Zilla Rocca & The Shadowboxers drop the Roc Marciano assisted single “Young Blood,” produced by Has-Lo. This single will be followed up with the April 9th release of “Stormy Monday,” featuring both The Kid Daytona and Has-Lo, in promotion for their forthcoming LP, No Vacation For Murder.

Zilla Rocca started this florid set-up last summer with the “Full
Spectrum” video, filmed on Super 8 film on location in Asbury Park,
NJ, funded exclusively by Kickstarter with a gaudy appearance from his
Wrecking Crew comrade Has-Lo of Mello Music Group.

This summer, Zilla Rocca grabbed Open Mike Eagle while he was on tour
in Philly with Random aka MegaRan, reunited him with Has-Lo after
their west coast Desert Vypers Tour (which yielded the “Backpack Past”
video) threw him in a South Philly backyard where he discovered
Yuengling for the first time, and let the chromatic camera roll.

Thus you have the video for “Full Spectrum 2″ featuring Has-Lo & Open
Mike Eagle, directed by Curly Castro, Pat Murray, and Dewey Decibel
(who drew the title card above and housed the filming in his personal
painting workshop). Passion of the Weiss declared it “one of the most
joyous clips any of these three have released.”

“Full Spectrum 2″ is available on the Full Spectrum EP, an easy how-to
guide for this tinted rendezvous. Compiling five versions of “Full
Spectrum” and the sequel with production from Man Mantis (who just got
off tour with Sole), L’Orange of Old Soul fame, and Dr. Quandary (who
kept his hand busy with the beats and the artwork above).

Throw in Has-Lo & Open Mike Eagle for the Wrecking Crew vs. Hellfyre
Club rap aspect and you’ve got yourself a pretty snappy 5 song
situation. You can download it for free at Bandcamp this week only,
and then it moves up to the big leagues at iTunes.

Shot on Super8 with an Edan sample and an Ice-T reference. Nice.

Here’s a trailer for an upcoming homage to the Wu-Tang Clan brought to you by the Wrecking Crew (Has-Lo, Curly Castro, Zilla Rocca). Wu classics redone keeping in the spirit of the original compositions.

Has-Lo and comrade Zilla Rocca put together called “Cock Diesel”. The track is lyrical exercise with no shortage of wit: “I read it. Listen to my old testament, make numbers off proverbs and cop better cribs”

Zilla Rocca (World Around Records) handles the production, replete with swirling strings, bells (though not of the cow variety), and powerful drums. Add in a sound clip of the late Big Pun to the mix and you have a track that sounds like Humphrey Bogart wandering into the wrong hood…a problem.