♫♪  Black Knights - “Sword In Stone”

Back when Black Knights became the first West Coast act to sign with Wu-Tang Records, the group consisted of four MCs: Holocaust, Doc Doom, Rugged Monk, and Crisis the Sharp Shooter. Today, only the latter two members remain — Holocaust went solo early on; Doc Doom died in 2007 — but the group has never fallen out of touch with The RZA, who is now based primarily out of California. It was he who introduced Black Knights to former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, who is now apparently making sample-based music under the pseudonym Trickfinger. Long story short: John Frusciante produced the new Black Knights album Medeival Chamber, and it’s actually surprisingly awesome. Cop here. You can learn more about how the collaboration came about by watching this interview, and you should probably check out these old Wake-Up Show freestyles, too. There’s also this new video, which I take it, is trying to say something about race relations and gun violence. I don’t know Butchie instead.

• Black Knights: http://www.blackknightsmusic.com
• John Frusciante: http://johnfrusciante.com

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