[youtube id=”6nMcPRKu9IM”]Binary Star’s new album LIGHTY is a two-part release along with EARS APART. The double album project adds to their already lengthy body of work and they last heard from on the 2017 Water World 3. One Be Lo stars in the video for “Astrolalology” which is a quick low-key clip of him reciting all his verses on the street and inside a parking structure. 

Binary Star is releasing an Egyptian-inspired double album LightY Ears Apart. The album is based on their original concept of two stars in orbit with each other. The video for “The Last Supper Nova” has One Be Lo hanging out in front of church holding a bible questioning the text. The scenes are interrupted by quick shots of an illustration of J.Dilla Ice Cube’s Lethal Injection album cover. LightY Ears Apart will be released in 2018.

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Binary Star’s One Be Lo and Decompoze are joined by T Calmese, RoSpit and Malaki on “Subterraneous” from Waterworld 3. Decompoze produced “Subterraneous” and he shaped the sound of the album with OneManArmy. Binary Star describes Waterworld 3 as an album for the people who have been smushed between wars and capitalist exploitation among other things. Waterworld 3 comes out Friday.

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Detroit rapper Journalist 103 has collaborated with fellow natives Guilty Simpson and One Be Lo on his new single “Felony.” The trio rap about the government corruption and racism on the DJ Stresh-produced song. Journalist 103 got on the radar of non-mainstream hip-hop fans when he worked with Apollo Brown and DJ Soko as one-third of  2010’s The Left project. Battle For The Hearts And Minds is his sophomore album coming out at the end of the month on Babygrande. Several Detroit rappers appear on the album including Clear Soul Forces, Nolan The Ninja, Willie The Kid and Marvwon.