Fri. March 19, 2021
Standard Version WAW tracklisting revealed.
The official tracklisting for the standard version of "Words Are Weapons" is revealed. Featuring 17 tracks, along with 2 skits. From the "That By Different" hit to what looks to be another skit directed towards his ex, but this time, seemingly against her mother with the track called “Calling Ex’s Mom (Skit)”, the album's standard version is completely set to drop April 9th everywhere in stores. Pre-ordering for the standard version available today!
Thurs. March 18, 2021
First look at "Words Are Weapons" album cover (Standard Version)
The official album cover for John Anthony - "Words Are Weapons" is HERE! John Anthony shared the artwork today on Instagram and is the first look at the standard version. The artwork really brings to life the saying words are weapons, as the cover shows John Anthony standing with an abundance of scrap paper of lyrics pinned to the wall behind him. The tracklist is expect to be released sometime tomorrow and pre-ordering officially available tomorrow as well. Also, the deluxe version album cover & track listing expect to be released next week. The deluxe version is said to have different artwork from this standard cover. "Words Are Weapons" drops April 9th! Stay tuned.
Wed. March 10, 2021
NEW "Words Are Weapons" Album Trailer
Official "Words Are Weapons" trailer released today. Album releasing April 9th. Cover, tracklist and deluxe cover expect to be announced this week and next week.
Sun. March 7, 2021
NFL x "That Boy Different" Video Mix - Available Now!
Watch full video on YouTube or above. A 2019-21 Seasonal NFL Mixtape featuring John Anthony - "That Boy Different" .
Fri. March 5, 2021
"That Boy Different" - OUT NOW!
John Anthony - "That Boy Different" officially OUT NOW on ALL streaming services.
Thurs. Mar. 4, 2020
NEW SINGLE dropping tonight!
"That Boy Different", the first new single off John Anthony's new album - Words Are Weapons - , is releasing tonight everywhere!
Mon. March 1, 2021
New Album "Words Are Weapons" - video teaser!
John Anthony and Villainous Records releases a short teases promoting the release of John Anthony's new album "Words Are Weapons". The short trailer features a quick teaser of a new heavy-hitting track, possible off the new album. Villainous Records and John Anthony also revealed a new single release THIS FRIDAY March 5th! "Words Are Weapons" is set to release April 9th! This will be John Anthony's 8th studio project under Villainous Records dating back to mid-2019 and his 12th project over his career.
Mon. March 1, 2021
Villainous Records announces NEW John Anthony album!
Villainous Records announces BRAND NEW John Anthony album set to release April 9th! Album entitled "Words Are Weapons". Also announces new music expected THIS FRIDAY, March 5th!
Sat. February 20, 2021
Lyrics to "400 Bar (Freestyle)" available now!
Lyrics to "400 Bar (Freestyle)" now available on YouTube, MusixMatch, Genius and Lyrics.com!
Fri. February 19, 2021
"400 Bar (Freestyle)" is OUT NOW!
John Anthony - 400 Bar (Freestyle) is officially out now on ALL streaming platforms. The track is a 13 and a half minute long freestyle over 17 different classic hip hop tracks featuring instrumentals from 2Pac, Nas, LL Cool J, Eminem and more!
Thurs. February 18th, 2021
Villainous Records confirms new John Anthony freestyle dropping tonight!
Villainous Records confirms on their Instagram a new track by John Anthony will be releasing tonight. Entitled the "400 Bar (Freestyle)", expect this to be in stores everywhere at midnight tonight.
Tue. February 16th, 2021
John Anthony teases new music!
Seemingly quiet for the first start of the new year, John Anthony teases possible new music on his Instagram story today. The picture is clearly him in the studio, which leaves the question what exactly is coming? New single? Possibly new album? Stay tuned.
Web. November 18th, 2020
John Anthony tributes LL Cool J in new EP entitled "Stereo".
John Anthony releases "Stereo EP" as a celebration to the 35th anniversary of LL Cool J's 1985 timeless classic "Radio". The EP features 5 throwback-style hip hop tracks including "Stereo", a song which he samples Cool J's "I Can't Live Without My Radio". The EP marks John Anthony 11th career project. This also marks his 7th album/EP under Villainous Records and his 5th and final project of the year 2020. This EP is only available on YouTube, SoundCloud and AudioMack as of 11/18/20.
Fri. November 13th, 2020
Black Friday Deals are here!
Black Friday savings are here! Get ALL merch and music in 'Shop' on sale. Get hoodies and sweatshirts 20% OFF and t-shirts 30% OFF. Music listed in 'Shop'. Check out all savings in 'Shop'. Deals end November 21st, 2020.
Tue. September 22, 2020
Lyrics to "Sincerely Yours (Freestyle)" available on YouTube & more.
Watch lyrics to Sincerely Your (Freestyle) on YouTube today. Lyrics are also available on Genius, MusixMatch and Lyrics.com.
Sat. September 19th, 2020
John Anthony releases new freestyle single produced by Logic.
John Anthony releases a brand new, nearly eight minute long freestyle track entitled "Sincerely Yours". The track comes strangely on a Saturday but quickly follows up on the cryptic Logic/John Anthony stories that were posted this past week. Speaking of Logic, the reasoning now comes to light as why Logic related pictures where being posted by John. Logic produced the beats last week live on his Twitch stream. So clearly, John took advantage of it and interestingly enough, the track features all five beats produced by Logic in one song. Basically creating a switch-up freestyle. The track is available today on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube and much more. Check out the song below.
Fri. September 18th, 2020
John Anthony teases Logic related posts on IG.
Interestingly, John post two cryptic stories on Instagram both this past Wednesday and Friday. Both stories showed pictures related to retired hip hop artist Logic. The first post shows Logic's BobbyBoy Records animated cartoon right next to the Villainous logo. The next post clearly shows both rappers names "Logic" and "John Anthony". However, the background pictures shows a recent picture of Logic producing beats, which he has recently did a few weeks ago. The beats were made for Logic's fan and/or any underground rapper to use for free. Possibly John Anthony track releasing soon with beats produced by Logic?
Mon. August 10th, 2020
New "Unexplored" merch available now!
Brand new apparel off the new John Anthony album "Unexplored" is here. Get the physical copy (CD) of "Unexplored" along with the new hoodies and t-shirts. All available now on www.villainousrecords.weebly.com/shop!
Fri. August 7th, 2020
John Anthony releases unannounced new album: "Unexplored".
John Anthony quickly overshadows any past releases with brand new 12 track album this month. Seemingly a month and a half since the release of the anticipated summer album "The Bad Guy Chronicles", John makes a very quick and surprise return back with his fifth studio project "Unexplored", which is also now his fourth project this year. The unexpected album leaves the question of why such a quick release? Only John knows that answer, but for now, "Unexplored" is available everywhere on all streaming services.
Fri. July 17, 2020
John Anthony reveals new logo.
Villainous Records reveals the new John Anthony logo today, via Twitter. The logo seems to bring a more simplified look with a modern feel to it. This is John Anthony's 3rd logo change since introducing the name back in 2016. The past two logo's featured a more edgier look with the blend mix between cursive/graffiti and bold fonts. The new logo takes away from the double-styled fonts and shows one font as a whole with a darker complex semibold feature along with a rectangular border around the name.
Sat. July 4th, 2020
New single "Wake 'Em Up" drops on the 4th of July.
A week after the release of The Bad Guy Chronicles, John Anthony releases a bonus track on the Fourth of July. "Wake 'Em Up" is a cut-track from the BCG album due to time constraints. The song is officially out and available everywhere now today!
Sun. June 28th, 2020
The Bad Guy Chronicles merchandise available now.
Brand new Bad Guy Chronicles merchandise including physical copies (CD), Hoodies and T-Shirt are all available now! Feel free to browse through the new BCG merch and all John Anthony and Villainous Records merch on www.villainousrecords.weebly.com!
Fri. June 26th, 2020
The Bad Guy Chronicles is officially out now!
The time is finally here. Months of build up and John Anthony has officially released his fourth studio project entitled "The Bad Guy Chronicles". The Bad Guy Chronicles is technically the second studio LP under John's catalog behind The Therapy LP & Deluxe (2019-2020); knowing Four Forty Four (2018) and Ride or Die (2020) were both EP's. The Bad Guy Chronicles has a stand out twenty tracks and features a two sided-style rap genre in both Boom Bap and Trap music. It's first side, Alternative Boom Bap, delivers in a lyrical masterpiece with certain songs viewed as discourteous, offensive and misogynistic, such as Sharpening the Saw or Crazy, to more humorous, story-telling songs like Who I Am and Lost One. It's second side features a more edgier mainstream Trap style, such as hit single Ballin. With production by Villainous Records, The BGC is set to deliver.
Mon. June 17th, 2020
Official cover & track list for The Bad Guy Chronicles.
Official cover and track list for John Anthony's "The Bad Guy Chronicles" have been revealed. As noted, the album has a two side tracklisting separated by "Part One" and "Part Two". The album seems to also be featuring Skits, something new for John Anthony. Album not only features one notable track in hit song "Ballin", but also sees "I Am A God", a song released late 2019. take a feature on the album. The Bad Guy Chronicles is set to release next Friday, June 26th on all platforms.
Thurs. June 11th, 2020
John Anthony announces new album via. teaser video!
John Anthony is back. Just released, via. Instagram, John will be releasing his fourth studio project this month. The album is entitled "The Bad Guy Chronicles" and will feature 20 tracks on a special two-sided album. The album will be the second complete studio album but fourth overall project by John Anthony under the Villainous Records label. Also making this his third project released this year. The album is set for release on June 26th, 2020 and will featured on all platforms, the first album John will have available worldwide on all streamers. Stay tuned!
Mon. June 8th, 2020
Two older John Anthony tracks available on all streamers!
With the improvement with John Anthony's latest track "Ballin" being available on all platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon, etc., Villainous Records reported that it will be re-releasing two older John Anthony tracks for availability on all major streamers. "Run It Back", a track released on January 1st, 2020 and "Slaughter Day", a track released on February 29th, 2020, will both be available on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Play and more, along with John latest hit single "Ballin".
Thur. June 4th, 2020
NBA 2019-20 Mix - "Ballin" feat. John Anthony
John Anthony releases a NBA video mix featuring his new track "Ballin". The mix comes a week later from the release of the hit track and a few months from the NBA season suspension. Full video above.
Sun. May 31st, 2020
John Anthony teases new album!
John Anthony teases a short 5 second video of a possible new album in works, via Instagram Story. The video is very short but gives tons of information surrounding the possible new project. In the video, it shows John and a caption on the video stating "It's so close you can almost taste it" along with a potential song off the new album playing in the background. It quickly shows a track listing of a handful of songs that seem to be part of the album. Stay tuned for more information.
Fri. May 29th, 2020
John Anthony is back with new song - BALLIN!
The Villain is back and has unexpectedly dropped a brand new track entitled "Ballin". And for the first time in his career, John has finally gotten his music, at least this new song, on ALL streaming services! Check out the new HIT!
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