Directed by Tom Vujcic.

From 2013′s The Godfathers album, Once Upon A Crime. Story written and produced by Marco Spinetti & Manuel de Bernardinis. Directed and edited by Matteo Bianchi.

Necro has been putting down for years in the underground hip-hop scene, with a loyal legion of fans that follow his every move, and violently populate the Psycho+Logical-Records message boards. He’s built up a strong catalog of releases for himself and other members of the Non-Phixion crew, and made a lot of noise during the indie hip-hop era of the early 2000′s. His latest project comes as quite a surprise, as he teams with the legendary Kool G. Rap to form The Godfathers, with Once Upon A Crime.

Its always been clear that G. Rap has been a heavy influence on Necro, whether it be through his abrasive, breathless delivery, or the brutal subject matter of his rhymes. So seeing these two team up together makes a lot of sense, with Necro producing the album, and both of them trading off verses.

If you’ve heard a Necro project before, you kind of already know what to expect here. Necro commandeers this project, as his influence weighs heavier over it that G. Rap’s, due to his creative direction, production, and mic duties. Necro spits like a crisper version of G. Rap’s famous flow, with the lyrics just a bit meaner, the content just a bit darker.

The album kicks off on a high note with “Teflon Dons”, an almost perfect execution of the two rappers’ styles, over a raw track from Necro. This continues into “The City”, which also works, despite the hook being a slightly corny flip on Lovin Spoonful’s 60′s “Summer In The City”. This problem of rehashing things we’ve heard a million times before isn’t isolated to “The City”, as a matter of fact, as “Omerta” rips the theme from The Godfather. Guess it’s appropriate for a group called “The Godfathers”, but how many times has hip-hop mined these old mob movies for ideas?

Among the album’s lengthy 18 tracks, things are largely hit-and-miss. “American Sickos” completely nails it, as Necro takes it back to off-kilter, early 90′s jazz-loops, while he and G. Rap trade verses at 120+ BPM. On the other hand, we get tracks like “Black Medicine” and “Unsub”, which suffer from R&B hooks that don’t exactly compliment Necro’s rugged production. For every great track, there’s a skippable one.

Once Upon A Crime is a triumph for Necro in the fact that he has cut an album with the very man that inspired him to become an emcee to begin with. In that respect, whether we like some tracks, don’t like others is irrelevant, as Necro has achieved a personal milestone with Once Upon A Crime.

On 11-19-2013, The Godfathers (Kool G Rap & Necro) will be releasing there first collaborative LP Once Upon A Crime. Check out the full stream below.

Kool G Rap & Necro have joined forces and on 11-19-2013 will be releasing a collaborative project as “The Godfathers” entitled “Once Upon A Crime” which will be released on RBC/Pyscho+Logical-Records.

“The Godfathers album is about pure east coast lyricism over hardcore beats. Kool G Rap is the legendary godfather of all criminal street gangster rap, he invented most of what you see today and lyrically every dope emcee is inspired by him; including myself. On the flipside of that coin, you have me, the underground king of Death Rap and extreme hip-hop, nobody in the field gets more respect than me for brutal rhymes and hardcore production. Since we are both godfather’s of our own respective styles, this collaboration was a natural and overdue one” Necro asserts.

There latest leak, “The City,” finds G Rap and Necro remaking a classic into a frenzied 3-minute ode to borough life.

Kool G. Rap and Necro visit Cipher Sounds and Peter Rosenberg on The Juan Epstein Show, to discuss their new collaborative LP, The Godfathers.

As a pioneer of Mafioso Hip-Hop, Kool G Rap is often cited by fellow emcees and critics as one of the most influential and trend-setting rappers of the past two decades. Whether as a member of the ground-breaking Juice Crew, or his classic LP’s with DJ Polo, G Rap’s influence still resounds today as evidenced by Pusha T’s “King Push” where he name drops the Queen’s emcee “rage against the machine/black Zach De La Rocha/and a cranberry roaster/inside track on a G Rap poster.”

Likewise, Necro has also carved out his own very unique standing in the industry, whether it was playing guitar in a metal band at the tender age of 11, rhyming alongside his brother Ill Bill, producing his own material and for artists such as Non-Phixion, Cage, & Raekwon, or creating his own Independent label, Psycho+Logical-Records, which has thrived for over a decade now and released over two-dozen projects (including nine of his own). Necro has toured the globe many times over, been a participant in some of the genre’s top festivals (Rock The Bells & Paid Dues) and even created his own film production company.

Kool G Rap & Necro have now joined forces and on 11-19-2013 will be releasing a collaborative project as “The Godfathers” entitled “Once Upon A Crime” which will be released on RBC/Pyscho+Logical-Records.

After releasing the video for “Heart Attack,” (which has amassed over 150K views in under two weeks), the duo is back with a new leak, “Omerta,” (translated in Mafioso as “vow of silence”—and as G Rap and Necro explain, prejudice and retaliation against informants is common in their circle).

The Godfathers (Kool G Rap & Necro) “Once Upon A Crime” LP Tracklisting:

1.) Teflon Dons
2.) The City
3.) High Tension
4.) Punched Dead In The Face (Skit)
5.) Black Medicine
6.) Omerta
7.) The Pain
8.) Hustler
9.) We’ll Kill You
10.) Crook Catastrophe & The Gunblast Kid
11.) Unsub
12.) I Hate You (Skit)
13.) Gangsta
14.) Trigga 4 Hire
15.) American Sickos
16.) Wolf Eyes
17.) Heart Attack
18.) Once Upon A Crime

The first official Godfathers video/track off the debut album, “Once Upon A Crime” in stores online and physically everywhere November 19th. Filmed on location in Brooklyn & Queens, NYC. Directed & Edited by Necro.

The Murder Murder Kill Kill Double EP is now available on CD and Itunes.

New vid starring Jay Baruchel and one of the Ghoulies watching the Necro Show.

Directed, Edited, Special Effects & Concept by Necro. From the Murder Murder Kill Kill EP, hitting July 31st.

First reveal of the Necro/Kool G Rap sessions, taken from Necro’s upcoming Murder Murder Kill Kill EP. This will not be included on their upcoming The Godfathers LP.

Hip-Hop legend Kool G Rap teams up with producer Domingo to remake his track “Men At Work” off he & DJ Polo’s classic debut LP Road To Riches. “Men At Work 2020″ sees Marley Marl, Action Bronson, Ras Kass, Necro, Nutso, F.T. & Rugged Intellect join G Rap for this updated, posse cut version. Be on the lookout for Kool Giancana’s collaboration album with Necro, The Godfathers, to drop later this year.

Off the”Murder Murder Kill Kill EP“. Check the UG (Cella Dwellas) cameo.

First video from Necro’s Murder Murder Kill Kill EP, hitting January 17th. Cameo from DMC. Directed by Necro and Jeff Pliskin.
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