Once I heard Souls & Adrian Younge were teaming up for an LP, the tweaking began-very similar to the way I tweaked when I heard Dilla & Madlib, Madlib & Doom, and Madlib & Freddie Gibbs were teaming up (yes, Madlib is the dude). These are the kinds of dream collaborations that sound too good to be true. These are the kinds of dream collaborations which cause one to anticipate, yet pray that they don't turn out as a botched attempt at greatness. However, in the same way that all of the aforementioned collabos satisfied beyond expectations, this new Souls album meets all of the conditions for dopeness and goes waaaaaay beyond. Thanks to ridiculously-dope production by Adrian Younge, an amazing return to form for all four members of SOM, and a few surprise features for good measure- Snoop?! Busta?! Ali Shaheed Muhammad?! (btw Scarub gets honorable mention for illest featured verse). I could rattle on all day about this project, but I'm going to keep it short so I can go listen to it again...
1. Adrian Younge is the new savior of hip hop.
2. SOM & Adrian Younge have created what is arguably the best example of hip hop storytelling EVER.
3. I predict that this album will be the first ever to receive five Xs on HipHopDX. If it doesn't...?
4. I also predict that we will find out down the road that Q-tip was somehow involved in the Your Old Droog EP, as well as this There is Only Now LP. (This may be way off, but I remember hearing Q-tip rock with Del and Pep Love on "Undisputed Champs," and Del making an homage to ATCQ recently-so hiero and Tribe clearly have a history. Regardless, this new project has Native Tongues written all over it.
5. If you don't buy this album-as I plan to-when it officially drops you will be a huge disappointment to me, yourself, and the rest of the world. DROPS AUGUST 19TH!
p.s. Adrian Younge, please team up with Roc Marciano next to put the nail in the coffin. One.
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