![]() ![]() In his first collaboration with cold-veined New York rapper Billy Woods, Aesop Rock is up to his usual antics. In other words, it’s Hip-Hop in its purest form and by the looks of things, it’s also the start of something amazing. ![]() ![]() It’s rap devoid of celebrity – made by a kid for the sake of self-expression, of having fun, and to process all the crazy shit that’s happening in his life. This is the soundtrack to summer nights spent discovering weed, of long days skirting responsibility and of dark nights huddled around a computer obsessively downloading rap tunes and samples. There’s an intangible quality to “Phantom,” a hazy calm unique to that moment in life where you’re discovering yourself but no one else knows yet, when you’re just another kid going to school on the outside but a rhyming superhero waiting to happen on the inside. “Phantom” is the mission statement: a blunted, jazzy loop equal parts MF Doom and Madlib, a verse combining Earl Sweatshirt’s verbal gymnastics to underground calm, and most of all – vibes for days. Preternaturally talented at rapping and sharp enough to mastermind a cohesive sound while still in high school, the weed smoking, kick-flip attempting member of the Nu Age Crew just makes it look easy. Chester Watson is cooler than you ever were at 16.
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