Cardo Announces Joint "OFF THE RIP" Beat Tape With Virgil Abloh
“Still Coming. Has to.”
Cardo, the producer behind major tracks such as Drake‘s “God’s Plan,” and Kid Cudi and Travis Scott‘s “Through the Late Night,” has announced plans to release a beat tape that he and Abloh had been working on titled “OFF THE RIP.”
Following his passing, Virgil Abloh‘s diverse range of work, including his Louis Vuitton’s Fall/Winter 2022 collection, LV x Nike Air Force 1’s, and electric Maybach designs, continue to carry his legacy into the future.
One of the lesser-emphasized spheres Abloh was involved in was music. He was often seen behind the turntables and has appeared on the biggest stages, including Coachella.
Abloh had a DJ residency at XS nightclub, opened at shows around the world, and collaborated with artist George Condo to launch “Watercolor” Jazz Hours, a series of live Youtube DJ sets in response to the pandemic. Abloh was also famously the album art designer for Ye‘s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, A$AP Rocky‘s Long.Live.A$AP, Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, and more.
While Abloh has a number of tracks and remixes to his name already, including ORVNGE with Boyz Noize, and more recently Delicate Limbs featuring serpentwithfeat, the Cardo beat tape suggests a shift away from Abloh’s usual house/electronic productions to one of his first hip-hop/rap releases as a primary artist.
Me and Virgil was working on a beat tape called “OFF THE RIP” … still coming. Has to.
— 🚦 (@CardoGotWings) January 20, 2022
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