Every Hero Needs a Villain

by Czarface

Every Hero Needs a Villain cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 June 2015
  • Label: Brick
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:09
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: 7L, Papa D!, Todd Spadafore, SPADA4

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The underground supergroup, comprised of Wu-Tang Clan's Inspectah Deck and Boston duo 7L & Esoteric, delivers a comic-book-inspired boom-bap masterclass. The production relies heavily on dusty, cinematic 1970s soul samples and aggressive drum loops, perfectly complementing the complex, battle-ready lyricism. Guest verses from legends like MF DOOM and Method Man solidify the project's golden-era reverence.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, sampling, crime, rap, underground, hard, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Don the Armor (1:18)
  2. Czartacus (2:37)
  3. Lumberjack Match (2:46)
  4. Nightcrawler (feat. Method Man) (3:22)
  5. World Premier (feat. Large Professor) (2:50)
  6. The Great (Czar Guitar) (2:25)
  7. Red Alert (3:46)
  8. Junkyard Dogs (feat. Juju of the Beatnuts) (3:33)
  9. Sgt. Slaughter (2:10)
  10. When Gods Go Mad (feat. GZA) (4:16)
  11. Ka-Bang! (feat. MF Doom) (2:52)
  12. Deadly Class (feat. Meyhem Lauren) (2:59)
  13. Escape from Czarkham Asylum (8:18)
  14. Sinister (2:59)
  15. Good Villains Go Last (feat. R.A. The Rugged Man) (3:52)
  16. Deviatin' Septums - Digital Exclusive (2:49)
  17. Sinister - Revenge of Yorgo Remix: Digital Exclusive (2:11)

Credits

  • Czarface - primary artist
  • Lamour Supreme - illustration, cover
  • Esoteric - performer, written-by
  • Inspectah Deck - performer, written-by
  • Jason Hunter - performer, written-by
  • Seamus Ryan - performer, written-by
  • George Andrinopoulos - written-by
  • Method Man - featuring, written-by, performer

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