About Hey Motherfucker
Proteus and Black Art Ninja once again demonstrate their chemistry in their latest collaboration as the former delivers a dense barrage of b-boy braggadocio alongside references to nerd-culture, black magic, hip hop, and lots and lots of hentai over the latter’s heavy 808 drums and crunchy electronic production, a soundscape that would certainly suit the otherworldly raps of Kool Keith. Hey Motherfucker is available in three different versions: a shorter, clean edit affectionally entitled Hey Motherfunker that is suitable for radio play and proper public consumption, BAN’s remix of the vocals creating a collection of songs distinctly different from those on the explicit extended edition, which is how the album was originally intended for play; and then a cassette version provides even more music with the addition of a number of bonus songs, including three exclusive to the tape only. Pick your level of difficulty and explore this warped world envisioned by Proteus x Black Art Ninja.
Written and performed by Proteus
Produced by Black Art Ninja
About Proteus
Aaron Campbell could have been a doctor and having sex with lots of beautiful women, but instead he found drugs, drink, and hip hop. Between the ages of 15 to 18, he did acid on a nearly daily basis and listened to hip hop. It made him a little crazy in a lot of ways. After the drugs, it was drinking beer and freestyling. And collecting sounds he wanted to one day pair with his raps. No computer, no gear, and no mic yet, he would drink all night by himself with his head in the speaker, dreaming of becoming some kind of weirdo-alien IDM neo-Junglist hyper-rave meta-rapper. It was the birth of Proteus, who has since released a solid collection of singles, EPs and albums with a variety of producers that include ISEEDEATH, FFF, Skerror, LFO Demon, Black Art Ninja, and a long list of others. Proteus is also among the earliest—if not the first—open-source rappers. Since approximately 2005, he has released vocal stems and tracks for free remixing globally. Recommended for fans of Kool Keith, Necro, and Czarface.
About Black Art Ninja
Little is known about The Black Art Ninja (BAN). Their individual identities are shrouded in mystery, although Enghis von Sharklor serves as their mouthpiece. And BAN serves as the Underground Hip Hop Division of the larger Colematics Federation working mainly with Dr. Igor Amokian, Black Saturn, Phillip Tombs, and Proteus, as well as Colematics video maker Henri Touret, Broken Off Monkey Arm, Eagleclaw Ghost of Fulci, Gemini Lounge Orchestra, and other fringe groups at Colematics. Black Art Ninja are influenced and interested by anything and everything within the visual or aural arts. They have had many netlabel and video releases with the previously listed artists, but their debut was providing beats to the first Colematics release by Gemini Lounge Orchestra, the gangster epic Two Years on the Rock in 2017.
