Russian born, LA bred MC Ivan Ives‘ new album Stranger arrives on September 24th featuring production from RJD2 and Aaron Marsh (Copeland), as well as guest appearances from Blueprint, Roots affiliate Greg Porn, Aaron Livingston and more. To amplify the anticipation, CraveOnline’s bringing you a behind-the-scenes look at the recording process in an exclusive studio clip.
Stranger (pre-order here) is the follow up to 2010’s First of the Month album, and embodies a much darker and cinematic feel. Ives recently released a self-directed video for the first single off the new album titled “8MM” (produced by RJD2) – check it out here, and head to his Soundcloud account for a free download of the song.
Head behind the scenes with Ivan Ives during the recording of the song “Insomniac” from the upcoming Stranger album in the clip below, exclusively on CraveOnline:
Ivan Ives originally stepped into the hip hop world in 2007, manifesting a name for himself and earning an inclusion on Rolling Stone’s next 40 artists to watch list, and one of Spin’s 8 top unsigned artists.
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