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March 25, 2024

JOHN ANTHONY TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO THIS FRIDAY!

John Anthony is set to release his first bit of new music of the 2024 year this Friday!

“Turn Loose” is set to release this Friday, March 29th, along with a music video. The announcement was made earlier today on John Anthony’s Instagram, with a teaser of the song in a graphic post. The single will be the first new bit of music from John Anthony this year.

The speculation is that “Turn Loose” will be the first single off an anticipated and forthcoming seventh studio album by John Anthony in the next few months.

March 25, 2024

JOHN ANTHONY "SUCCESS STORY" RELEASED 1-YEAR TODAY.

John Anthony's sixth studio album Success Story celebrates it's one-year anniversary today.

On March 24, 2023, John Anthony released his most anticipated album to date with Success Story -- an all boom bap album with a classic, retro-throwback to the 1950's themes. The album featured hit songs such as the singles from the project including "Montana" and "IDFWY", along with popular tracks like "Vilified" and "Dangerous".

You can stream the album today everwhere in stores.

March 23, 2024

UPDATE: "SCARY SEASON: LIVE" CONCERT GETS RESCHEDULED

The “Scary Season: LIVE” concert is being rescheduled.

John Anthony, J Mont and Frizz’s upcoming concert in their hometown of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is being rescheduled to a different date. Previously announced to be on Saturday, June 8, the concert will now be pushed a week later to the following Saturday, June 15.

The artists announced on their Instagrams and stated the tickets are still on sale. The date error on the ticket will still read the previous date, but the artists told their fans to ignore that date.

Tickets are still on sale on Eventbrite and also on our official Store page.

March 15, 2024

john anthony, J Mont & Frizz Announce 2024 CONCERT!

John Anthony, J Mont and Frizz set to return to the stage for “Scary Season: LIVE”.

It’s been just over three months since John Anthony and J Mont shared the stage, along Frizz, for the “Heroes 2 Villains: LIVE in Concert” show in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Now the trio will hit the stage again for their sequel concert entitled “Scary Season: LIVE” featuring all three artists as the main headliners.

The concert will be held at The River Street Jazz Cafe on Saturday, June 8, in their hometown of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and will be a two-hour show, starting at 9:00pm and ending around 11:00pm. The show’s setlist has not yet been confirmed but is expected to be released as a Spotify Playlist in early May.

Tickets will be sold via Eventbrite and on our official Store catalog and will be shipped and delivered within a week or so from purchase. Limited tickets will be sold by each artist.

More info regarding the show is available here.

February 8, 2024

Photos from john anthony's Performance In Philly

Below are a few photos from John Antony’s show in Philadelphia this past week.

John Anthony performed in Philadelphia, PA over the weekend. You can view the three photos in John Anthony's page here.

February 2, 2024

john anthony To Perform In Philadelphia 

John Anthony announces he will be featured in a Live Performance Show in Philadelphia, PA.

Announcing via his Instagram Story, John Anthony will have a short performance in this years upcoming Independent Artist Showcase presented by Concert Crave. The show will be held in Philadelphia, PA on Sunday, February  4th at The Fallser Club.

John Anthony is apart of the artist line-up and will perform around 8pm EST. General admission tickets are on sale now.

Tickets are here.

December 15, 2023

john anthony Releases Villainology, Vol. 5 Mixtape

Villainology, Vol. 5 is officially out now!

John Anthony has finally released his fifth installment of the annual mixtape series Villainology! The mixtape was originally set to release on December 1st as per annual first Friday of December release, but John Anthony took to Twitter to address the albums delay was in part due to the “Heroes 2 Villains” Concert on December 8th being a very important and anticipated show. You can read up on the story here on our previous news article.

The new mixtape features ten songs, with multiple remix tracks to unreleased songs from John Anthony’s album Success Story, that was released earlier this year. The remixes on this mixtape are to the form of some classic tracks from some classic artists, such as remixes to Eminem’s “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” and “Renegade” with J Mont, to yet another 50 Cent remix in the form of “Wanksta”  — which is the third remix John Anthony has made from 50 Cent’s album Get Rich or Die Tryin’.

You can listen to the mixtape here on the following free streaming platforms.

December 9, 2023

Photos from john anthony & j mont H2V Concert

John Anthony and J Mont's Heroes 2 Villains concert has officially ended.

You can view the photos here from the event. Official T-Shirts and CD's from the event will be available for purchase soon.


December 1, 2023

JOHN ANTHONY RESCHEDULES "VILLAINOLOGY VOL. 5" MIXTAPE

John Anthony took to X today to announce he will be rescheduling the upcoming "Villainology Vol. 5" mixtape.

Since 2019, John Anthony has released his annual compilation mixtape entitled "Villainology" every first Friday of December on free streaming platforms. Currently, he has released four mixtapes since then (Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4) with Volume 5 originally assumed to release today, Friday, December 1st. However, there was no announcement of the mixtape to come eariler in the week and when midnight struck on eastern time on Friday the 1st, fans came to notice there was no release of the fifth installment of the mixtape.

John Anthony later took to X (Twitter) to publically address this issue. He states in his tweet: 

#Villainology Volume 5 is still coming. Usually it would release today but due to the anticipation surrounding the H2V concert next Friday, I decided to put the mixtape on hold. Expect Vol. 5 to drop on a Friday this December.

He also would add the official artwork for Volume 5 attached to the tweet. With the Heroes 2 Villains Concert next Friday the 8th, we can expect Villainology Vol. 5 to release on either one of the three Friday's that follows: Friday December 15, Friday December 22, or Friday December 29.

November 30, 2023

H2V CONCERT SETLIST AVAILABLE TO STREAM

John Anthony and J Mont's anticipated show is a week away and you can now stream the setlist today!

The setlist for the song that will be performed are now available to stream on playlist on Spotify, AudioMack and YouTube. The setlist only features partial tracks, meaning there are a coupe of songs that aren't added to the playlists but will be surprise performances. 

The show will be held at The Sherman Theaters independent venue The Sherman Showcase in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Doors will open at 7pm and the main act show will start at 8pm EST.

Tickets are available now. You can purchase your limited physical ticket today HERE.

October 20, 2023

JOHN ANTHONY & J MONT ANNOUNCE LIVE SHOW

John Anthony and J Mont announce they will be preforming LIVE in concert this December!

It’s been one week since John Anthony and J Mont have released their collaboration album Heroes 2 Villains.  Now the two have officially announced they will be hosting a LIVE Heroes 2 Villains concert on December 8th this year, along with special guesting opener, Frizz, joining the duo on stage. The two will be preforming songs from their recently released album, along with other collaboration tracks from the past few years and even some solo song from each artist.

The show will be held at The Sherman Theaters independent venue The Sherman Showcase in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Doors will open at 7pm and the main act show will start at 8pm EST.

Tickets are available now. You can purchase your limited physical ticket today HERE.

October 13, 2023

"Heroes 2 Villains" - OUT NOW!

John Anthony’s new collaboration album with J Mont is officially out now!

Heroes 2 Villains has officially released to the public! The album is available for stream now with potential physical copies being sold soon!

Stream the album here.

October 1, 2023

JOHN ANTHONY & J MONT ANNOUNCE DUO ALBUM

John Anthony and J Mont announce their releasing a new album together “Heroes 2 Villains”.

The dynamic duo of John Anthony and J Mont are back again. Just under a month from the release of their popular hit single “Give It To Ya”, the two are set to release more music together under an official album entitled “Heroes 2 Villains” and expected to release October 13th.

Since the beginning of the year, we have been hearing rumors and speculation surrounding the possibility of a duo album between the two. John Anthony and J Mont both addressed the rumors in their own interviews this year, with J Mont basically saying something is coming. Villainous Records social media has teased the two collating on a full album a few times.

The album is set to release October 13th. Are you excited to hear new John Anthony and J Mont music?

September 15, 2023

"Give It To Ya" by John Anthony & J Mont OUT NOW

John Anthony & J Mont’s new single “Give It To Ya” has officially reached streamers.

You can now stream the latest single from John Anthony & J Mont on all platforms today. Their new hit single “Give It To Ya” captures a perfect combination of classic nostalgia with samples from the 2009 hit single “Sugar” by rapper Flo Fida, along with developing a well-popular, mainstream sound and vibe.

You can stream the song here.

September 13, 2023

John Anthony & J Mont Releasing New Single

“Give It To Ya” will be the newest single releasing from John Anthony and J Mont this Friday, September 15th. The single will be the duo’s 3rd song released together this year, and 7th song all-time.

The song will be the duo’s first single released together, as all other collaboration songs between the two rappers were features on each artist’s respected albums. The single almost but certainly confirms the two artists releasing their reported new duo album in the next few months. The duo album was first teased back in March earlier this year when John Anthony appeared in an interview stating himself and J Mont was “working on something special”. J Mont later stated in his own interview that he was working on an album with John Anthony, but never confirmed or denied if it was a duo album or a solo J Mont album, with features and/or production from John Anthony.

Time will only tell what’s to Coe from the dynamic duo, but for now, we can enjoy new music as “Give It To Ya” is set to release everywhere on streamers this Friday!


July 25, 2023

J Mont Announces His New Album "Mont Rushmore"

J Mont took to Instagram to announce his second studio album "Mont Rushmore"!

The album will be released on August 11, 2023, through Villainous Records and Chaos Music Distribution. The production will be largely enhanced by John Anthony and Robin Tabacca through the mixing and mastering. The cover showcases an illustrated artwork of Mount Rushmore, however, with J Mont's faces throughout his life. The album features John Anthony and Vidal Garica as musical guests and Robin Tabacca as a producer feature to two of the songs from the album. The album features eleven songs, combined of a trap and boom-bap sound. 

July 15, 2023

JOHN ANTHONY RECEIVES GOLD RECORD FOR "HUSTLIN'"

John Anthony receives yet another gold record for his music.

John Anthony has earned a commemorative gold record plaque for his 2022 hit singe Hustlin’ for reaching over 50,000 streams on Spotify. The song released exactly one year ago today. Villainous Records released on their Instagram and Twitter a picture of John Anthony holding the newly earned plaque.

July 7, 2023

NEW JOHN ANTHONY ARTICLE INTERVIEW + PHOTOSHOOT

A new online John Anthony article interview has surfaced, along with a new photoshoot.

John Anthony recently talked with independent music blog website RealMusicHype to talk his career, recent album Success Story, future plans and more. The article interview is posted on their website. The full photoshoot features six new images that can be seen on our Gallery page.

Read full interview here.

View all new photoshoot here.

June 30, 2023

J Mont drops new single "sleep walking"

J Mont has released his first new song of the year with "Sleep Walking".

You can stream the song everywhere today!

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May 28, 2023

THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN ANTHONY "BALLIN"

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of J Mont's debut album "Premonition". Today marks the three year anniversary of John Anthony blockbuster hit single "Ballin"

Continue streaming "Ballin" today with the link below.

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May 27, 2023

j mont's one-year anniversary of "premonition"

Today marks the one year anniversary of the debut album "Premonition" by J Mont.

Continue streaming the album today with the link below.

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May 10, 2023

WATCH: jOHN ANTHONY "SUCCESS STORY" SAMPLE BREAKDOWN

Breakdown each sample used in John Anthony latest album "Success Story"

Full video link below.

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April 21, 2023

WATCH: NEW 2023 JOHN ANTHONY INTERVIEW

Watch the latest John Anthony interview today!

John Anthony sits down with Shakes P and Ray Vibe on their Shakey Vibe Podcast in his latest interview. The 2 hour long interview discusses many areas of John’s career, talking career inspirations, influences, latest music and such more!

Watch the full interview on YouTube today or below in the link.

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April 8, 2023

"SUCCESS STORY" part one merch drops

Shop the newest merchandise drop for “Success Story”.

We are just over 2 weeks since the release of John Anthony’s latest album Success Story and with the release of the album now behind us, we are treated to the release of brand new merchandise surrounding the album. We finally have psychical copies of the album on CD, including a special limited copy signed by John Anthony, along with a few T-Shirts and Pullovers.

This release will be the first part of new merchandise expected to drop surrounding the album. Another drop is scheduled to release down the line, possibly in the summer, with even newer merchandise and accessories. This release is only part 1. Expect part 2 very soon.

You can shop the latest drop today in John Anthony's Store or on Instagram and Facebook Shop on John Anthony’s accounts.

SHOP

March 31, 2023

watch: john anthony TALKS "SUCCESS STORY"

Watch the full-length album review to the “Success Story”, featuring John Anthony and Sac Juggalo from Hip Hop Radar Underground.

John Anthony once again teams with podcast host Sac Juggalo on Hip Hop Radar Underground to give a full album review to the john’s latest album “Success Story”. Watch as John Anthony breakdowns each song on the project, along with explaining many in-depth details about the album itself.

You can watch the full album breakdown below on YouTube.

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March 24, 2023

john anthony "SUCCESS STORY" OFFICIALLY OUT NOW

“Success Story” is officially here!

John Anthony’s brand new album is finally here. “Success Story” is available on all streaming platforms! Digital copies to purchase are also available on iTunes. Physical copies have yet to be announced, but will sure be released soon.

You can stream Success Story below.

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March 13, 2023

watch: john anthony "montana" music video drops

John Anthony - “Montana” Music Video is officially out now!

The latest single from Success Story features the new music video for “Montana”. The video is officially out now. You can watch the full length music video below on Youtube or on VeVo.

Watch full-length video below.

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March 10, 2023

second john anthony single "montana" out now

John Anthony’s latest single “Montana” is officially available now!

“Montana” is the second single off John Anthony’s upcoming album “Success Story”. You can stream the single below.

Stream here.

March 1, 2023

FIRST LOOK AT JOHN ANTHONY "success story" ARTWORK

The album cover for John Anthony’s upcoming album is finally here!

We finally got our first look at the artwork for John Anthony’s newest album “Success Story”. The artwork gives off a retro look, with a grainy, black and white vibe, symbolizing a more 1950’s look. We see John Anthony sitting at a table, what looks to be inside a diner, wearing a button up suit, with a vest and tie. On the table, we can a gun, cigar and glass in hand. The lighting and feel of this cover is undeniably vintage, leading us to finally connect the dots with the pre-cryptic posts John Anthony has been leading us onto for the past few months.

The artwork was shot at Posh restaurant in Scranton, PA by Zack and Josh of Brand Name Records, who are associated in the creation of “Success Story”.

There will be 20 tracks on the album. Pre-ordering is available now. 


February 10, 2023

jOHN anthony Announces new album "success story"

John Anthony has released his first new single of the year. “IDFWY”, (which spells out “I Don’t Fuck With You”), is officially out now and will be the first single off his newly announced album Success Story, which releases March 24th.  You can stream “IDFWY” by John Anthony everywhere today! Both explicit and clean versions are available to stream.

You can stream the single below.

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February 1, 2023

jOHN anthony Announces new album "success story"

It’s finally here! A new John Anthony album is under way!

John Anthony finally announces his newest album — Success Story — set to release March 24th. For a few weeks now, there has been several cryptic teases about a new album, from Instagram stories, to captions, to even a specific date posted on the front page of John Anthony’s website with no explanation. Well now that date is explained with the  announcement of John’s new album.

This will be John Anthony’s 6th studio album under Villainous Records, and 17th project of his whole career.

January 30, 2023

New 2023 John Anthony article INTERVIEW

New 2023 Interview Article hosted by ShoutoutLA features John Anthony.

ShoutoutLA posted a new article interviewing John Anthony on their latest post. The article reads a few Q&A’s where John Anthony shortly dives into his career.

You can read the full article below:

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January 8, 2023

Villainous Records sign Producer Robin Tabacca

John Anthony and Villainous Records signs new producer to the roster.

Villainous Records has announced that they have added a new producer to the roster. Independent record producer Robin Tabacca has signed on with John Anthony’s label and Chaos Music Group. He now joins J Mont and John Anthony as exclusive acts signed to the label, while other acts such as BIG 50 and Kwame Locks are signed as non-exclusive acts.

All of Robin Tabacca’s discography will be released on streaming services on January 25th, including the 2021 songs  “On My Own” and “ When Two Worlds Collide”, which feature John Anthony.

December 31, 2022

WATCH: John Anthony "Superhype" music video

Originally scrapped music video — Superhype — from the album Villaination!, has officially dropped!

Villainous Records announced the release of yet another music video from John Anthony’s latest album — Villaination!. The music video was originally planned to be released back in March of 2022, but would later be delayed. Rumor was, the music video was then expected to be released on September 30th, as part of an expanded version to Villaination!, but neither ever materialized. Now, we officially have the music released released publicly by VEVO and Villainous Records.

The song — Superhype — has grown as one of Villaination! top songs. Next month will be 1-year since the release of Villaination! and we still are receiving more marketing on the project. This will be the 4th song on this album to receive a music video.

Below you can watch the full-length music video, via YouTube.

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December 17, 2022

J MONT "Livin This Life" music video drops

J Mont released his first solo music video for "Livin' This Life" off his debut album "Premonition"

You can watch the full lenth music video below!

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December 10, 2022

What happened to John Anthony "Twin Flame"?

A couple months ago, John Anthony posted a new photoshoot on his Instagram with the caption "Can I take you back for a minute? #twinflame". This speculated the idea of The Therapy LP 2 possible coming, as the caption in the Instagram post was lyrics from "Time Will Heal". However, Discogs.com recently confirmed there was another brand new studio album by John Anthony set to release this year entitled "Twin Flame". The album was set for release later this year, but it is now being reported those plans have been scrapped and the album will ultimately be unreleased. The project was reported to have been a sequel to the 2020 mixtape Ride or Die and was scrapped for unknown reasons.

December 7, 2022

J MONT RE-SIGNS WITH VILLAINOUS RECORDS

J Mont has officially re-signed with Villainous Records on a three year contract exention!

Get ready for more J Mont music!

December 2, 2022

new John Anthony Villainology Mixtape drops!

John Anthony has released Volume 4 of the annual Villainology mixtapes!

The annual mixtape series from John Anthony — Villainology — has officially dropped. This is the forth installment of this mixtape and features fourteen songs; six remix tracks and one unreleased song, from the 2022 album Villaination!.

The Villainology Series is an annual John Anthony mixtape, under Villainous Records, that drops every year on the first Friday of December. It features unreleased music, both remix songs and scrapped songs that were from albums or set as singles earlier in the year that never released. With the new volume here, there are now four mixtapes released; Volume 1, which released in 2019, Volume 2, which released in 2020, Volume 3 releasing last year in 2021 and now Volume 4 in 2022.

There was a strong belief and consideration that there wasn’t going to be a new Villainology series this year, but that clearly changed. It was confirmed today on John Anthony’s Instagram story and later on Villainous Records Instagram.

The Villainology Series is only streamed on a handful of streamers. Apple Music, Spotify, etc. won’t feature any of the mixtapes. The series is only available on SoundCloud, YouTube, BandCamp, AudioMack, MyMixtapez and SoundClick. Volume 4 is featured on all those platforms except for AudioMack. Volume 1,2 & 3, however, is available on there.

November 18, 2022

black friday deals start now

And their off! Get ready to save BIG for the next 10-days!

John Anthony's Black Friday deals have begun and everything in his inventory is on a mega sale! Don’t miss out on these once a year deals! Once something is gone, it’s gone!

You can start shopping now in his STORE for deals!

November 15, 2022

John Anthony black friday deals start friday

Get ready because the John Anthony Black Friday deals will start this Friday 11/18 and will run though 11/28!

Everything will be available in John Anthony's inventory and will be on sale for his annual Black Friday shopping. Listings will officially be set at 12AM EST on Friday November 18th and will stay on sale until Monday, November 28th. All T-Shirts, Hoodies, Long Sleeves, Music and more will have HUGE DEALS!

These super deals will be our lowest listed price for items in their catalog ever! So you don’t want to miss it! Once it’s gone, it’s gone!

Be sure to stock up this weekend early!

October 30, 2022

John Anthony "tlp" 3-year anniversary merch drop

Today marks the 3-year anniversary of The Therapy LP.

In celebration to the Villainous Records debut studio project, John Anthony is releasing a limited TLP 3-Year Anniversary long sleeve t-shirt. The shirt will feature a custom graphic elaborating the anniversary and will only have limited quantities. An estimated of 25 prints will be made, so get this one time offer before they all gone.

Celebrate the three year anniversary of The Therapy LP by re-playing the albums magic on Spotify, iTunes and more. Click here to stream.

You can shop the latest TLP long sleeve here only on John Anthony's website!

October 22, 2022

John Anthony receives gold record for "Villaination!"

Just a month after J Mont earns his award for his album, John Anthony has received yet another commemorative plaque for his album — Villaination!

Villaination! is just over 7 and a half months old now and in that time, the album has had strong success through both sales and streaming. Enough so that almost 8 months later, Villaination! has received a commemorative gold plaque award in honor of the album reaching over 100,000 streams. This being the first album by John Anthony that has reached this accomplishment. Last year, John Anthony received his first commemorative plaque for his album — Words Are Weapons. This being his second.

Congrats to John Anthony.

October 7, 2022

J Mont drops new single "Worst Way"

J Mont's new single "Worst Way" is officially out now.

The song features Vidal Garcia. You can stream the song everywhere today! Click the link below!

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September 24, 2022

J Mont receives silver record for "Premonition"

J Mont earns his first commemorative silver record plaque for "Premonition". The award was for reaching over 5,000 worldwide streams the first two weeks.

August 21, 2022

NEW VILLAINOUS RECORDS SUMMER MERCH DROPS

Shop the new retro Villainous Records T-Shirts.

The new retro tees are available now on John Anthony's website in the Store section. Shop by clicking the link below!

SHOP

July 16, 2022

John anthony "hustlin'" music video drops

John Anthony Hustlin’ music video is now available.

Watch the full-length music video on YouTube or below.

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July 15, 2022

ANOTHER NEW JOHN ANTHONY SINGLE DROPS - "HUSTLIN'"

John Anthony has released another single, Hustlin’.

The new single has dropped everywhere on platforms.

Stream below.

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July 10, 2022

JOHN ANTHONY RELEASES NEW SINGLE "FOUNDATION"

John Anthony has released new music!

John Anthony dropped his latest single "Foundation", a two and a half minute, beat switch-up track. The song showcases the lyricism of John Anthony.

You can stream the song below!

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May 27, 2022

J Mont drops debut album "premonition"

J Mont has officially dropped his debut album "Premonition".

The album is compiled of ten songs and featured singer SoundingBlue, KaCe and rapper John Anthony, who is credited for mixing, mastered and produced the album.

You can stream the album below!

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May 3, 2022

J Mont announces debut album + artwork

J Mont announces his debut album "Premonition", which is releasing everywhere on May 27th!

You can pre-order today! The official artwork has been released today. View above.

April 18, 2022

NEW J MONT SINGLE "BANDZ" DROPS 

J Mont has released his first single "Bandz", available on all streaming platforms!

You can stream the song below!

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April 1, 2022

NEW JOHN ANTHONY "VILLAINATION!" MERCH DROPS

Brand new apparel is available now on John Anthony's website!

It’s been almost two months since Villaination! has dropped and we are now getting treated to new album merch. The new apparel features five new shirts, a tank-top and hoodie, along with two hats.

You can check out the new merch below by clicking on the link!

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March 12, 2022

WATCH: JOHN ANTHONY "ONE LOVE" MUSIC VIDEO DROPS

John Anthony releases yet another music video from his latest album.

“One Love” is officially out now on YouTube. This being the 3rd music video since “Villaination!” has released a month ago. The video is filmed by long-time friend Noah Mirro, with secondary filming by David Williams. John Anthony took to Instagram yeserday to announce the videos release with a few snap shots of the video, with scenes seemingly being shot in downtown Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with a big Wilkes-Barre sign in the background.

“One Love” music video out now on John Anthony’s YouTube page. Watch below!

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March 5, 2022

WATCH: "LOOK AT MY LIFE" MUSIC VIDEO DROPS

New John Anthony x J Mont music video has dropped today on YouTube.

After the announcement of the signing of J Mont to Villainous Records, John Anthony quickly drops another new new music video off his latest album Villaination!.

You can watch the full-length music video below. Directed by A Director Hitman & Villainous Records.

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March 3, 2022

VILLAINOUS RECORDS SIGNS J MONT

John Anthony signs it’s newest artist to Villainous Records, J Mont.

After appearing on 3 songs on John Anthony’s latest album, Villaination!, J Mont officially signs pen to paper to become the first outside musical addition to Villainous Records besides John himself. J Mont, real name Justin Montalvo, is a local independent hip hop artist from Kingston, PA. He has been rapping for about 2 years. We got a first taste of his skill-set in Villaination! as he was featured in Been That Real, Midnight Cypher and Look At My Life, which is set to release a music video for this song tomorrow Sat. March 5th at 2PM EST on YouTube.

Upon this announcement of the recent signing and the premiere of the Look At My Life music video, the first solo J Mont single has been released. A short freestyle called “The Kickoff” is officially available everywhere to stream online. A simple boom-bap beat, produced by John Anthony, is a simple introduction track, or kickoff so-to-speak, to the career of J Mont.

You can stream “The Kickoff (Freestyle)” below. Also, stay tuned for the Look At My Life music video releasing tomorrow on YouTube at 2PM EST.

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February 28, 2022

Watch: new 2022 john anthony Interview

John Anthony appear’s in a 50-minute online interview, hosted by Sac Juggalo from Hip Hop Radar Underground.

The interview features conversations between John’s career, new album, inspirations and more. Hosted by Sac Juggalo, Hip Hop Radar Underground interviews many independent musicians. This will be the first official John Anthony interview released.

You can watch the edited, full-length interview below.

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February 18, 2022

Watch: john anthony "Villaination" music video

The video will be to the song “Villaination”, which is the main focal-point track to John Anthony’s newest album Villaination!. We got a teaser video of this music video earlier yesterday on John’s Instagram post. The film is directed by A Director Hitman and edited by Villainous Records Inc. The video is available now on YouTube. Watch full music video below!

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February 12, 2022

Where to buy "VILLAINATION!" on cd

Below are links and locations where to purchase John Anthony’s new album “Villaination!”.

Online purchase of physical & digital copies of the album:

Purchase physical copies of the album (CD) at local record stores:

February 11, 2022

JOHN ANTHONY "VILLAINATION!" - OUT NOW

John Anthony’s latest album, Villaination!, is officially available now to stream and purchase.

After months of anticipation, Villaination! is finally here. You can listen to the staggering 22-track album on all streaming platforms including Spotify, iTunes, Pandora, etc.

You can also purchase physical copies (CD) online. Head on over to https://johnanthonyofficial.com/store or wait until official release of locations in PA where you can purchase the album in select local stores and other online shops.

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January 21, 2022

first look: John Anthony "villaination!" artwork



The official artwork and tracklist for Villaination! has been released. Along with Pre-Order availability.

John Anthony and Villainous Records have finally posted the official artwork for John’s new album Villaination!. The cover features a newspaper theme, as expected, with texts along the side of the artwork. This cover seemingly confirmed the leaked artwork captured in a later John Anthony post on Instagram. The artwork also was inspired by Kurupt’s 1998 debut album “Kuruption!”, as it features an exact design as Kurupts. This isn’t the first time John has dedicated an artwork of his after a classic artists. John Anthony’s 2020 “Stereo EP” was  paid tribute to LL Cool J’s 1985 “Radio” album with almost identical artwork and John Anthony’s 2018 “Four Forty Four EP” paid tribute to King Tee’s 1990 “At Your Own Risk” album. “Villaination!” is just the latest artwork inspiration to John Anthony’s respect to the culture of hip hop.

Along with the cover, we also get our first look at the tracklisting for the project. The album will feature a staggering 22-tracks, along with variant features to artists. Some features that stick out are Yukmouth, who is one half of the classic hip hop duo, Luniz, and Bronze Nazareth who is a distant member of the legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan. An impressive cast of music to be excited for as we approach under 20 days left ‘til the release.

Pre-order is available today as well, on iTunes. You can find the link to pre-order below.

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January 7, 2022

John Anthony DROPS NEW SINGLE "WHOLE NEW LEVEL"

John Anthony’s new single “Whole New Level” has officially dropped. After a strong week to start off for John Anthony with the announcement of his new album Villaination!, a new single is a most to get the ball rolling to the February 11th album release date. 

Available on all platforms, you can stream John’s new song today with button below or watch the audio video on YouTube.

You can stream the new single below.

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January 3, 2022

John Anthony announces new album

John Anthony finally announces a brand new album “Villaination!”.

After the past few days of speculating what the countdown posts where on John’s Instagram story, we finally get the answers as John Anthony has posted via. his Instagram the release of a new album coming.

“Villaination!” will be the 12th career studio project for John Anthony and the 8th studio project under Villainous Records since it’s creation back in 2019. John posted a 30 second teaser video to announce his album. The video kind of gives an idea to the theme of the album, which shows a more old-style newspaper article theme. The title of the album, Villaination, is comprised of Villain and Nation, which leads us wondering what exactly, or who exactly, does this Villaination represent?

Another observation that can be seen is in John Anthony’s Instagram caption for the teaser video, he states “Welcome to the final headline”, which leaves the thought of what that could exactly mean? Is this the last album? Is John Anthony done after this? Obviously, we are very early to be speculating the meaning of the album without  hearing a song from the album or even seeing what the artwork looks like, but according to John Anthony, we won’t have to wait that long as along with the announcement of the album, John has stated that a brand new song, likely a single from the album, is expected to drop THIS FRIDAY!

“Villaination!” is expected to release February 11th!