Darko The Super Whips DEVO & Zev Love X Samples Into 55th Self-released Album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Darko! (The Witzard Premiere)
"Whoopsy daisy never lazy, so I heave-ho / Whippin' sh*t like
DEVO
, whip it good (That thang!) / Whippin' sh*t like
Elmer Fudd
and
Mr. Fudd
slang / Listen to my guitar twang as I sang,"
Zev Love X
tactfully rhymed on
KMD
's
from their shelved 1993 album,
Bl_ck B_st_rds
.
The Witzard
's favorite demented beat-maker
Darko The Super
sampled a bit of
Zev Love X
's
"Constipated Monkey"
verse for appropriately-titled
"Whippin' Sh*t Like DEVO"
from his landmark 55th album,
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Darko!
but I'll let him explain the rest:
"
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Darko!
samples and is inspired by my favorite
New Wave
band,
DEVO
. My dad was the one who got me into
DEVO
, which is his favorite band. He has their debut
Q: Are We Not Men?
album cover tattooed on his leg. The album cover I chose to make parodies the original and utilizes the #2 pick in the
2003 NBA Draft
,
Darko Millicic
; my alias,
"Darko,"
still frustrates
Detroit Pistons
fans and recently was part of the reason
Marcel Williams
hated me."
Ahead of
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Darko!
's
Easter Sunday
surprise release,
Darko The Super
unleashed
and
"Satan"
from his next album,
Watered Down Demon Fuzz
, as well as
Marcel Williams
-bashing
"HipHopDX Bad, Darko Good."
"The opener of this album samples the line "whippin' sh*t like
DEVO
" from
KMD
's
Zev Love X
(now known as
DOOM
,) as well as a slew of
DEVO
tracks. I produced and recorded this album in one week, besides the beat that closes the album, which is something I made back in 2013, sampling their
[DEVO Live: The] Mongoloid Years
album,"
Darko The Super
enthusiastically continued.
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Darko!
was produced under
Darko
's production alias,
Doc Heller
and spans the course of one 15:21-minute EP-length track; although, it's also available as seven separate tracks on
Darko The Super
's
Bandcamp
for an extremely reasonable
Name-Your-Price
basis.
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Darko!
includes countless
DEVO
sample flips and cleverly inter-spliced interpolations or lyrical allusions to
Sonic Youth
founder
Thurston Moore
, The Pack's 2006 hit single "Vans,"
Fear Factor
, B.B. King,
Sum 41
, Crazy Town's "Butterfly,"
The Simpsons
, Eazy-E, and
DEVO
's own
Duty Now for The Future
(1979).
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Darko!
is now available for streaming or
download
MASS CONSUMPTION from
Darko The Super
's
and
Soundcloud
pages, as is his
Rock
sample-flipping album Apocalyptic Bastard and entire discography.
Darko
is planning to release his next solo album, currently titled
Watered Down Demon Fuzz
, "sometime later this summer" and plans to unleash
Return to The Hell Hole Store
with partner-in-crime
ialive
on June 23rd. Just this past weekend,
The Hell Hole Store
announced their upcoming
"its all down south from here."
mini-tour with fellow
Philly
emcee
Torito
, which will span eight shows between 4/27-5/10. "
Duty Now for The Super Spuds!
This album samples the legendary
DEVO
. Thank you for your inspiration, please don't sue me.
Love,
Darko
."
