LAFANDAR, by Heems, Lapgan

LAFANDAR

by Heems, Lapgan

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Stephen Spencer I'm in Mozambique, with thirty Sikhs, I'm cooking turkey cheeks, you know I'm with some dirty freaks. Favorite track: Kala Tika.

Jared Andrews Welcome back Himanshu, that's the ticket!

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1.	Heems, Lapgan, Sid Sriram - Stupid Dumb Illiterate 02:17	buy track
2.	I'm Pretty Cool 02:22	buy track
3.	Heems, Lapgan, Your Old Droog - Sri Lanka 02:06	buy track
4.	Heems, Lapgan, Saul Williams - Accent 02:28	buy track
5.	Heems, Lapgan, Sonnyjim, Abhi the Nomad - Going for 6 03:15	buy track
6.	Heems, Lapgan, Lee Scott, Cool Calm Pete - Baba Ganoush 03:46	buy track
7.	Heems, Lapgan, Kool Keith - Obi Toppin (Darling) 02:08	buy track
8.	Kala Tika 02:41	buy track
9.	Heems, Lapgan, Sir Michael Rocks, Open Mike Eagle - Yellow Chakra 03:01	buy track
10.	Heems, Lapgan, Blu, Quelle Chris - Porches 03:07	buy track
11.	Bukayo Saka 02:35	buy track
12.	Heems, Lapgan, Fatboi Sharif - Yo Momma 03:39	buy track

about

After a six year hiatus, Himanshu “Heems” Suri wanders back toward rap, with his flow preserved in amber. “LAFANDAR” is a full-length collaboration with the Indian-American producer Lapgan, and finds Heems mangling cinematic South Asian samples with all the internal rhyme and laugh-out-loud wit fans remember from his past tapes, including with Das Racist and Swet Shop Boys. The title is an old-country insult for a vagabond, one who is mischievous, adventurous, wayward—Heems casts the sprawling enclaves of Queens, New York as outsider hip-hop’s natural home, with new subsects, dialects, references and threats around every corner. On solo cuts like “Kala Tika” or collabs with cult legends like Kool Keith, Saul Williams, Quelle Chris and more, Heems' pen remains the point: a singular rap talent with a dozen other bafflingly interesting traits crammed into each stanza. - Matthew Trammell

Album Credits
Cover Art: Roscoe Hall
Mixing: Daniel Lynas
Mastering: Ryan Rajagopal
Engineer: Karan “Evergreen” Dhillon
Executive Producer: Sean Mishra
Veena Rep: Neil Narang
Label: Veena Sounds/Mass Appeal India

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released February 16, 2024

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UK/EU: Serena@PrimaryTalent.com

ASIA: AbramDeyo@Yahoo.com

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