Cannibal Ox To Put Out Long-Awaited Sophomore Album, ‘Blade Of The Ronin’

You don't have to go very deep down the rabbit hole to find The Cold Vein. The first full-length release on Def Jux, Cannibal Ox's debut album was hailed wide and far on college campuses and crowded subway cars. It's a classic the way only albums this confounding can be: inscrutable to the masses, irresistible to the few. Vast Aire and Vordul Mega were cult heroes, rapping in fragmented, economized phrases ("C4 blew the door, Number 8/ Summer face/ Tank top with a knot/ Number 9 said 'Run the place'/ Took my girl's stereo, CDs/ Plus the tapes"). Then, as shadow-dwelling savants often do, they disappeared.

Now, the duo is back, with a new album slated for Mar. 3. Blade Of The Ronin, the followup effort from the Ox, features Elzhi, U-God, and DOOM, among others. Blade will be released on IGC records.

Check out the tracklist below, and be on the lookout for the first full offering from the legendary duo in nearly 15 years.

1. Cipher Unknown (Intro)
2. Opposite of Desolate f/ Double A.B.
3. Psalm 82
4. The Power Cosmiq f/ Kenyattah Black
5. Blade: The Art of Ox f/ Artifacts & U-God (of Wu-Tang Clan)
6. Pressure of Survival (Skit)
7. Carnivorous f/ Elzhi & Bill Cosmiq
8. Thunder In July f/ Space, Swave Sevah & Elohem Star
9. Water
10. The Horizon (Interlude)
11. Harlem Knights
12. Sabertooth f/ Irealz & Bill Cosmiq
13. Iron Rose f/ MF Doom
14. Solar System (Cosmos) (Skit)
15. The Fire Rises
16. Gotham (Ox City)
17. Unison (Skit)
18. Vision f/ The Quantum)
19. Salvation

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