"We talk about the everyday ills of being black, while combining all of the things that make this country beautiful, ugly, and raging against the machine.
Trino
also explains a war with himself about what he sees of the [discrimination.] Should he feel angry and riot or should he sit back and be ignorant about it; the track,
"Loose Change"
explains that,"
Cap City Ent.
founder and
New Jersey
-based producer
Ill-Omega
wrote within a recent emailed transmission. Many of you may recognize
Ill-Omega
's name from his recent work on emcee
Ray Strife
's latest
Preface: I Will Never Be Beautiful EP
, which was, as a matter of fact, premiered right here at Your Friendly Neighborhood Music Publication,
The Witzard
.
Ill-Omega
and emcee
Trino
first met back in the 7th grade, grew up together, and always possessed a common affinity for
Hip-Hop
.
Trino
started doing poetry, which eventually segued into rapping and coincidentally, right around the same time,
Ill-Omega
started his label imprint
Cap City Ent.
with fellow rapper and partner-in-rhyme simply known as
Rocky
; before too long,
Trino
imminently joined into the fold and it was decided to start a group, which they called
Aquemini
. "I'm an
Aquarius
and he's a
Gemini
. We also love the
OutKast
album of the
. Later, we changed our name to
A Mankind Complex
. We thought that some people have a "God" complex and think big of themselves, but we [wanted] to have a voice of "mankind" and explain the faults and triumphs of mankind, so we have
"A Mankind Complex,'"
Ill-Omega
further detailed.
Now, nearly a year after its initial release,
Ill-Omega
has requested I shine a little light back on
A Mankind Complex
's June 2016
Destination EP
in this very space; a request which I'm very happy and honored to fulfill!
Ill-Omega & Trino
are actually warming up to play a $6 show later this week, Friday, May 5th
(Cinco de Mayo)
at
at 1781 Brunswick Ave. Lawrence Township, NJ 08648.
A Mankind Complex
will be headlining a festive
Cap City Ent.
showcase along with fellow
New Jersians Ray Strife
, RayRayBeats,
Rocky
, and Alien.
A Mankind Complex
's
Destination EP
is the proper follow-up to their debut EP,
D.R.E.A.M.S.
(2016.) "The first track [on
Destination,
]
"Stranger at Home"
has a snippet from my other artist
Rocky
from another track called
which you can listen on our
Soundcloud
. We have a mixtape dropping in the spring called
We're All Mad Here
. The inspiration of the album was around all the racial tension going around the black shootings in 2016,"
Ill-Omega
wrote, concerning
A Mankind Complex
's future aspirations. In addition to
A Mankind Complex
,
roster additionally includes
Ray Strife
, Rocky, and
Alien
.
A Mankind Complex
are currently gearing up to unleash their aforementioned
We're All Mad Here
mixtape and companion full-length album
Part 1: Vesica
, the first of which can be expected this spring.
Ill-Omega & Trino
recently shared our first taste of
We're All Mad Here
in the form of
"I Ain't The Problem"
—a feverish, quick-strike track laced over a characteristically hard-as-nails
Madlib
beat!