Tom Hardy is one of our best, weirdest movie stars — the type of guy who manages to convey sweaty insanity even in an otherwise pedestrian IP blockbuster like Venom. Hardy is also a rap head to makes music in his spare time. Way back in 1999, he made a mixtape under the name Tommy No. 1, which should honestly be my rap name; it leaked a few years ago. More recently, Hardy struck up a relationship with the underground rap supergroup Czarface, and now they've made an entire collaborative album together.
If you don't know who Czarface is, it's the trio of Wu-Tang Clan legend Inspectah Deck and Boston underground staples 7L & Esoteric. They made two collaborative albums with the late deity MF DOOM, including the posthumous 2021 LP Super What? Yesterday, they announced the impending release of Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer, which means they've got albums with DOOM and Bane. Ghostface Killah, who kept his face covered during the early Wu-Tang days, also has an album with Czarface. If you're a masked supervillain, Czarface will make an album with you.
I had no idea about this, but Hardy and Czarface have been making music together for a few years, and they've already released handful of collaborations. Back in 2023, Hardy appeared as Frankie Pulitzer on the group's 2021 EP Good Guys, Bad Guys, and one of those songs was on the Venom: Let There Be Carnage soundtrack that year.
Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer comes out later this summer, and it's got guest appearances from Method Man, Busta Rhymes, and El-P. The new single "Brothers Grimm" is a fun little head-knocker, and Hardy acquits himself nicely: "Karambit to jugular, femoral to the gambit/ Arterial spray from the carotid to the ceiling." He kind of sounds like Action Bronson? You'll find that song and the tracklist below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Brothers Grimm"
02 "All It Takes Is One Bad Day"
03 "That's Law"
04 "Raw Forever" (Feat. Busta Rhymes)
05 "Triple Helix"
06 "Grim-Visaged War"
07 "Dr. Yorgo In The Land Of Acid 7.0"
08 "Mad Technology" (Feat. Method Man"}
09 "Gnawing At My Rhyme Like A Poisonous Rat"
10 "Omega Beam"
11 "Dragon Canon" (Feat. El-P)
12 "Scrub"
13 "Paul Bufano Type Beat"
14 "Frankie" (Feat. Kendra Morris)
15 "Intruder... Seems Curious"
Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer is out 8/28 on Silver Age.
