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Detroit's legendary self-published, hip-hop provocateur delivers 31 tracks of dystopian lunacy on his violent new album, "Venus Flytrap". Available worldwide December 4th on CD and digital through his label, Aknu Media LLC, Esham's ultra-dark blend of shape shifting narratives channel visions of despair and mayhem in the Motor City's decaying underworld. Demonic trap music, suicidal soul samples and merciless waves of bass anchor a collection of black hearted bangers that will not be spreading holiday cheer this December. Instead, Esham devilishly draws listeners into his Mecca of debauchery and sugarcoats nothing as he hopelessly circumnavigates hell on earth. Esham is considered to be one of the most prolific artists in the history of rap music and Venus Flytrap is his 34th and final studio album. Since 1988, he's served as the cornerstone of Detroit's hardcore hip hop scene and is credited for the creation of the "acid rap" subgenre. (A vicious mutation of gangsta rap where terrifying urban lore, anti-organized religious themes and drug infused, sexploitation rule). While rappers made millions glorifying themselves as drug kingpins, pimps and killers, Esham was known for his more unconventional approach: Exploring new ways to kill himself on wax. Despite being one of Motown's most fierce and outspoken supporters, Esham has no interest in playing the martyr. "This industry and Detroit's continued downfall has sucked the life out of me. I refuse to be an emcee pushing 40 and struggling to hold on to the glory of an era long extinct. As above, so below." Esham says. His ongoing defiance of the music industry includes feud's with Eminem, Kid Rock, Royce 5'9" and Insane Clown Posse that have left his career laughably ostracized. Too explicit for the byzantine rules of radio and MTV, Esham's unabashed honesty as not only an artist, but as an ex-record label CEO, recklessly stabs at competitors and authority. As a career underdog, Esham has shunned major label deals and instead used the ruins of Detroit as the backdrop for his self-made videos. His ferocious DIY, "open source" recording strategy continues to delight his cult fans who celebrate his crafty ability to go pound for pound against artists with much larger budgets and exposure. Despite never gaining the acclaim or notoriety of the fellow Detroit rap artists he helped spawn, Esham makes no apologies for his continued failed shots at the title. "There is no beginning and there is no end... Fuck everybody." said Esham. Venus Flytrap will be available on CD at FYE, Best Buy and most independent retailers in the U.S. Digital available on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play beginning December 4th. TRACK LISTING 01. vertigo 02. cyanogenis glycoside 03. bath salts 04. thiosulphate 05. wolfsbane 06. monkshood 07. dolls eyes 08. devils cherry 09. cyanobacteria 10. poison snakeweed 11. xanthium 12. intermittent fasting 13. delosperma acuminatum 14. acacia polyacantha 15. zanthoxylum arborescens 16. echinopsis peruviana 17. Dionaea muscipula 18. salvia divinorum 19. pandanicide 20. sinicuichi 21. peyote 22. Claviceps 23. neurolathyrism 24. tetrodotoxin 25. silene capensis 26. Scopolamine 27. Higgs Boson 28. Tetrahydrocannabinol 29. myristicin 30. brainwreck 31. C2H5OH For press inquiries, please contact Terry Knight Jr. at Aknu Media at (248) 266-0675 or email at aknumedia@gmail.com. For more information on Esham, please visit www.acidrap.com Esham "Bath Salts" Video - http://vimeo.com/aknumedia/eshambathsalts Esham "Bath Salts" MP3 - http://acidrap.com/bathsalts.mp3
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