For a couple of years now, the New York-based artist Gabe ‘Nandez has been making intense, thoughful underground rap music. ‘Nandez is a prolific power with an fascinating sense of perspective, as he grew up around the globe because the son of a UN Peacekeeper. Simply this 12 months, ‘Nandez teamed up with Louis Jack to type a duo referred to as LJGN and to launch a self-titled album. In the present day, ‘Nandez releases his highest-profile challenge to this point, a full-length crew up with the nice producer Preservation. It’s a perfect pairing, and each rapper and producer step the fuck up on the brand new LP Sortilège. It’s probably the greatest full-lengths that I’ve heard this summer time, in any style.
Three years in the past, billy woods and Preservation launched the wonderful collaborative album Aethiopes, which could simply be a masterpiece. Gabe ‘Nandez and Boldy James each appeared on the album monitor “Sauvage,” and that collaboration led to this album. It makes a lot sense. Gabe ‘Nandez’s heavy, philosophical presence and gravitas recall the late Brooklyn nice Ka, considered one of Preservation’s best collaborators. (Ka and Preservation launched their very own nice collaborative album Days With Dr. Yen Lo a decade in the past.)
Sortilège is called for the French time period for Spell, and its jazzy, ruminative temper is a factor of magnificence. The album is popping out on billy woods’ label Backwoodz Studioz, and woods makes two visitor appearances. His Armand Hammer associate Elucid additionally seems, as do Benjamin Booker and Koncept Jack$on. However don’t hearken to this album for the options. Pay attention as a result of it’s a chic mixture of visions, a fantastic instance of two artists pushing one another to higher heights. We already posted lead single “Ball & Chain,” and now you may stream the complete album under.
Sortilège is out now on Backwoodz Studioz.
