It started with a chance meeting at a Record Store Day panel in 2014 and an email a year later that read: “You’ve got the beats, I’ve got the rhymes, let’s make doPE.” Twelve years on, Public Enemy’s Chuck D and The Doors’ John Densmore have delivered exactly that. Their debut single “every tick tick tick” has been named the 2026 RSD Song of the Year, and their album ‘no country for old men’ arrives April 18 via Org Music as a limited-edition oxblood transparent high-melt vinyl in a deluxe gatefold package featuring original illustrations by Chuck D.
The project is called doPE, a name Chuck D stylized by combining the first two letters of The Doors’ iconic logo with the last two from Public Enemy’s unmistakable icon. Produced by David “C-Doc” Snyder, John Densmore, and JP Hesser, the album blends spoken word, hip-hop urgency, and raw social commentary into something that neither artist could have made alone. “John Densmore’s beat isn’t just rhythm, it’s history talking,” says Chuck D. “This collaboration is about locking generations together and pushing sound forward.”
The philosophical anchor of the record came early. When Chuck D began sending verses, Densmore responded with a line that became the project’s cornerstone: “Everybody gets older, but not everybody gets elder.” That idea of responsibility, legacy, and generational connection runs through ‘no country for old men’ from start to finish. Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz put it plainly: “‘every tick tick tick’ captures that moment, as well as the times we’re living in.”
Both artists bring Hall of Fame credentials and GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Awards to this project, along with decades of music that changed culture. The fact that ‘no country for old men’ was recorded specifically for Record Store Day brings everything full circle in a way that feels genuinely earned.
‘no country for old men’ arrives April 18 via Org Music. Record Store Day 2026 is the same day.
Track Listing:
Side A
every tick tick tick
no country for old men
doomsay
the bones of my father
i love that i don’t love
people are strangers
Side B
breakthru
ops3ssion
dajali ii
everybody dies
no country for old men (dub)
saydoom (dub)