The Darkness (album)


The Darkness is the tenth studio album by American hip hop duo Twiztid. It was released on January 27, 2015 through Majik Ninja Entertainment with distribution via INgrooves. Recording sessions took place at the Dojo, a MNE recording studio in Michigan. Production was handled by Michael "Seven" Summers, Jake One, Eric Davie, Fritz the Cat and the Dead Beatz.
The album peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard 200, at No. 3 on the Top Rap Albums chart, and No. 5 on the Independent Albums in the United States.

Background

In early/mid 2014 Twiztid released a promo video, and it was said that Twiztid's next album would be called The Darkness. Twiztid was asked if the album would have any features and Monoxide said "No. This is just me and Jamie from start to finish, no features". Two of the 3 bonus tracks are featured on their Get Twiztid EP, released on April 15, 2014 and on the Bootleg Banner Tour with Blaze Ya Dead Homie.

Promotion

Twiztid stated in a later 2014 interview that they will release short promo video's from December 2014 'til January 2015 to help promotion for the album. They said that some of the videos they are in, and some of them they aren't. On November 26, 2014, Twiztid released the album cover art, and the track list for The Darkness. On December 3, 2014 Twiztid released the first single off the album, "Boogieman". On December 9, 2014 Twizitd released the second single via Rolling Stone website titled, "Back To Hell". On December 17, 2014 Twiztid released their first promo video for their upcoming album, The Darkness, titled "Hostage". On January 8, 2015 via Revolver, Twiztid released the third single off The Darkness titled "A Little Fucked Up". On January 9, 2015 Twiztid released the second promo video for The Darkness titled "Family Time".

Music videos

The first music video off the album was "A Little Fucked Up" which was released on February 11, 2015. On March 17, 2015 the second music video, "Boogieman" was released via Revolver. On July 9, 2015 the third music video, "No Breaks" was released via Twiztid-Shop.com, their and the labels' online store.

Track listing

Personnel