Denzel Curry Links With Ekali for New Song "Babylon"

Denzel Curry links with Canadian producer Ekali for “Babylon.” This is Ekali's first original release since signing to OWSLA/Atlantic/Big Beat earlier this month. Ekali was announced as OWSLA’s newest member just before playing Webster Hall’s final club night alongside Skrillex and Boys Noize on Aug. 5.

“Babylon” merges hip-hop and electronic with Denzel Curry showing off why he's one of the most versatile rappers in hip-hop right now. The former XXL Freshman has a knack for rapping over non-traditional rap production. He recently made a stellar collab with Ritual for “Real Feels" earlier this year. For Ekali, choosing Curry for "Babylon" made perfect sense.

"My objective with 'Babylon' was to create a world where rap and electronic coexisted without tipping the scales too far in either direction," Ekali says to XXL about the collaboration. "I was hyped on the idea of producing an entire song around Denzel's story instead of having him tell his story around my beat, so I ended up producing 99 percent of the song after Zel had already recorded his parts. It's an approach to rap music that I'd never seen done before, so I wanted to know what that sounded like. Working in the room with Denzel was fast... he's a real rapper. Most of the time we spent kicking it just playing shit back and forth. He wrote and recorded his parts for Babylon in minutes."

Bump "Babylon" and tour dates below.

Oct. 6 - Honolulu, HI - Hawaiian Brian's
Oct. 11 - Hamilton, NZ - Static Bar
Oct. 12 - Christchurch, NZ - The Foundry Bar
Oct. 13 - Auckland, NZ - Impala
Oct. 20 - Fortitude Valley, AUS - The TBC Club
Oct. 27 - Perth, AUS - Villa Nightclub
Oct. 28 - Sydney, AUS - Max Watts - Sydney
Nov. 1 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
Nov. 2 - Santa Barbara, CA - EOS Lounge
Nov. 3 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
Nov. 4 - San Diego, CA - Music Box
Nov. 5 - Phoenix, AZ - Monarch Theater
Nov. 8 - Dallas, TX - Stereo Live Dallas
Nov. 9 - Austin, TX - Vulcan Gas Company
Nov. 10 - Houston, TX - Stereo Live Houston
Nov. 11 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
Nov. 12 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
Nov. 15 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
Nov. 16 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
Nov. 17 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
Nov. 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Nov. 21 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Nov. 22 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount
Nov. 23 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
Nov. 25 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
Nov. 29 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Nov. 30 - Milwaukee, WI - Miramar Theatre
Dec. 1 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
Dec. 2 - Minneapolis, MN - The Loft at Skyway Theatre
Dec. 3 - St. Louis, MO - 2720 Cherokee
Dec. 5 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
Dec. 6 - Kansas City, MO - recordBar
Dec. 8 - Denver CO - Larimer Lounge
Dec. 9 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
Dec. 13 - Boise, ID - Reef
Dec. 14 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
Dec. 20 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
Dec. 22 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
Dec. 23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Novo