BLACASTAN AND STU BANGAS WATSON AND HOLMES

Indy rap veterans Blacastan and Stu Bangas have joined forces and formed the duo “Watson and Holmes”, with an LP set to be released on Brutal Music.

Fresh off his strong showing on the new Army Of The Pharaoh’s album, “In Death Reborn”, Blacastan is looking to continue his strong push to the top of the genre. Meanwhile Stu Bangas’ aims to follow up last year’s collaborative LP with Esoteric, “Machete Mode” with an equally impressive album.

Hailing from Hartford, CT, the Demigodz and AOTP member Blacastan brings his throwback, gritty, story telling style to the project, seamlessly dropping gems over Stu

Bangas’ hard hitting production. Whether it be braggadocios punch lines, found on the stand- 1. Dictation (Intro) out cut “Nubian Metal" (featuring Vinnie Paz 2. Watson and Holmes and Celph Titled) or introspective life 3. Change experiences, found on the song “Change”, 4. Authentic (featuring Esoteric and Planetary of Outerspace) Blacastan sounds at home over the albums 5. Nubian Metal (featuring Celph Titled and Vinnie Paz) 6. Disguise grimy soundscape. 7. Sensationalism (Interlude)ß 8. The Road (featuring Block McCloud) Stu Bangas’ resume reads like a hardcore, indy 9. Close Your Eyes (cuts by DJ Food Stamp) rap producer’s dream. Having produced on 10. Murder Mystery albums for Vinnie Paz, Sean Price, Ill Bill, 11. Machine (featuring Apathy) 12. Monopoly Chino XL, Cappadonna and more, he is now 13. PI focusing on pushing his label, Brutal Music to 14. Tormented the head of the class. Watson and Holmes is 15. Nod the imprint’s first salvo, and it’s quite simply a 16. Throat Chop (Bonus Track) home run. ALL SONGS PRODUCED BY STU BANGAS

FULL LENGTH CD AVAILABLE: 07/29/14 Cat No. BRM-002 UPC 888174-80908-3 LABEL BRUTAL MUSIC www.brutalmusic.org RELEASE DATE 07/29/14 twitter.com/Stu_Bangas ARTIST BLACASTAN AND STU BANGAS twitter.com/Blacastan TITLE WATSON AND HOLMES twitter.com/RealBrutalmusic