Devine Carama channels Massive L by paying homage to the native arts scene within the new “MVP (Most Helpful Poet)” music video from his new collaborative album with Amadeus360, ‘Guardians of the Growth Bap’.
“The very first thing that got here to thoughts once I heard Devine spit was that he sounds identical to Massive L,” says Amadeus360. “This beat needed to be dirty.”
The Brooklyn producer interpolates scratches of L’s “Sandman 118” and a pattern flip of Roy Ayers Ubiquity’s “All people Loves The Sunshine” to backdrop Emmy-winning rapper Devine Carama’s supreme lyrical talents on their single “MVP (Most Helpful Poet)“.
A standout from the duo’s newest collaborative album ‘Guardians of the Growth Bap’, “MVP” will get an official music video, unveiled as we speak (9.16.2025).
Directed by Shooter McGavin, the video was shot at notable landmarks representing the artwork scene of Devine’s hometown of Lexington, Kentucky.
“Artwork is a number of issues. For some, it’s leisure. For some it’s commerce. For me, artwork is a voice. Artwork is tradition. The ‘MVP’ music video options two legendary artwork landmarks (Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Heart, and Lexington Artwork League) and Lexington’s latest place to play, Gatton Park On The City Department.” –Devine Carama
Following his 2021 full-length collaboration with Termanology ‘360’, Amadeus360 firmly etched his identify as a contemporary torchbearer for uncooked, gritty Growth Bap together with his 2023 magnum opus ‘The MPC Jedi‘.
In distinction to the throng of cross-generational spitters featured throughout that album’s 18 tracks, the self-proclaimed “Beat King” has, as soon as once more, locked in with one MC for ‘Guardians of the Growth Bap’, a concise physique of labor devoted to the naked necessities of Hip-Hop’s Golden Period.
“I’m a sucker for an actual lyricist, and Devine is an animal on the mic!” says Amadeus.
Launched on all main digital streaming platforms by way of Soulspazm on June 13, the brand new album follows the fourth installment of Carama’s critically acclaimed ‘Kingtucky’ sequence.
As an activist, youth advocate, printed writer, and faculty professor, the rapper’s socially acutely aware tenor shines all through the album.
“We would like listeners to get that very same feeling they acquired listening to hip-hop within the 90’s,” Carama explains. “Simply beats, rhymes, and life.”