Grandmaster Melle Mel told us all, “It’s like a jungle / Sometimes make ya wonder / How I keep from goin’ under.” Brooklyn’s Ka can relate in his precautionary tales. Coming from the same ‘hood as Mike Tyson, M.O.P., and Trigger The Gambler, take heed to the teachings of the comeback kid, who’s really a full-grown man with lyrics drawing from the chessboard, the record shop, and age-old concrete wisdom.The Night’s Gambit is O.G. wisdom on CD, vinyl, or your digital formats.

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