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Jewelry
Hip-Hop · 2019 · 12 tracks · 35m

Jewelry

Your Old Droog

Dense, sample-heavy hip-hop exploring heritage through a gritty Brooklyn lens. Dusty beats meet a commanding baritone in a winter-ready collection of street poetry.

December 23, 2019 · Mongoloid Banks

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A confident and culturally specific exploration of identity wrapped in gritty, nocturnal street aesthetics.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 35m
01
Shamash
1:39
02
Jew Tang
3:30
03
BDE
4:55
04
Mrs. Cloutfire
3:04
05
Desert Eagle
2:56
06
Diamonds
3:05
07
Babushka II
1:38
08
Generations
2:53
09
Stoop Kid
2:50
10
Jewelry
2:37
11
The Greatest to Ever Do It
3:44
12
Jew Tang Forever (The Reprise)
2:21
Moments Worth Listening For
the seamless transition from the klezmer-tinged intro into the heavy boom-bap knock of track 2
the way the beat on BDE feels like it is physically dragging behind the rhythm
the sudden shift to a more aggressive delivery during the final verse of the title track

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