{"id":819874,"date":"2025-01-14T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/ghais-guevara-shares-the-old-guard-is-dead\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:13:00","slug":"ghais-guevara-shares-the-old-guard-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/ghais-guevara-shares-the-old-guard-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghais Guevara Shares \u2018The Old Guard Is Dead\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div id=\"page\">\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Restriction always breeds innovation&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            03 \u00b7 01 \u00b7 2025                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"article-full\" about=\"\/news\/track-of-the-day-284-lexie-carroll\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\">\n<div property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p>American rapper <strong>Ghais Guevara<\/strong> has shared new song \u2018The Old Guard Is Dead\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The wordsmith swept into London at the end of December, playing a packed out show at vital independent venue the George Tavern. Part of a special Fat Possum showcase, Ghais will release his debut album through the label this month.<\/p>\n<p>Out on January 24th, \u2018Goyard Ibn Said\u2019 is conceptual in tone and personal in execution. Taken from the LP, new song \u2018The Old Guard Is Dead\u2019 is an example of how potent and finessed Ghais Guevara\u2019s artistry can be.<\/p>\n<p>Almost minimalist in tone, the track has a pared back feel, with the on-point lyricism showing Ghais command of rap flows. He comments\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRestriction always breeds innovation and this song is an example of that. The lack of sample options at my disposal forced me to work with unfamiliar songs, sounds and flows. The result is me and my navy storming the pier, the citizens look in fear because they know we won\u2019t be leaving.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tune in now.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghais Guevara - The Old Guard Is Dead (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpvFIxd6lWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Related: <strong><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/features\/ghais-guevara-picks-out-some-essential-winter-albums\/\">Ghais Guevara Picks Out Some Essential Winter Albums<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit:<strong> Sam Resetarits<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            &#8211;\n                                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vero.co\/clashmagazine\"><br \/>\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"music Join us on VERO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/wp-content\/themes\/chop-child\/images\/vero.gif\" width=\"99.6%;\" previous-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><br \/>\n                                                <\/a>\n                                            <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                Join the Clash mailing list for up to the minute music, fashion and film news.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/news\/ghais-guevara-shares-the-old-guard-is-dead\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music &#8220;Restriction always breeds innovation&#8230;&#8221; 03 \u00b7 01 \u00b7 2025 American rapper Ghais Guevara has shared new song \u2018The Old Guard Is Dead\u2019. The wordsmith swept into London at the end of December, playing a packed out show at vital independent venue the George Tavern. Part of a special Fat Possum showcase, Ghais will release [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":819875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":{"0":"post-819874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-news","8":"tag-podcast-music"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}