Super16 is coming out soon… really, really soon. However, is that enough for the young Chicago rapper, Nicholas Astronomical (my nickname, not his)? Of course not. Not one to just sit and relax, even as his next huge project is entering the final stages before release, Nick Astro recently recorded a song over Outkast’s “Elevator.” Titled, “ANIMALs,” the song is a freestyle in response to how people react to different circumstances. Are we animals? Nick takes a socially-conscious look at the question.
The video, shot by myself and directed/edited by Nick Astro, is a lightly-edited and warm-filtered focus on Nick Astro go in on topics like drugs and alcohol, hypocrisies in ideologies, unprovoked violence, and more. “ANIMALs” is a loosie that probably won’t be on Super16, yet it’s exactly the spur of the moment track that shows that Nick Astro is preparing some extra stuff outside of Super16, too.