The posthumously released song comes to black and yellow vinyl in October courtesy of Nature Sounds.
New York MC Your Old Droog has shared a new single made in collaboration with the late and seminal MF DOOM. ‘Dropout Boogie’ was produced by Edan and releases digitally and on physical format courtesy of Nature Sounds.
Speaking of the collaboration – which follows several past meetings with the late, masked musician as documented within the albums It Wasn’t Even Close and Jewelry – Your Old Droog explains
“This man’s work renewed my interest in hip-hop and rhyming at a time when I got tired of hearing what was on the radio or what was considered popular rap, I deadass started listening to classical music, and then I heard DOOM.
For him to end up appreciating what I do 10 years later shows the power of never giving up on your passion, staying the course, believing in yourself and having vision.
Aside from him being featured on the track, the song already had a lot of personal meaning for me. School is not for everybody. You know, it has its extracurricular pluses but overall, it wasn’t for me. For some people, it’s good but not for me. I don’t work well fitting into boxes. I dropped out of high school, and community college, twice! This is certainly an anthem of sorts.
The GED was nice though, that gave me confidence. Stay confident and follow your own path. Not the one laid out to you by your parents or teachers. Peace.”
Hear ‘Dropout Boogie’ below.
‘Dropout Boogie’ is out now digitally via Nature Sounds. Yellow and black 7″ vinyl variants are available for pre-order here.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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