DOOMTREE drops "Bolt Cutter" video via AP, No Kings out TODAY

NO KINGS OUT TODAY  CHECK NO KINGS CUT "BEACON" VIA SPIN

Wings and teeth. No two symbols could've been better chosen to represent Minneapolis rap stalwarts Doomtree. The endlessly innovative crew/label has defied categorization from the start, leaving behind convention for what's best described as aggressive transcendence. Like most families, as well as the imagery this one employs, Doomtree is as defined by its internal differences as its similarities: Seven artists whose diversity of tastes and consistency of character combine to make the team an unstoppable, honest, creatively vicious whole. Their next crew release, No Kings, is set for a November 22nd release on the label of the same namesake.  You've already heard advance singles "The Grand Experiment" and "Beacon" (available below), now check the brand new video the crew just dropped for No Kings standout "Bolt Cutter." The title of the record is both a call for rebellion and respect: Obey no kings, seek no thrones. Indeed No Kings displays a gang of friends who are fearless in each other's company and beholden to none. At times musical and lush ("Beacon") and at times dark and clanging ("Bolt Cutter"), the beats project the radical power of P.O.S., the inventive classicism of Cecil Otter, the moving moodiness of Paper Tiger and the face-melting heat of Lazerbeak. Meanwhile, Mike Mictlan and Sims trade lithe lines with much swagger over smashing drums on "Punch-Out," Otter and Dessa get bluesy on top of the mournful guitar of "Little Mercy," and P.O.S. leads the amped-up charge for "Bangarang," which celebrates "ten years in our lane." Both fun and fierce, blade-flashing and uplifting, unpredictable and unapologetic, No Kings is the sound of seven people who look different, talk different and listen to different music coming together and simply going full-tilt on an album from start to finish. Wings and teeth-it's the Doomtree way. DOOMTREE NO KINGS  (DOOMTREE RECORDS) NOV. 22, 2011 1. No Way 2. Bolt Cutter 3. Bangarang 4. Beacon 5. Punch-Out 6. Little Mercy 7. The Grand Experiment 8. String Theory 9. Team The Best Team 10. Gimme The Go 11. Own Yours 12. Fresh New Trash