooded up villains, looking to pillage and fight/ When the light disappears, we children of the night," serves his nemesis a dose of unrelenting street justice.
Watch the video for "Children Of The Night" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aDmF2VwgwI
Prefix premiered the video, and more info can be found here: http://www.prefixmag.com/media/double-ab-dub-sonata/children-of-the-night-video-prefix-premiere/71333
In case you missed it, you can pick up Media Shower digitally via iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/media-shower-deluxe/id557158654
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Background:
New York City rapper Double A.B. first garnered attention in the late '90s, as a teenager, when his demo was discovered by Blaze Magazine. The publication was so impressed with A.B.'s music that it quickly entered the rap upstart into its popular Blaze Battle, and while Double A.B. entered as an unknown, he left, burgeoning career underway, as one of four semi-finalists in the battle. A.B. continued his battle dominance, taking part in a number of national television competitions on MTV, before switching modes and leaving the battle circuit in order to focus on his music full-time. Since then, Double A.B. has released two albums, New York Minute and The Diesel, and has collaborated with the likes of Vast Aire, Scram Jones, and others. He's also stayed busy on the road, touring with artists including the GZA, Cannibal Ox, eLZhi, and C-Rayz Walz. Now, on September 18th, Double A.B. is teaming up again with producer Dub Sonata -- the two first collaborated on Double A.B.'s album The Diesel -- and together the rapper and producer pair have released a new album, Media Shower via Man Bites Dog Records. In addition to Roc Marciano, who is featured on lead single "Lord Knows What," Media Showers includes features from Sean Price, Rhymefest, Cannibal Ox, Evidence, and others.
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