- Artist
- Display Artist
- C.V.E.
- ReleaseProduct
- Chillin Villains - We Represent Billions
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT033DIG
- Release Date
- 17 June 2022
-
Download
$9.99320 kbps, LAME-encoded
Genres
Press Release
It's hard to believe it's taken this long for a proper retrospective of legendary Los Angeles collective CVE. "We Represent Billions" is a crucial portrait of one of the West Coast's most low-key influential crews - a hydra-like collective of rappers, producers, designers and engineers who were key members of the Good Life Cafe's open mic scene, going on to inspire artists like Jurassic 5, Kendrick Lamar amongst many other. Initially called Chillin Villain Posse before morphing into Chillin Villain Empire in the late 1980s, they eventually centered around the core trio of Riddlore, NgaFsh and Tray-Loc. The crew were years ahead of their time, self-producing music without samples and pioneering a stream of consciousness lyrics that still sound fresh and innovative. CVE were self-sufficient and motivated from the beginning, named "Chillin Villains" because that's how they were perceived by white America. This social motivation was channeled into their groundbreaking performances at Good Life Cafe, the South Central session that evolved into Project Blowed and later on came to influence LA club night 'Low End Theory'. It was chronicled by Ava Duvernay, herself an MC in short-lived duo Figures of Speech, in her "This is the Life" documentary, where she interviewed CVE alongside Jurassic 5, Freestyle Fellowship, Abstract Rude and Busdriver. On "We Represent Billions", we're treated to a snapshot of the CVE sound from 1993-2003, their most prolific era. The retrospective collects music from the handful of albums the crew released on their own Afterlife Recordz label (mostly as limited edition CD-R's) plus many previously unreleased tracks and highlights their untethered eccentric creativity and sheer breadth of influence. Whether twisting twitchy West Coast electro on 'All Over Da Globe' or free associating over horror synths and foley sounds on 'Made in Chillz Ville' there's a sense that their music was just too future for its time. Assembled from heaving industrial samples and graced by back-and-forth tongue twisting flows, 'Thugs and Clips' is as eerie and hard-hitting as anything 2Pac's "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" full-length. Fuzzed-out and unsettling, 'Calistylics' welds an ambient synth loop and bone-rattling percussion to Tricky-esque percussion, while the flickering closer 'Unicycle' is a cross between Dr. Dre's icy G-gunk pressure and Three 6 Mafia's pitch black lo-fi funk. In many ways, 2022 is the perfect time to rediscover this music: an urgent, creative fusion of spine-tingling pre-grime electronic minimalism and mind bending wordplay that still sounds completely idiosyncratic and utterly alien.
Digital Tracklist
-
1
All Over Da Globe
4:21
Buy
All Over Da Globe
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
2
Thugs and Clips
2:59
Buy
Thugs and Clips
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
3
C.V. Vault
3:00
Buy
C.V. Vault
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
4
Made in Chillz Ville
3:19
Buy
Made in Chillz Ville
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
5
Bring It On
2:05
Buy
Bring It On
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
6
Calistylics
2:44
Buy
Calistylics
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
7
No Feelins
2:47
Buy
No Feelins
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
8
Let's Get It On
4:21
Buy
Let's Get It On
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
9
Today Was A Fucked Up Day
1:54
Buy
Today Was A Fucked Up Day
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
10
Untitled (Freestyle)
4:46
Buy
Untitled (Freestyle)
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
11
Unicycle
3:53
Buy
Unicycle
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
C.V.E.
-
- Artist
- C.V.E.
- ReleaseProduct
- Thugs and Clips
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT033DIG2
- Release Date
- 6 May 2022
- Download
Nyege Nyege Tapes
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Sisso & Maiko
- ReleaseProduct
- Singeli Ya Maajabu
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT057DIG
- Release Date
- 10 May 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers
- ReleaseProduct
- Izigqinamba
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT053DIG
- Release Date
- 5 April 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Sisso & Maiko
- ReleaseProduct
- Kivinje
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT057DIG1
- Release Date
- 3 April 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers
- ReleaseProduct
- Gidigidi ka Makhelwane
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT053DIG1
- Release Date
- 11 March 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- DJ Anderson do Paraiso
- ReleaseProduct
- Queridão
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT050DIG
- Release Date
- 1 March 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Normal Nada the Krakmaxter
- ReleaseProduct
- Tubo de Ensaio
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT061DIG
- Release Date
- 16 February 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- DJ Anderson do Paraiso feat. DJ Dg Do Rb, MC PAULIN DO G, Braian, Pepeu & Dãan
- ReleaseProduct
- SADOMASOQUISTA
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT050DIG1
- Release Date
- 2 February 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Normal Nada the Krakmaxter
- ReleaseProduct
- Batida 31
- Label
- Nyege Nyege Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNT061DIG1
- Release Date
- 26 January 2024
- Download
Hip Hop
-
- Artist
- Cakes Da Killa
- ReleaseProduct
- Black Sheep +
- Label
- Young Art Records
- Catalogue Number
- 1947536
- Release Date
- 26 April 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Yung Fume
- ReleaseProduct
- Noughts & Crosses
- Label
- Yung Fume
- Catalogue Number
- 1978709
- Release Date
- 19 April 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- M24
- ReleaseProduct
- Concrete Rose
- Label
- Concrete Rose Records Ltd
- Catalogue Number
- 1929308
- Release Date
- 19 April 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- RV
- ReleaseProduct
- Fresh Prince Of Tottenham 2
- Label
- RV
- Catalogue Number
- 1954085
- Release Date
- 26 April 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Air Max '97 and Mulalo
- ReleaseProduct
- Ride
- Label
- DECISIONS
- Catalogue Number
- DECISIONS26S3
- Release Date
- 23 April 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Ashbeck, El Londo
- ReleaseProduct
- ITSLIKE
- Label
- Cruck Records
- Catalogue Number
- 1962834
- Release Date
- 17 April 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Oscar #Worldpeace
- ReleaseProduct
- Mum, Pray for Your Son
- Label
- Proppa P
- Catalogue Number
- 1917218
- Release Date
- 19 April 2024
- Download
1990s
-
- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Artificial Intelligence
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPCDD6
- Release Date
- 6 July 1992
- LP
- Bundle
- Download
-
- Artist
- The Future Sound Of London
- ReleaseProduct
- By Any Other Name
- Label
- WeMe
- Catalogue Number
- WeMe083
- Release Date
- 16 February 2024
- LP
-
- Artist
- Muslimgauze
- ReleaseProduct
- Kashmiri Queens
- Label
- Staalplaat
- Catalogue Number
- MUSLIMLIM 030DI
- Release Date
- 19 November 2013
- LP
- Download
-
- Artist
- The Future Sound Of London
- ReleaseProduct
- Presents Pulse Five
- Label
- De:tuned
- Catalogue Number
- ASGDE044
- Release Date
- 26 January 2024
- LP (special)
-
- Artist
- CoLD SToRAGE
- ReleaseProduct
- wipE'out'' - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack
- Label
- Lapsus
- Catalogue Number
- LPS-PS14D
- Release Date
- 17 November 2023
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Earth
- ReleaseProduct
- Earth 2
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SPD185
- Release Date
- 1 January 1993
- LP (special)
- Download
-
- Artist
- Dylan Beale
- ReleaseProduct
- Adamantium Rage (Original Soundtrack)
- Label
- Sneaker Social Club
- Catalogue Number
- 5056467362248
- Release Date
- 27 October 2023
- LP
- Download
-
- Artist
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- ReleaseProduct
- Munki
- Label
- Fuzz Club Records
- Catalogue Number
- FC200
- Release Date
- 6 October 2023
- LP (special)
- CD
2000s
-
- Artist
- Battles
- ReleaseProduct
- Mirrored
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARP156
- Release Date
- 14 May 2007
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Broadcast
- ReleaseProduct
- HaHa Sound
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARP106
- Release Date
- 11 August 2003
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Karl Bartos
- ReleaseProduct
- Life
- Label
- Trocadero
- Catalogue Number
- TR20613
- Release Date
- 11 March 2016
- 7″
-
- Artist
- Tortoise
- ReleaseProduct
- It's All Around You
- Label
- Thrill Jockey
- Catalogue Number
- THRILL115
- Release Date
- 6 April 2004
- LP (special)
- Download
-
- Artist
- Bibio
- ReleaseProduct
- Fi
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPCDD267
- Release Date
- 27 November 2015
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Goldfrapp
- ReleaseProduct
- Felt Mountain
- Label
- Mute/BMG
- Catalogue Number
- ISTUMM 188
- Release Date
- 1 August 2013
- CD
-
- Artist
- Maximo Park
- ReleaseProduct
- Missing Songs (Deluxe Version)
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARP142
- Release Date
- 10 December 2007
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Robot Koch
- ReleaseProduct
- Death Star Droid
- Label
- Project Mooncircle
- Catalogue Number
- 4260116721244
- Release Date
- 13 November 2009
- LP
- CD
Limited Editions
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- El Michels Affair
- ReleaseProduct
- Enter The 37th Chamber
- Label
- Fat Beats Records
- Catalogue Number
- FB-5127-2
- Release Date
- 7 May 2009
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- FONTAINES D.C.
- ReleaseProduct
- Romance
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL1436DA
- Release Date
- 23 August 2024
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Paul W. Teebrooke, Stasis
- ReleaseProduct
- Time Sensitive: Unreleased Sounds From The Otherworld Archives
- Label
- De:tuned
- Catalogue Number
- 5414180240470
- Release Date
- 31 May 2024
- 12”
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- ENC
- ReleaseProduct
- Surreal Estate
- Label
- ENC
- Catalogue Number
- ENCSE1
- Release Date
- 10 May 2024
- LP (special)
-
- Artist
- Röyksopp & Robyn
- ReleaseProduct
- Do It Again
- Label
- Dog Triumph
- Catalogue Number
- DOG007
- Release Date
- 23 May 2014
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Actress
- ReleaseProduct
- Statik
- Label
- Smalltown Supersound
- Catalogue Number
- STS428DIGITAL
- Release Date
- 7 June 2024
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Simon Fisher Turner
- ReleaseProduct
- Instability of the Signal
- Label
- Mute
- Catalogue Number
- ISTUMM504
- Release Date
- 2 August 2024
- LP (special)
- Download