Today is his birthday, but Conway the Machine is actually gifting fans. By keeping that Drumwork/Griselda work going with his second new single in as many months with his dusty and grimey new Camouflage Monk-produced single, Vertino. That features fellow New York emcee, Joey Bada$$ and comes nearly a month after he dropped the very soulfully stellar Cool & Dre-produced, Give & Give.
Likely to be on Conway’s upcoming, Won’t He Do It: Side B. The very grimey and dusty grainy new track finds The Machine delivering such grimey street worthy bars as, ”Rob a rapper at his own show, took his chain and I threw it (Hah). Stupid (Gimme me that shit, p***y). The renegade, you been afraid. Shot penetrated my shoulder. Still didn’t knock the chip away, my heart only got colder. Yeah, cold as Minnesota in October. Yola in the pot swole up, stop. Hold up (Talk to ’em). They startin’ to hollow what I sing, they followin’ my thing. They gotta acknowledge me as King.” That shows not only why he’s still one of the best emcees and lyricist’s, but still has his ear very much to the streets too. Joey also adding a pretty solid guest verse too. With such standout lyrics as, ”My style is minimalistic, plain Jane simplistic. I’m like Ace and Money Mitch but really on some pimp sh*t. Fallin’ off ain’t too realistic, n***as tellin’ tales. Could sell you news stories but this crack still sells. Rule number one, never ghost the clientele. Fiends linin’ at my door, they need that shit now. Ten Crack Commandments. Yo, I knows it too well. This the same dope I’m dishin’ out, just on a different scale.”
Conway and Joey also hitting up Chinatown of their native New York for the very cinematic new Gerard Victor-directed accompanying video for the new single. That sees The Machine in a fur mink jacket, boots, sunglasses and matching black gloves as he spits his very grimey verses that are brought even more to life through the visual. While Joey in a snapback, black jacket and designer wear with all his jewels out, roams the streets with Conway. As he spits his own stellar standout verses that are brought even more to life through the grimey and gutter New York Chinatown streets they are going through.