Seap One - Sickness of Seap
Gritty City Records has added a heavy hitter from Seap One to the label’s catalog. The boozed-up, sexed-out mixtape sheds some light into his psychological fucked-up-ness and features RVA/Gritty City buddies Fan Ran, Delta Automatik, Johnny Ciggs, Joe Threat, and more. Political and social commentaries fly in some of these tracks. For instance, in “Proverbial Youth (feat. Delta Automatik),” the lines, “Seems the disembodiment of the proverbial youth/Living the kama sutra in denial of drug abuse/The world’s stretched beyond its means, son,” are just part of the wisdom Seap’s trying to get across. “Seap Knows Sorrow” (“in misery I wallow”) takes his authority a step further by telling us he’s been through it. Don’t forget the too real “Ratchet Kids Anthem (feat. Fan Ran)” because you’ll hear sweet lines like, “We got nothing but our balls and a dream/This is for my ratchet kids who live up scene/The ones scraping resin hits off of the screen/My gutter motherfuckers and my Gritty City team.” Heyyelll yeah.
Johnny Ciggs - Toilet Wine
Gritty City Records presents a new album from Johnny Ciggs - Toilet Wine. With some borrowed beats from Jay-Z (“U Don’t Know”) and disco/soul vintage joints as well as OGs, Toilet Wine is a hard edged hang-time. For those not familiar with the title, it is a substance inmates make in their cell’s toilets. So, yeah, not exactly clean. Has anyone else noticed how obsessed hip hop artists are now with alcohol-related products lately? This album is no exception with song titles like “Champagne” and “Pass Drinks.”
Aside from the expected shout outs to Gritty City crew, the album also name-drops Richmond a bunch. Check out “Rich City Slickers” featuring Big Preme and Dank D. Other guests on the album include Delta Automatik, Sirus the Virus, Pandemic (Gritty City rep), Joe Threat, Fan Ran and more. “Hard to find the headiest nugs/For us its just life so we order em up/Or if you need somethin else …just walk on Broad Street or main cocaine block” is one of Dank D’s killer phrases. FYI, “Bathtub Gin” ft. Oxen Johnson has nothing to do with the Phish song.
Johnny Ciggs - front left
Big P.R.E.M.E. feat. Johnny Ciggs - “Black Ops”
Here is a new video from Big P.R.E.M.E. featuring Johnny Ciggs. The black and white format keeps things feeling serious while they shout at the camera from railroad tracks and abandoned lots.
NSFW - 21 +
Gritty City Records - A Nightmare on Meade Street
The crew from Gritty City Records have put together a truly horrific mixtape. Some creepy beats and spooky rhymes make this album totally seasonally appropriate. Horrorcore tracks like “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” toe the line of gore appropriateness (perhaps some of the images are a little TOO vivid).
Whatever, you’re warned. Here is the artist lineup with creeptacular code names:
Delta Automatik as Swag Simpson
Pandemic as Ashton Butcher
Johnny Ciggs as Scary Seinfeld
Sirus the Virus as Frankie Pumpkins
Skweeky Watahfawls as Prank Zappa
All beats Produced by Johnny Ciggs and Delta Automatik
Executive Producer Jono Flakowicz
from left: Johnny Ciggs, Pandemic
Gritty City Fam - “Flawless Raw Shit”
The Gritty City Family went to VA Beach recently and filmed this video of the crew hanging out. Delta Automatik, Johnny Ciggs, Sirus the Virus, and Pandemic took turns spittin’ some shit, busting out of a porta-potty as an entrance. It’s pretty funny because you can tell the guys are having a tough time keeping it together and not laughing.
EDIT: Come out to Baja Bean on Saturday (8/11) for Gritty City artists and more:
Pandemic and Johnny Ciggs - “I’m Back”
Fire up the couch and some 40s; it’s time for Pandemic (pictured below) and Johnny Ciggs’ (pictured below) new video (put out by Gritty City Records).
Catch these guys playing @ Baja Bean this Saturday (5/12, 10pm, FREE) with:
Delta Automatik (CD Release for The Resume)
Sirus the Virus (pictured below), Seap the One, Dank D, Divine Profitz, Checkbook, Antagonist, Swerve
ALSO @ Gritty City Party House (5/19) (Delta, Pandemic, and Johnny Ciggs mixtape drop and show!) Free.
