Rochester, N.Y. native Pounds delivers a heavy hitting project in the form of his newest Ep titled “Tuna” which is the follow-up to 2016’s stellar Heavy Lies The Crown, this project packs some serious tough talk and hard-nosed bars into its nine tracks that center on the troubled life of a kingpin.

After a troubled youth spent in and out of jail, he focused on his love of Hip-Hop to get his life back on track. And as he continues to make good on that goal, we’re blessed with the inventive and vivid street tales heard on TUNA.

The project is brought to life not just through Pounds’ raps, but also through the clever usage of samples from Breaking Bad (“I am the one who knocks!”) and Blow, among others. Those quotes help shape the story, but it’s Pounds who brings everything together. He’s on his epic-rap-narrative sh*t on closer “Dues,” delivers tag-team villainous raps with Conway The Machine on “Gone Tomorrow,” and spits vulnerable bully bars on “Pee Wee Kirkland.” For example: “Beat you with a bat/ You rather take the gun route/ Squeezin’ with the mac/ You take the food up out my son’s mouth.”

Those touches of humanity are what make TUNA larger than your typical bad-guy rap project, and they’re also what continue to make Pounds such a compelling figure in the independent rap circuit. TUNA is now available for stream courtesy of Soundcloud, and can be purchased for download through Bandcamp, via KSD.

Tracklist:

01. Intro

02. Tuna (prod. by Spittzwell)

03. Vacuum Seals (prod. by Spittzwell)

04. Live from the Bay (prod. by Max Marciano)

05. Pee Wee Kirkland (prod. by Daringer)

06. Money and the Power (prod. by Spittzwell)

07. Skit

08. Gone Tomorrow (feat. Conway The Machine) [prod. by Pounds]

09. Dues (prod. by Spittzwell)

 

Check out the visuals for “Kill You” (feat. Conway The Machine) below.

 

 

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