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Montgomery, AL rising star and Atlantic Record’s
latest signee, Fatt Macc, continues his streak of Tuesday releases, with his
latest single kicking off the new year, “Kitchen Restrictions.” The single is accompanied by a companion visual with direction by Jahni Haze of Byond Ent.
"Kitchen Restrictions" serves as the follow-up for his previously
released mixtape Young Street Dreamer (Deluxe) which featured standout tracks "On His Head", "Southside," and "Paid N Full (Remix)" featuring Lil Double 0. Macc also
recently released a visual for the Young Street Dreamer (Deluxe) track, “Killem
One”
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Fatt Macc "Kitchen Restrictions"
The bubbling rap phenom took 2022 by storm with a
flurry of releases, interviews, and performances. Most recently, Macc ended the
year with an explosive freestyle for AMPD. Macc also recently interviewed with TRSH Mag and performed “On His Head” for their in-studio series.
Preceding the TRSH Mag interview and performance, Macc did a series of
interviews with New Era TV, The Progress Report, DJ Smallz Eyes, and Pandora NOW to detail his signing to Atlantic,
his Young Street Dreamer (Deluxe) mixtape, and how he got his
start.
Fatt Macc’s perseverance is rooted in all of his
success today. At just 21 years old, Fatt Macc, born Malcolm Carlisle, has
beaten the odds and clawed his way toward being the next rapper to watch out
for from Alabama. He kicked things off in 2020 with his debut project Bandemic,
and two years later he graced his growing fan base with not one, but two
projects: Young Street Dreamer and Uncle Sam.
His dream of being a rapper goes
all the way back to his days in elementary school. Inspired by influences that
include Doe B, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, Rick Ross, and Rich Homie Quan, it took
Fatt Macc a few years to make his first song, something that didn’t occur until
he almost finished elementary school. This youthful success was quickly stunted
by Macc enduring a stint in juvenile prison as well as being the victim of two
separate shootings. These moments called for him to push through turbulent
times and reach new heights.
Like his perseverance, Fatt Macc’s concrete work
ethic plays a part in his upward trek. A father of two kids, a boy and a girl,
Macc quickly realized that it wasn’t just about himself anymore, primarily as
he worked jobs at a Popeye’s and a plant to support his family. “My son wasn’t
born when I got shot the first time.
When I got shot the second time, my son
was here so it was like, this sh*t is bigger than me. You gotta be a grown man,
you gotta do what you gotta do. It ain't about me." As things progress for
Macc and new goals land on his agenda, there’s one thing that will never leave
his mind: “Only the strong survive.” Macc has been through a lot, but he’s also
overcome a lot and it’s the latter that gives him the motivation to press
onward and the confidence to reach for higher levels time and time again.
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IAN HUNTER ASSEMBLES HISTORIC LINEUP
FOR DEFIANCE PART 1
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL LEGEND RETURNS WITH
STAR-STUDDED NEW ALBUM
DEFIANCE PART 1 SEES COLLABORATIONS FROM LATE, GREAT JEFF BECK, JOHNNY
DEPP, JOE ELLIOTT (DEF LEPPARD), BILLY F GIBBONS (ZZ TOP), TAYLOR HAWKINS (FOO
FIGHTERS), DUFF McKAGAN (GUNS N’ ROSES), TODD RUNDGREN, SLASH (GUNS N’ROSES),
JEFF TWEEDY (WILCO), ROBERT TRUJILLO (METALLICA), WADDY WACHTEL (STEVIE NICKS,
KEITH RICHARDS), BRAD WHITFORD (AEROSMITH),
DANE CLARK (JOHN MELLENCAMP),
BILLY BOB THORNTON & J.D.
ANDREW (THE BOXMASTERS) and
DEAN DELEO, ROBERT DE LEO &
ERIC KRETZ (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS)
FIRST SINGLE, “BED OF ROSES,”
FEATURING MIKE CAMPBELL AND RINGO STARR
OUT NOW!
DEFIANCE PART 1 ARRIVES VIA SUN RECORDS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21
Rock ‘n’ roll legend Ian Hunter has announced the
release of his landmark new album, DEFIANCE PART 1, arriving via
the Sun Records label on Friday, April 21, 2023. Pre-orders are available
now HERE.
Easily among the most star-studded original albums ever recorded,
DEFIANCE PART 1 sees Hunter joined by the late, great Jeff Beck, Johnny
Depp, Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Billy F Gibbons (ZZ
Top), Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Duff
McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Todd Rundgren, Slash (Guns
N’ Roses), JeffTweedy (Wilco), Robert
Trujillo (Metallica), Waddy Wachtel (Stevie Nicks,
Keith Richards), Brad Whitford (Aerosmith), Dane Clark (John
Mellencamp), Billy Bob Thornton & J.D. Andrew (The
Boxmasters) and Dean DeLeo, Robert De Leo & Eric
Kretz (Stone Temple Pilots). DEFIANCE PART 1 is heralded
by today’s premiere of the nostalgic first single, “Bed Of Roses,”
featuring guitarist Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac) and drums by Ringo Starr, available
today at all DSPs and streaming services. An official music video for “Bed Of
Roses” premieres today on YouTube.
Ian Hunter "Bed of Roses"
“It was a fluke,” Ian Hunter says. “This was not planned.
Really, I’m serious. I really couldn’t believe some of them. I mean, it’s
amazing what’s happened. It’s been such a buzz.”
Now in its seventh decade, Ian Hunter’s illustrious career has
long been marked by collaboration, from the golden age of Mott the Hoople to
his fabled partnership with Mick Ronson and 21st century
renaissance with his crack backing combo, the Rant Band. Now, with DEFIANCE
PART 1, the legendary singer-songwriter, author, and rock ‘n’ roll star takes
creative solidarity to an unprecedented new level with spectacular
accompaniment from a truly awe-inspiring roster of special guests, famous fans,
and lifelong friends.
The album first came together in early 2020 with the dawn of the pandemic era. An inveterate hard worker, Hunter took the lockdown as a creative opportunity, writing a series of new songs which he tracked in his Connecticut basement alongside his longtime collaborator, guitarist/producer/multi-instrumentalist Andy York.
Workingwith little more than a computer, guitar, V5 piano, and “a very
small keyboard,” Hunter and York created a collection of bare bones demos but
with quarantine rules still in effect, were unable to flesh them out further by
hitting the studio with the Rant Band. Manager Mike Kobayashi and renowned rock
‘n’ roll photographer Ross Halfin suggested reaching out to some of Hunter’s
fellow legends who might perhaps use some of their own lockdown to contribute a
track or two. To Hunter’s delight, the project quickly escalated, with a galaxy
of stars clamoring to be involved. With time on their hands due the pandemic,
his fellow musicians took the demos and stems that Hunter and York put together
in his basement and added unforeseen power and creativity through their own
trademark talents.
“Everybody’s sitting around,” says Hunter. “It’s Covid.
Nobody’s going anywhere. We started sending them out. Slash started doing
something. Robert Trujillo from Metallica. Ringo Starr, Mike Campbell. Joe
Elliott is on a few tracks. Johnny Depp said ‘Jeff Beck’s with me and we’d like
to do a couple of songs.’ I know Todd Rundgren, I toured with Todd way back,
he’s done an amazing job. Billy Gibbons. Billy Bob Thornton and JD Andrew from
The Boxmasters. It’s never ending. I mean, every day we’d get a phone call,
this guy wants to do it, that guy wants to do it. It was like, I can’t believe
this.”
Despite its genesis during the pandemic, DEFIANCE PART 1 is
remarkably upbeat, ablaze with the life-affirming energy and unbridled passion
that has marked Hunter’s music since the start. Indeed, “Pavlov’s Dog” is
Hunter at his ferocious best, a snarling rocker featuring the surviving members
of Stone Temple Pilots – brothers Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass)
and Eric Kretz (drums). Songs like “I Hate Hate” and the album’s rebellious
title track – the latter showcasing the one and only Slash on guitar with
Metallica’s Robert Trujillo carrying the groove using the late Jaco Pastorius’
signature fretless bass, the same instrument played by the legendary jazz musician
on Hunter’s groundbreaking second solo album, 1975’s ALL AMERICAN ALIEN BOY –
offer indisputable evidence that Hunter’s voice remains as uncompromising and
provocative as ever before.
Having spent the better part of two years on the project, Hunter
isn’t done yet. As its title promises, DEFIANCE PART 1 will be followed by the
arrival of DEFIANCE PART 2. The second chapter will feature an equally stunning
range of special guests while projecting an entirely different thematic
approach and songwriting aesthetic.
With the wind at his back, Ian Hunter has somehow managed to pull
off something impossible. DEFIANCE PART 1 is a full-speed-ahead rock ‘n’ roll
record rarely heard in this day and age, recorded with a crew of irrefutable
rock ‘n’ roll all-stars and released on the definitive rock ‘n’ roll label.
“There are a lot of reasons for calling this album DEFIANCE,”
says Ian Hunter. “It’s like, people my age shouldn’t be making records,
blah, blah, blah. But we’ve still got a bit left.”
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