Man Bites Dog Records has been on a tear over the past couple years, with recent albums from MHz Legacy, Stu Bangas & Vanderslice, Copywrite, Vast Aire, and more. And with a busy year still ahead, including upcoming releases from Eddie B & Harry Fraud, Illogic & Blockhead, Roc Marciano, and others, label founder R.M.L. is first excited to release MBDR Volume 2, out today and available for free download via the label’s SoundCloud.

Volume 2 is full of original, exclusive songs that will only be available on this album, and the project includes features and production from the likes of Copywrite, Bronze Nazareth, Hayze, Curly Castro, Killah Priest, Stu Bangas, Double A.B., Vanderslice, Kount Fif, Reef The Lost Cause, Jason Rose, and more. And while the label could have easily released this project through retail, label founder R.M.L. is instead offering the project for free download as a thank you to the label’s supportive fans. “In this climate, anyone can download music illegally,” remarks R.M.L., “so I wanted to reward our fans that do the right thing and pay to support our records.”

As a follow-up to MBDR Volume 1, released a few years back, Volume 2, which was mixed and mastered at Royal Crown Studios offers fans an updated look at the label’s talented roster. “I think this is a good introduction to some of the new faces on the label, both emcees and producers,” explains R.M.L. “For fans, it’s a nice warm welcome to what makes Man Bites Dog Records special.”

Today, Double A.B. & Dub Sonata are releasing the video for “Sunset” – the song also features singer David Kiss – and as the title implies, the visual is replete with time-lapsed cityscapes that meld perfectly against A.B.’s vocals.

Also of note, although the video is just coming out in December, the clip was filmed some months back, before Hurricane Sandy impacted along the eastern seaboard. As such, the video, shot in Coney Island, Brooklyn, one of the New York City neighborhoods hit hardest by the storm, offers a unique look back at what the waterfront looked like just a few short months ago, before the storm devastation.

Last month, Double A.B. & Dub Sonata released their Man Bites Dog Records debut, Media Shower, a critically acclaimed and well-received album that finds the New York City rapper and producer duo delivering an updated, 2012 take on the classic hip-hop that they grew up on, alongside a host of like-minded and talented artists, like Roc Marciano, Cannibal Ox, Evidence, Rhymefest, and more. Since release, A.B. & Sonata have continued to feed fans new singles and videos from the album, the latest of which, “Children Of The Night,” is being released today.

The video, directed by Nick Heller, places the NYC native up against an woman-beating drunk that roughed up A.B.’s girl during a weed sale. The video narrative follows along as Double A.B. lays out the story of the man’s life, complex rhyme schemes abounding (“The product of a fatherless crib/ His poppa left his momma for a bottle of gin/ Shit, he bottled it in”). And as the video, a short-and-sweet two-minute clip, closes, A.B., fangs emerging and rapping the lines “We some hooded up villains, looking to pillage and fight/ When the light disappears, we children of the night,” serves his nemesis a dose of unrelenting street justice.

Tomorrow, September 18th, New York City rapper Double A.B. will release his new album, the collaborative effort with producer Dub Sonata, Media Shower. The album, being released via Man Bites Dog Records, is classic New York hip-hop – all deftly chopped samples, slick wordplay, and vivid storytelling – and includes features from the likes Roc Marciano, Evidence, Cannibal Ox, and Rhymefest. Also featured on the album are Sean Price and Scram Jones, both of whom show up on the latest single from Media Shower,”Some Bullsh!t.”

“Some Bullsh!t” is easily one of the most fun, lighthearted tracks from Media Shower, with an upbeat, horn, string, and clap-driven instrumental courtesy of Dub Sonata. The three rappers, for their part, trade wordplay heavy verses – “Swing blades with young Tyson-fade skills/ Treat your skin like the plastic tops of microwave meals,” raps Double A.B.; “Ni**as cut corners in order to look good/ Me – I cut ni**as in order to look hood,” counters Sean Price. The video, directed by Steven Tapia, is just as fun as the song, with the three rappers tipping back shots and wreaking havoc at a local nightclub.

Man Bites Dog Records are proud to present the “Early 90′s” music video with Double A.B., Karniege & Torae, Song produced by Kount Fif from the album The Swashbuckler Volume 1: The Viking Wars. Video directed by R.M.L.

“Hit Em” by Double A.B. ft. Vast Aire and Swave Sevah is directed by Steven Tapia and produced by Dub Sonata and filmed on location at the Combined Martial Arts Academy, in Queens, NY. “Hit Em” is featured on Double A.B.’s “Blazed & Amused: Hosted by Scram Jones” and Dub Sonata’s “On The Arm”, which can be downloaded here.