Leisure mogul, entrepreneur, and hip hop icon Ice Dice has launched his twelfth studio album Man Up, obtainable now on all digital streaming platforms through Lench Mob Data and Hitmaker Distribution. The 14-track set, executively produced by Dice and Tony Draper, follows final 12 months’s critically acclaimed Man Down and solidifies Dice’s place as one in every of rap’s most fearless cultural commentators.

Man Up blends Dice’s signature West Coast grit with sharp lyricism to problem misconceptions and push for accountability from establishments, communities, and people. The challenge arrives at a time of heightened social rigidity, urging listeners to confront actuality reasonably than retreat from it.

Standout tracks embody “Earlier than Hip Hop,” a daring assertion dismissing the narrative that rap is accountable for systemic points that existed lengthy earlier than the style; “Act My Age” that includes Scarface, a generational collaboration between two rap heavyweights; and “California Dreamin,” which reimagines Patrice Rushen’s “Neglect Me Nots” right into a vivid West Coast reflection. Additionally notable is “It’s My Ego 3Mix,” that includes Canadian rapper Quake Matthews, who earned his characteristic by profitable Dice’s viral fan-verse problem, giving followers a direct position in shaping the document.

Alongside the album, Dice will embark on his Reality to Energy: 4 Many years of Angle tour, celebrating 40 years of groundbreaking music. The tour kicks off Tuesday, September 16, in Denver, Colorado, and can characteristic each new music and iconic tracks like “It Was a Good Day,” “Test Yo Self,” and “You Can Do It.” Tickets can be found now at Ticketmaster.com.

“I’ve all the time stood on talking reality to energy and making music that displays actuality,” mentioned Dice. “Man Up is about accountability, resilience, and reminding folks the place the actual issues come from. Hip hop didn’t create the wrestle, it gave us the language to name it out.”