Bay Area rappers Blanco and Husalah (of the Mob Figaz) team up with legendary G-Funk crooner Kokane on “Grief and His Due.” Debuting with SPIN, the single is the first release from the Cali trio’s forthcoming joint EP, Tortoise and the Hare, which is produced in-full by DJ Burn One and due out June 17th on Guerrilla Entertainment. “The track is a posse cut that struts along lo-fi, VHS-addled, funk complete with some Eddie Hazel-like guitar,” says SPIN of the track that also features The Jacka and Boo Banga. Rhyming over sustained guitars about the struggles one needs to encounter to thrive as a rapper, Kokane harmonizes on the chorus, singing “Ain’t nothing change but the weather, I’m still the same / Before you have pleasure, you’ve got to have pain,” while Blanco kicks off his verse rapping “I sacrificed my sanity and buried all my morals / Started acting hungry and stopped acting cordial.”
