Codefendants collaborated with Death Row founder and hip-hop legend The DOC on ‘Fast Ones’. Watch the video below.
Featuring The DOC, the track and accompanying music video, the first since his third studio album Deuce in 2003, saw the rap legend team up with a punk supergroup. I’m here.
The group formed in November 2022 to create a quintet ahead of the group’s next album, This Is Crime Wave. “Fast Ones” is the finale of a five-part series. The video is set in a courtroom where the band (NOFX’s Fat Mike, Sam King and Ceschi Ramos) have been falsely accused and DOC is their attorney.
“The experience was just exhilarating,” said DOC of the “magic” he created with Codefendants.
“I found myself surrounded by an ensemble of talented people and big names from the underground hip-hop and punk rock scenes,” he said.
Cheschi Ramos said that merging punk and hip-hop “isn’t some pretty fashion statement or gimmick you can suddenly abandon for the next trend.”
“It was such an honor to record with the legendary DOC and watch him create a ferocious and wise stick,” he said. “Those in the know understand that this is unusual. DOC isn’t just about rapping someone’s shit.”
In other news, Codefendants’ next album, This Is Crime Wave, will be released on March 24th via Fat Wreck Chords’ label, Bottles To The Ground. You can pre-order the album here and check out the tracklist below.
“This Is Crime Wave” Tracklist:
- “Def Cons”
- “Abscessed” (feat. Get Dead and Only Ozzborn)
- ‘Fast Ones’ (feat. The DOC)
- “Suicide by Pig”
- “Disaster Scenes” (feat Stacey Dee)
- “Jail Camp”
- “Sucker”
- “Brutal”
- “Sell Me Youth”
- “Coda Fandant”
Codefendants will also be playing their first-ever US headlining tour and a one-off headlining gig at London’s Old Blue Last on May 23rd.
April
14 – Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, California
16 – Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
17 – Chain Reaction, Anaheim, California
18 – Underground, Mesa, Arizona
19 – Yucca North, Flagstaff, Arizona
20 – Rockhouse Bar & Grill, El Paso, TX
23 – The Secret Group, Houston, Texas
24 – Sunset in Granada, Dallas, Texas
25 – Chelsea’s Live, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
26 – Hop Springs, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
27 – Masquerade, Atlanta, Georgia
29 – Lost in St. Pete Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida