Philadelphia-based Blue w3rD returns with the new EP Gods Amongst Men.
Spanning nine tracks, the project delivers a compelling mix of elegant alternative musicality with a blend of lo-fi electronics, well worked sampling and live instrumentation to create track with depth and beauty under the sharp lyricism and elegant rap flow.
From the stripped piano, distant vintage hisses, lo-fi beat and field recordings of the opening title track, to the neo-soul, psychedelic feel of ‘Hibiscus Blue’, to the vinyl crack and elegant sampling of ‘No Enfafa Mas’ the album offers some inventive and musically rich backdrops for the restless, fast paced, emotive rapping that Blue w3rD delivers effortlessly above.
Far from a conventional drop, Gods Amongst Men arrives as a multidisciplinary effort. Each track is accompanied by a visual art piece created by Blue himself, presented collectively in a digital album magazine. With production by Kayin, the EP marries sample-driven instrumentation and experimental flair, establishing itself as both a musical statement and a work of visual expression.
Blue explains: “‘Gods Amongst Men’ brings supreme lyricism and sample-driven instrumentation. To me, this is fine art: hip-hop and spirit rap, blending the essence of street knowledge and spirituality to present an exploration expressed through beats and rhymes.
Within the project, each song is married to an art piece with song lyrics in the form of a digital album magazine. All of the art was made by me, with the beats courtesy of Kayin”.
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