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When buzzing electronic pop artist CIty Wolf linked up with his friend and fellow rapper Easy McCoy in Portland, the creative energy and ambition between the two was palpable. The duo recorded their collaboration record dubbed Back To The Mud in just a few days as the tracks “poured out" out of the two self-made and fiercely independent artists. Out on Friday, April 2 on Position Music, “Back To The Mud” is an uplifting, blood-pumping album packed-full with inspirational lyrics that blur the lines between hip-hop, rock, soul, gospel, electronica, and pop music. In an industry where many artists ask for permission before they create, Easy McCoy and City Wolf are cut from an entirely different cloth and, instead of letting others dictate their lives, they rather unapologetically create art without remorse and let the validity of their music speak for itself, with full confidence that it will all work out throughout the creative process. And because of these two’s unrelenting work ethic it usually does work out for them. With over 14M+ Total Spotify Streams, and 400K+ Total ... [ more ] When buzzing electronic pop artist CIty Wolf linked up with his friend and fellow rapper Easy McCoy in Portland, the creative energy and ambition between the two was palpable. The duo recorded their collaboration record dubbed Back To The Mud in just a few days as the tracks “poured out" out of the two self-made and fiercely independent artists. Out on Friday, April 2 on Position Music, “Back To The Mud” is an uplifting, blood-pumping album packed-full with inspirational lyrics that blur the lines between hip-hop, rock, soul, gospel, electronica, and pop music.
In an industry where many artists ask for permission before they create, Easy McCoy and City Wolf are cut from an entirely different cloth and, instead of letting others dictate their lives, they rather unapologetically create art without remorse and let the validity of their music speak for itself, with full confidence that it will all work out throughout the creative process.
And because of these two’s unrelenting work ethic it usually does work out for them.
With over 14M+ Total Spotify Streams, and 400K+ Total Monthly Listeners and music synchronizations on ESPN, UFC, NFL, Netflix, Showtime, HBO, Fox and more, music fans around the world have caught on to the winning attitude that City Wolf and Easy McCoy exude with every bar they spit.
A good example of the sheer level of hustle these two commit to their craft is literally seen in the manner in which Mud was recorded. When it came time for City Wolf and Easy Mcoy to record the album, City Wolf, without hesitation, drove his car alone from Los Angeles, CA all the way up the entire west coast to McCoy’s Portland-based recording studio to create the album in person. Something that’s becoming increasingly rare in the era of remote recording sessions over Zoom.
This level of dedication and continually-flowing in-person energy spurred the raw creativity and authenticity heard on standout tracks such as “Know My Name”, “Born By The FIre”, and “Testify”—which gives a peek to McCoy’s more faith-forward side. You can tell the two made this together, in the same room, and they wouldn’t have it any other way. Musically, the duality between City Wolf’s higher-octave vocal hooks and Easy McCoy’s drippy baritone flows provide set over epic instrumentation provide sonic fuel for a hungry-yet-humble energy that will propel listeners to the next level of whatever they’re striving for while listening to Mud.
For McCoy, the album title Back to the Mud, carries a ton of weight and meaning to him, with each of these songs reminding him of the eternal struggle and sheer determination needed to be successful in the dog-eat-dog world he finds himself in.
“This record with City Wolf lets people know that you can do whatever you put your mind to,” McCoy says. “Going “Back to the Mud” is about keeping it raw and authentic while always staying hungry, no matter what. I’m a hustler by nature and I think about all angles of a release like this because I know how hard it can be, and so I’m not afraid of working hard and making things happen on my own—that’s what “Back to the Mud” means to me.” [ less ]

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