BlackLiq – THE LIE | Man Bites Dog Records

The Year of Rabbit, 2023, finds BlackLiq looking at the industry traveling deep down the rabbit hole that is “the industry” with a magnifying glass while making notes on all the schemes and agendas that modern rappers must circumvent. So what has he discovered? Vast levels of shenanigans and buffoonery that is roleplayed and presented as content, all for the sake of generating “followers.”

THE LIE.

Creating an orchestra for BlackLiq to speak his mind on is DEJECT aka Big Bando Mane, another Richmond, Virginia resident. The two artists have come together to make a ten song album called “THE LIE” that exposes the twisted Chutes and Ladders game that artists must play in order to get “success” in the entertainment industry.

BlackLiq even pushes back on the audience, at points questioning their part in all these trappings. You can almost feel a Gladiator “Are you not entertained?” moment arising. The album, with all the right parts of frustration, motivation, self destruction, and satire will be released on vinyl and digital on Bandcamp via Man Bites Dog Records on 11/17/23.