The Witzard

"We got something special for you today. ialive & The Custodian of Records teamed up to bring you this one-off gentle heat. Make it rain on the boys with half dollars," Cold Rhymes Records ecstatically posted on their Facebook page early Tuesday morning. ialive & The Custodian of Records' (TCOR) debut collaborative stand-alone single together, "INTERVALS," was quietly released late Monday night into Tuesday morning. It appears as though "INTERVALS" came to fruition rather organically, as ialive & The Custodian of Records are, simply, fans and mutual admirers of each other's work; "I believe, I reached out to ialive after peeping "THE OUGHTS" video and then, purchasing TIME WAVE ZERO and enjoying the album. He may have expressed interest in a possible collaboration, so I sent him a couple tracks and this is the one he chose," TCOR recently explained to The Witzard, via email. Intervals (prod. The Custod...

Chopped Herring Records is a UK -based boutique label that's been releasing and re-issuing limited press vinyl since 2000. They've previously issued releases from Action Bronson , The Cenobites (Kool Keith & Godfather Don,) The Juggaknots , Masta Ace, Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild , Prince Paul, Shaz Illyork , and Your Old Droog. Chopped Herring 's start-up story was recently profiled within a 2016 Bandcamp Daily piece entitled Digging Up Rap History: The Story of Chopped Herring Records . Just yesterday, Chopped Herring unveiled their latest limited release: Shylow 's Please Listen to My Demos (LP) 12-inch. Shylow AKA Jay Khan is one half of Canadian Hip-Hop duo, First Division and over the course of his storied career, has shared the stage with the likes of Cage , Yakballz, Ill Bill , Aceyalone, Boot Camp Click , Mr. Lif, Camu Tao , Red Clay, and Jedi Mind Tricks . Chopped Herring Records have now partnered with Shylow to effectively re-release his Seco...