After over a decade in the game, with much of the music in his back catalog serving as a weathervane for the political upheaval we’re seeing now, the rapper is having the biggest year of his career, his pressing anarchist raps striking a resonant chord in this politically fraught moment. 2018 has seen four new projects from the intuitive MC: the solo album Shit Still Don’t Rhyme, the EP No Edge Ups in Uganda, produced by Haj of Dumhi, a self-titled album as half of Nostrum Grocers, and Paraffin, his latest album as half of Armand Hammer. Each project has its own tone and sound, but his world-weary voice is at the center of all of them, cynical but empowered.
