''Connecticut Casual'' is the fourth solo studio album by American hip hop recording artist

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. It was released on June 3, 2014 through Dirty Version Records.

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was handled by Teddy Roxpin,

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, Smoke The World, The Doppelgangaz, and Apathy himself, who produced the majority of the project. It features

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s from Kappa Gamma, Hayze, ANoyd,

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and Danaya.

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s were released for songs "The Grand Leveler", "The Curse Of The Kennedys" and "Martha Moxley (R.I.P.)". In the United States, the album debuted at number 41 on the

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, number 24 on the

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and number 13 on the

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charts. A 24-track ''Instrumentals + Acapellas'' version of the album with slightly different cover art was released on the same day. Its sequel, ''Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2'', was released on April 12, 2024.

Background

In July 2013, through his

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account, Apathy announced he was working on a new

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titled ''Connecticut Casual''. Apathy later stated on Facebook that the EP would be available for free download. It was initially to be released mid-April 2014 but the date was pushed back to May 2014, in the light of his super-group

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' album ''

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'', being released commercially in April. On March 19, 2014, Apathy revealed that ''Connecticut Casual'' will be an album instead of an EP now and will drop on June 3, 2014. ''Connecticut Casual'' has been described as an album that uncovers the darker sides of

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that most people are unfamiliar with. "From the opulent lifestyle of the Kennedy family, to the economically destitute neighbourhoods of

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and

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. Mansions and projects. Tennis courts and bodegas. Summers spent on the shores of the Atlantic. Mysterious meetings in

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s. Homicides that go unsolved due to inadequate law enforcement budgets in poor areas, to literally getting away with murder by being well connected to East Coast royalty".

Track listing

Personnel

*Chad "

" Bromley – vocals, producer (tracks: 2-7, 9, 10), recording, mixing, mastering *Christian "

" Webster – vocals (track 2) *Kappa Gamma – vocals (tracks: 3, 7, 9, 11) *ANoyd – vocals (track 4) *Hayze – vocals (tracks: 8, 9) *Danaya – vocals (track 8) *

– producers (track 1) *Teddy "Roxpin" Rosenthal – producer (track 8), co-producer (track 2) * The Doppelgangaz – producers (track 11) *E. Michael "Smoke The World" Montavon – producer (track 12) *Chris B. Murray – illustration *Daria Anna – photography *Open Mic Graphics – graphics

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2014 albums Apathy (rapper) albums Demigodz Records albums Albums produced by Da Beatminerz