One of the few artists we had on our radar when we first came out, Baton Rouge-based artist Lango has been making waves for himself and has slowly been building his career by releasing nonstop heat. A musician that is no stranger to taking risks, all while pushing the boundaries of his sound. Since 2018, with every new release, Lango looks to set himself apart from his peers by creating a sound you’ll find yourself constantly going back because one listen just isn’t enough! One of the first projects we listened to was 2018’s ‘Melting Point’. At that time Lango was still cutting his teeth as an underground artist but this project was the perfect introduction for him and his sound. Featuring productions from LUKRATIVE, ILLUD, Worldwidetak, and even doing some himself. Even in our infancy, ‘Melting Point’ stood out to us as such a high-quality project from a novice in this big industry.

Following that project, Lango really locked in. From 2019 to now it seems as though he’s been on a nonstop run to see how far he can not only push himself creatively, but see where he can take his career and further his reach to new audiences. After ‘Melting Point’, Lango released two projects, ‘Gameroom’ and ‘Warthog’. Fast forward to 2021, he really took things up a notch with ‘Wikk Tapes’. If all his other projects were just practice, then ‘Wikk Tapes’ truly raised the bar for himself as an artist! With experimental sounds it worked out for the best with stand-out songs like: ‘Obvious’ featuring Three65, ‘Back Outside’, ‘Call Byron’ , ‘Russia’, and all of the new songs added to the deluxe edition of the project.

With his new project ‘Speedin’ Through Life’, Lango has once again solidified himself as a powerhouse artist that should be on your radar. Featuring guest appearances from XABIEL LUCIA, BLÜ, Michael Armstead, Three65, and Matt Hue. ‘Speedin’ Through Life’ is Lango’s best project to date! Each song fits in perfectly with the overall sound of the project, each guest feature feels hand-picked, and the production is what really makes this project stand out as a whole. Lango is our pick as ‘ARTIST OF THE MONTH’ for January 2022. He continuously pushes himself to new heights by never remaining comfortable, taking risks, and always looking to see elevating how he can elevate to new levels with each release. The year just started, but ‘Speedin’ Through Life’ as an early contender for best underground project of the year and Lango is on the trajectory of establishing himself as the next big artists to command media attention. Check out our feature with him below and be sure to listen to his new album ‘Speedin’ Through Life’

Lango congratulations on releasing one of the best albums of 2022 so far with your new project ‘Speedin’ Through Life’ give us an update on what’s been going on with you?

Thanks and I think I’ve been mostly good lately. I just moved out to Atlanta and I’ve just been trying to find a way to leave a mark out here.

Since your 2019 project ‘Gameroom’ you’ve been releasing all heat including “Warthog”, and “Wikk Tapes’. With “Speedin’ Through Life” you’ve raised the bar for yourself, so just talk us through this new project. What inspired the name of the project, when did you start working on it, and what was your favorite aspect of putting your album together.

I started working on this project around September of 2021. After the summer ended the year was kinda tough for me. So much was going on to the point I felt super numb. So days were just flying by, I just felt like I was speeding through life. And all my songs during that time were slower more emotional tunes. Coincidentally it resembles speeding bullet to heaven which I promise was not on purpose. My favorite part was just being able to pick songs that were different than what I usually put out. The more emotional, meaningful messages.

The cover goes CRAZY! How did it come together?

My younger brother had just launched his film production company Mondo Digital, and I was like shoot some stuff for me so you can have some content to start with. He ended up shooting a clip of me acting crazy in the woods with my face painted and clipped that image. So we just thought it was tight and went with it.

So from front to back every song feels hand-picked and perfectly placed on the project even the features (which include XABIEL LUCIA, BLÜ, MICHEAL ARMSTEAD, Slimm, THREE65, and MATT HUE) complement the overall project. So just break down the production for us who did you tap in for that, how did you pick your features for this project, and what’s it like working with everybody?

For this album I kinda kept it down to my day one main producer camp buddies. Worlwidetak, Patty Mills, Arixs, Grant $aint, DJ bean, W8up and Matt Hue. Dumpy mastered most of it and Chad Roby mastered a couple, they came in last minute clutch. These guys kinda know me pretty well and know exactly what variety I like and they also all love my music. I also worked with my friends from college his name is Khari, he sent me a beat on some random. I kinda use Matt Hue in a Mike Dean sense, he adds finishing touches to certain songs. Like the outro on world is mine, or the bridge on release it, and the outro on always early. He’s good at being the glue for stuff I can’t finish.

Also Michael Armstead produced the intro track, and did some vocals on Bentley Baton Rouge and the bridge in Release it. He was last minute all over the damn tape. But dude is incredible. He’s an artists out of Baton Rouge as well as Slimm who I newly got to work with. She also did some amazing vocals on Bentley Baton Rouge. Blü is an artist from Nola. After Matt sent me the always early outro I tried to sing on it but I was like this needs to be for her. Her voice is perfect for that shit idk. I think that’s one of the best songs I’ve ever made. Xabiel is on the intro track and is this amazing alternative artist and man his voice is incredible to me. This guy sang his whole verse in Spanish, I almost wreck my car and shit on myself when I heard it. Very slept on dude and very high ceiling for potential. Last but not least my boy Three65. You already know what it is with him.

Bro you and THREE65 go crazy together you guys really blew our minds with “Obvious” back in 2021, and “WORLD IS MINE” is even better. So what’s it like working with him, how long have you guys been working together, and would you guys ever do a collab EP or album together?

I’ve been workin with him for years, since he was like 16. We been locked in for a very long time and he hit a point where he just went full singer out of this world. Nobody sounds like him. I see him as my only contemporary just cause we came up together. And I think we work better when we just got a song or two floating around. I don’t like collab records.

So on our end our favorite songs off your project are ‘ALWAYS EARLY’, ‘BENTLEY BATON’ ‘ROUGE’, ‘WORLD IS MINE,’ ‘Lighten Up’, and ‘Speedin Through Life’. Tell us about each of these songs, and what are your favorite songs?

Always early was produced by Patty Mills. Just a track about how I value being on time for shit lmao. Bentley Baton Rouge was a song I actually slept on produced by Arixs and W8up. World is mine another one by Arixs, Lighten up by Arix and Tak, and speeding through life by Tak. My favorite song is Thank God produced by my friends from college, Khari, or the outro to lighten up which I produced.

So what’s next for you in 2022 where do you want to be by the end of the year any new music on the way?

By the end of the year I want to have increased my net worth, done a tour or two, Dropped a song that has surpassed my biggest song in streams. Stay in the gym, just have a bunch of stuff to say in December that I’m proud of, cause at the end of 2021 I didn’t have much to say. And yes I’m gonna drop so much music and content I can’t wait.

Any last words?

Thank you Nefarious Supply for sticking with me all this time. Thanks to Byron Ju Jax and all the other boys. Ion wanna say too much cause I’m still tryna take my own advice but one thing I never did was stop being myself so just keep doing that and you’ll be fine.