''The Darkness'' is the tenth studio album by American hip hop duo
Twiztid
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. It was released on January 27, 2015, through
Majik Ninja Entertainment
Twiztid is an American hip hop duo from Detroit, Michigan, known for both their horror-themed lyrics and rock influenced sound. Formed in 1997, Twiztid is composed of rappers Jamie "Madrox" Spaniolo and Paul "Monoxide" Methric. Spaniolo and ...
with distribution via
INgrooves. Recording sessions took place at the Dojo, a MNE recording studio in
Michigan
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.
Production
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was handled by
Michael "Seven" Summers,
Jake One
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, Eric Davie, Fritz the Cat and the Dead Beatz.
The album peaked at No. 29 on the
''Billboard'' 200, at No. 3 on the
Top Rap Albums
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chart, and No. 5 on the
Independent Albums
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chart in the United States.
Background
In early/mid 2014 Twiztid released a promo video, and it was said that Twiztid's next album would be called ''The Darkness''. Twiztid was asked if the album would have any features and
Monoxide
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had said "No. This is just me and
Jamie
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from start to finish, no features". It was in contrast to the duo's previous release ''
A New Nightmare
''A New Nightmare'' is the first mixtape (or extended play) by American hip hop duo Twiztid, and is their 11th major release overall. It was self-released on July 30, 2013, marking the group's first project since leaving Psychopathic Records in ...
'' in 2013, which had a large array of guest features.
Twiztid stated in a later 2014 interview that they would release short promo videos from December 2014 until January 2015 to help promotion for the album. They said that some of the videos they are in, and some of them they aren't. On November 26, 2014, Twiztid released the album cover art, and the track list for ''The Darkness''. Two of the three bonus tracks ("Breakdown" and "Mind Goes Mad") were featured on their ''Get Twiztid'' EP (which was previously released on April 15, 2014, and on the Bootleg Banner Tour with
Blaze Ya Dead Homie
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), albeit slightly edited in length. The third bonus track "A Place in the Woods" was previously released as a limited edition VIP single, with a slightly different mix.
On December 3, 2014, Twiztid released the first single off the album, "Boogieman". On December 9, 2014, Twiztid released the second single via ''
Rolling Stone
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'' website titled, "Back to Hell". On December 17, 2014, Twiztid released their first promo video for their upcoming album, ''The Darkness'', titled "Hostage". On January 8, 2015, via
''Revolver'' (magazine), Twiztid released the third single off ''The Darkness'' titled "A Little Fucked Up". On January 9, 2015, Twiztid released the second promo video for ''The Darkness'' titled "Family Time". The first music video off the album was "A Little Fucked Up" which was released on February 11, 2015. On March 17, 2015, the second music video, "Boogieman" was released via ''Revolver''. On July 9, 2015, the third music video, "No Breaks", was released via Twiztid-Shop.com, their online store.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Jamie "Madrox" Spaniolo – lyrics, vocals, music
*
Paul "Monoxide" Methric – lyrics, vocals, music
*Ashley M Price – vocals
(tracks: 1, 8)
*
Sid Haig
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– vocals
(track 5)
*Eric Davie – additional vocals
(track 8), producer
(track 16), engineering
*Michael Winagar – additional vocals
(track 8)
*
Bill Moseley
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– vocals
(track 10)
*
Michael "Seven" Summers – producer
(tracks: 2, 8-9, 11-14, 18-19)
*The Dead Beatz – producer
(tracks: 3, 17)
*Fritz "The Cat" Van Kosky – producer
(track 4), engineering
*
Jacob Brian Dutton – producer
(tracks: 6, 15)
*Joe Strange – producer
(track 16), additional producer
(tracks: 6, 8, 9), mixing
*Kullen Cruickshank – assistant engineering
*Jim Kissling – mastering
*Tate Steinsiek – art direction, artwork
*Eric Shetler – additional artwork
*Jim Neve – design, layout
*Jason Shaltz – photography
*George Vlahakis – management
*
Chris Rouleau
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– lyrics & vocals
(track 19)
Charts
References
External links
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2015 albums
Twiztid albums
Hardcore hip hop albums
Albums produced by Jake One
Majik Ninja Entertainment albums
Albums produced by Seven (record producer)