Czarface is an American hip hop supergroup formed in 2013 by Wu-Tang Clan's Inspectah Deck and the Boston duo 7L & Esoteric, pairing comic-book aesthetics with sample-heavy boom bap. Czarface Meets Metal Face (2018, with MF DOOM) and Czarface Meets Ghostface (2019) are the catalog highlights. Dig into Czarface vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Czarface formed in 2013 as a collaboration between Inspectah Deck (Jason Hunter, of Wu-Tang Clan) and the Boston-based hip hop duo 7L (DJ and producer Daniel Pino) and Esoteric (rapper Seamus Ryan). Their self-titled 2013 debut on Brick Records launched a sustained run of releases through the 2010s and 2020s. The trio is particularly notable for their use of comic book and superhero aesthetics throughout their visual presentation and album art, with extensive packaging tied to comic book illustration. Their collaborative albums with MF DOOM (2018) and Ghostface Killah (2019) are widely regarded as highlights of their catalog.
Czarface's sound combines hip hop, East Coast hip hop, conscious hip hop, and underground hip hop with 7L's sample-driven production drawing on comic book scores, classic boom bap traditions, and Wu-Tang-adjacent aesthetics. Inspectah Deck and Esoteric's vocal interplay is a defining feature.
Silver Age and Get on Down pressings of the Czarface catalog have been issued in extensive color variant editions, often with comic-book-themed packaging and limited collector pressings. The MF DOOM and Ghostface collaboration albums are particularly widely collected.
Listeners new to Czarface typically start with Czarface Meets Metal Face (2018) or the 2013 self-titled debut.
