Last month, AZ released his ninth studio LP Doe or Die II, the sequel to his 1995 debut Doe or Die. This go ‘round, the legendary emcee delivered 13 hard-hitting cuts with collaborations alongside Idris Elba, Jaheim, Rick Ross, Conway The Machine, Lil Wayne, and more.
Today (Oct. 25), fans get to check out a new visual from Doe or Die II for “Blow That Shit,” a Buckwild-produced effort that features Dave East and sees the artists rapping about past struggles and current successes:
“Secret agendas, I sit amongst my members involved, and like gods, we dialogue over dinnеrs incog’, close curtains, expose no pеrson, privacy’s a part of the weave, globally mergin, ’conversin’, speakin’ on physics through analytics…”
In a recent interview with REVOLT, AZ spoke on the creation of Doe or Die II, revealing that his intent to bring the album to fruition began more than a decade ago:
“To keep it 100, it had always been in my mind since 2010. I wanted it to be right. Through the course of the years, I was still trying to figure out if I wanted to go under an umbrella or make my own umbrella. I was going through the motions, recording and releasing singles. But, I really locked in when the pandemic hit because I was like, ‘It’s on. I got to get this shit done.’ It was an eye-opener.”
Doe or Die II arrives 12 years after AZ’s last body of work Legendary. Since then, the Brooklyn legend seemed to enjoy life off of wax for the most part — fans did receive some loose cuts in that time frame, including “We Movin,” “Red Magic,” “Back to Myself” with Soshy, “Save Them” with Raekwon and Prodigy, and “It’s Time.”
Press play on AZ and Dave East’s “Blow That Shit” video below.