The Witzard Premiere: Darko The Super's Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg-referencing "Put Down The Candy & Let The Little Boy Go!" (Soundcloud Stream & EXCLUSIVE Music Video)
"I made the beat [last week]. It's the first beat I made actually playing everything through my
MIDI
keyboard. I usually never do that. It felt good to have something completely mine in a way. I was listening to the new
Slaves
album
produced by
Mike D
of
Beastie Boys
, before I made the beat; maybe that inspired the sound,"
Darko The Super (Evan Souza)
wrote within a recent statement to accompany his latest single and music video,
"Put Down The Candy & Let The Little Boy Go!,"
which he was kind enough to let me premier right here at
The Witzard
! "Not too sure what the verses are about, but the chorus describes envying a friend and being dissatisfied with yourself because you're not in a better position like they are, but at least you know them. I wrote the lyrics while taking out the trash, getting a shower, and doing the dishes. I get most of my writing done doing daily tasks," Souza continued.
Darko The Super
additionally told me that
"Put Down The Candy & Let The Little Boy Go!"'
s title is a quote from
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
's
Eazy-E
dissing
"F*ck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')"
wherein he's cleverly re-appropriating it as "a metaphor for letting [his] childhood go and facing [his] fears of becoming an adult in the sense of what's acceptable by society's norms; trying to stop embracing [his] inner child and focus on [his] outer adult."
"Put Down The Candy"'
s beat draws inspiration from
Michigan
-based
Punk
band
The Spits
,
Beck
's experimental second album,
Stereopathetic Soulmanure
(1994), and improvised
Jazz
and
Noise
artists signed to
Already Dead Tapes
, whom
Darko The Super
has "been lucky enough to play shows with and listen to;"
already dead tapes & records
have previously released Evan's
and
Knox Overstreet
.
"
Pennsylvania
-based human
Hip-Hop
experiment
Evan Souza
aka
, invites you to follow him on a bold and warped quest through aural space with his abstract music. Having collaborated with the likes of
Homeboy Sandman
, Mr. Muthaf*ckin' eXquire,
Open Mike Eagle
, Pyramid Vritra,
Dudley Perkins
, Lil B,
[Charles Hamilton]
, and many others, this gifted lyricist is surely prepared to cause your mind to explode like
Robot Santa
being told a contradiction," reads
Darko The Super
's self-penned press bio. "Sure to leave your spine tingling,
Darko & Doc
are here to promote a change in society, positivity, love for all, and a break from the norm. He is set to leave his mark on the world as a disciple of the
Bill Hicks'
philosophy, "play from your f*cking heart," Souza enthusiastically continued.
Darko The Super
initially reached out to me about two weeks ago via
, a friend of my frequent collaborator,
, and in addition to his solo work as a rapper-producer and crafting beats for everyone from
Homeboy Sandman
to
Lil B
,
Evan Souza
runs his own label imprint called
U Don't Deserve This Beautiful Art
; "my latest release is a beat tape called
Beercan
, which I produced during a weekend at a campground in
Kalamazoo
. I have two recent
Rap
albums—my latest self-produced
Take Me to Your Computer
, as well as one using beats by
Small Professor
,
Your Mouth Is Bigger Than Your Entire Brain
. The latest album on my label is a new cassette from
, an
Experimental Noise-Rap
group from
Philadelphia
."
Darko The Super
says
"Put Down The Candy & Let The Little Boy Go!"
will "probably [end up] on an album of the same name," which I would assume will materialize in the not-so-distant future, judging by his rather rapid release schedule.