Be That as It May

Hip-Hop · 2022 · 11 tracks · 27m

Be That as It May

Restraint. Clinical street narratives delivered over dusty, drumless loops that feel like a noir film set in a Detroit winter.

December 14, 2022 · Tuff Kong Records

A cold, clinical stillness that feels both dangerous and deeply contemplative.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 27m

01

Ot Commute

3:21

02

Earned Not Given

2:30

03

Safe Keeps

2:34

04

Foot Prints

2:38

05

Daydates and Daytonas

2:15

06

God Speed

2:37

07

2.2 Lbs

2:47

08

Quinine

3:29

09

Travel Lodge

2:42

10

Pepper Jack

2:20

11

Closure

0:35

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the loop on 'Ot Commute' feels like it's perpetually about to resolve but stays suspended in a ghostly jazz haze.

The sudden, jarring brevity of 'Closure' which leaves the listener hanging in a void after thirty-five seconds of silence.

The clinical, cold delivery of drug-weight mathematics on '2.2 Lbs' over a beat that sounds like a warped vinyl record.

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