Heavy Is the Head (EP)

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Heavy is the Head...
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EP by
ReleasedOctober 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)
Genre Hip hop
Length28:59
Label My Own Planet
Producer
Marvwon chronology
Wayne Fontes Music
(2010)
Heavy Is The Head...
(2012)
Soundtrack Of Autumn
(2016)

Heavy Is The Head... is the first solo extended play by American rapper and producer MarvWon, released October 16, 2012, following up from his 2010 album Wayne Fontes Music . Signed under Mr. Porter's My Own Planet imprint, this nine-track record featured Detroit-based artists Royce Da 5'9" (of Slaughterhouse), Fat Killahz and Kon Artis (of D12), whose production is primarily presented, along with Jay Oliver, Young Roc, Pzuvmynd, and Trox. [2]

Contents

In 2013, Marv dropped a single for "Talk Cash Shit" and a video directed by Mario "Khalif" Butterfield. [3] In 2014, he shot another video for "What Up". [4]

A free digital version of the Heavy Is The Head... project is available to download on the Internet. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."The King's Speech"
  • MarvWon
  • Mags
  • Silent Riot
0:43
2."What Up"Jay Oliver3:54
3."Talk Ca$h Shit"Young Roc3:12
4."Winner's Circle" (featuring Royce Da 5'9") Kon Artis 4:12
5."Power" (featuring F.E.R.G.)Young Roc3:09
6."Got To Go" (featuring Kon Artis)Kon Artis3:04
7."Goose Down" (featuring Kon Artis)Kon Artis3:03
8."Still The Same" (featuring Young Roc)
  • Trox
  • Kon Artis (co.)
4:09
9."FK 4 Life" (featuring The Fat Killahz)Pzyvmynd3:33
Total length:28:59

Additional personnel

Mario Butterfield - cover art & design

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