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So, it appears that you don’t need tons o’ booty on southern mixtape covers to be recognized! (or maybe you do?) Recently the mixtape cover I designed for The League of Extraordinary Gz debut was nominated for a Southern Entertainment Award. Looking at the competition, I’m not sure how to feel, but I gotta say that the design for Concealed Weapons stands out and as the sole Texas based competitor in the category I’m pretty sure we can get the whole state behind us and win the award. What yall think?

Follow the Southern Entertainment Award Voting link and scroll down to “BEST ART/GRAPHICS ON A MIXTAPE” and vote for league of extraordinary gz – concealed weapons.

Truthfully, looking at some of the other nominees I can pretty much point out each and every thing I find wrong with design in hip hop music right now. (I would post pictures, but most are NSFW) No offense to other artists or designers, but I’m personally tired of the pen & pixel derived design for rap music. I understand influence and current trends, but when everything starts looking the same I personally think it’s time to switch it up a bit. Anyone agree with me?…maybe I’m the only one. I’ve worked with a few independent artists in hip hop in the past and anyone I work with in the future will have to agree with me. (That is unless you have a huge budget and want to give me a lot of $$$$$$)

Either way, I’m happy to be nominated because my competition consists of Usher, Trey Songz, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and others so if I lose maybe I can have a dance off with Usher, challenge Ricky Rosé to a hot dog eating contest and take Nicki Minaj out for ice cream or something. Now that’s BAWSE!

I was down in Austin for SXSW this past March and was kicking it with The LOEGz, who I’ve been doing some work for. The group was one of the openers on the Best in Texas Showcase, which had a Paul Wall and Chamillionaire reunion as the headliner. Somewhere between acts, Houston hip-hop legend Michael 5000 Watts threw on one of the Concealed Weapons t shirts that I designed, which had a bunch of people running to the merch table to buy them up.

At this point, I had left the backstage area and had gone off to trying to get into another showcase, so I never saw this happen. I did look up some video of it…pretty crazy feeling to see one of my designs on a legend. Dope stuff!

The latest mixtape from Austin based hip hop group, The League of Extraordinary Gz, dropped on Memorial Day. It’s 21 tracks, featuring production from Reggie Coby, Matt Schad, Chop Steak, Nasty Kuttz, and Swollen Drumz. Along with the mixtape, the second Texas Guns tee, now in burnt orange, is on sale through their Bandcamp page. Word.

Tracklisting
1. “Ha Ha”- Tuk-da-Gat, S. Dot, Greezo, Esbe
2. “We gon make it”- Reggie Coby, Esbe, Lowkey (produced by Matt Schad)
3. “Boom Boom Boom”- Da C.O.D. (composed by DJ Wes Sanders)
4. “Bitch Move”- Reggie Coby, Tuk-da-Gat
5. “Home”- Greezo, Tuk-da-Gat, Esbe, Reggie Coby (produced by Chopsteak)
6. “Window Seat Remix”- Greezo & Sandman
7. “Turnt Up Remix”- S. Dot & Chamillionaire
8. “Dead Fresh/Nice Kicks”- Tuk-da-Gat & S. Dot
9. “Truth”- Reggie Coby & Tuk-da-Gat (produced by Reggie Coby)
10. “Drive Slo”- Reggie Coby, Tuk-Da-Gat, Lil J
11. “Round Here”- Esbe, Greezo, Lil J, Tuk-da-Gat (produced by Nasty Kuttz)
12. “Go Hawd”- Lowkey & Trae the Truth (Tosin Remix)
13. “Soulja Shit”- Lowkey & Greezo
14. “Buy U sumthin”- Brooks City, Tuk-da-Gat, S. Dot, Lil J
15. “Over”- S. Dot & Lil J
16. “Get em Up”- Tuk-da-Gat, S. Dot, Lowkey
17. “C2theO-D”- Tuk-da-Gat, S. Dot, Lil J
18. “Not Afraid Remix”- Dred Skott & Lowkey
19. “Satisfaction”- S. Dot & Esbe
20. “Unthinkable Remix”- S. Dot, Lowkey, Esbe
21. “Trae Day”- Reggie Coby, Tuk-da-Gat, Greezo

(From www.thafixx.com)

New track from The League of Extraordinary Gz, from their upcoming mixtape, Concealed Weapons 2. Medium will officially be releasing another song from The LOEGz later this month, produced by Chop Steak…oh yea!. Along with that, there will be a new burnt orange edition of the Texas Guns t shirt hitting the streets of Austin very soon. Word.

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The League of Extraordinary Gz – “Concealed Weapons”

If yall have been sleeping, The League of Extraordinary Gz is a hip hop collective based out of Austin, Texas and one of the most talented group of emcees in the south right now. Their first mixtape “Concealed Weapons” contains various tracks from each group’s past mixtapes as well as some new tracks. Download the mixtape and check them out and if you’re in Austin for SXSW, they are an official SXSW showcasing band.