Vast Aire, one half of the legendary underground rap duo Cannibal Ox, has fixed June 24th as the release date for his solo project, Deuces Wild. This will be his sophomore solo-LP, and drops on One Records.

I'm praying that Vast isn't still stuck on the sinking ship that is post-2003 underground hip-hop mentality. You know what I'm talking about: the underground was really making waves but then fell off big time as so many players tried to latch on to the aesthetic that made groups like Can Ox great. That's to say, the underground was diluted bigtime, and even supreme efforts--like from Vast Aire--were lost in the mix. The fact that all that music was "underground" made it just that much more difficult to sort out the goods from the chaff--being in the loop just wasn't enough.

But it's not 2003 and the underground has been long dead now. It's time for Vast to come back and come back strong, but I'm not going to make any predictions about this thing, especially considering what happened with Del and The Eleventh Hour, a disc seven years in the making. In any case, I've got one mp3 off the upcoming disc, "Mecca and the Ox" featuring Vordul Mega.

Vast Aire f. Vordul Mega - "Mecca and the Ox"

Also, check out the tracklisting after the jump.

1. You Know (produced by Lee Parasite)
2. T.V. Land (produced by Melodius Monk)
3. Take Two (produced by Melodius Monk)
4. The Dynamic Duo f/Gecchi Suede of Camp Lo (produced by Aspet One)
5. Give Me That Mic f/Copywrite (produced by Rocktight)
6. Mecca And The Ox f/Vordul Mega (produced by Pete Rock)
7. Back 2 Basics” (produced by Melodius Monk)
8. Lunchroom Rap (It’s Nothing) (produced by Oh No)
9. When Starz Fall f/Double A.B., Thanos, Swave Sevah & Karniege (produced by DJ Priority Musik)
10. The Crush (produced by Falside)
11. Shu (The God of Aire) (produced by Thanos)
12. Graveyard Shift f/Genesis (produced by Melodius Monk)
13. The Infinity War (produced by Thanos)
14. The Man With Out Fear (produced by Melodius Monk)