Rhys Langston closed out February by dropping his Language Arts Unit LP on P.O.W. Recordings. To continue the project’s campaign, the Los Angeles-based MC delivers a new video for the album cut “The Governor’s Water Glasses.”
“‘The Governor’s Water Glasses’ was probably the second song I started working on for Language Arts Unit and one of only three and a half that I didn’t produce myself,” he tells RealStreetRadio. “I remember my friend alexanderrrowland (three Rs) posted the beat to his Soundcloud three years ago. I heard it and immediately had the hook in my mouth. I texted him within a day and told him to take it offline and was fortunate he didn’t take offense to that.”
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Langston adds, “The song and video showcases one of the album’s concepts really well, namely, breaking expectations. The cut might sound and look like one thing, but a close examination of the lyrics shows something someone might not expect.
“Obviously it might not sound like a Top 40 hit, but would a casual listener wouldn’t expect a song about state-condoned environmental racism to bang so hard without being preachy? With the captions in the video, I wanted to emphasize this lyrical content and leave the visual simple, so people could dig into my words in a more interactive way.”
Watch Langston’s “The Governor’s Water Glasses” above and stream Language Arts Unit below.