Moodie Black - Fuzz (2020)

Moodie Black are not the first to do the "noise rap" thing, a band like Dälek did it long before, but maybe we could say they're leading a "second wave noise rap". Their fourth album, released in march, Fuzz, is totally awesome. Some tracks like the amazing opener Selfieness are instant classics, but the album overall is a grower and shows more subtleties after each listen. Smart & visceral lyrics, good mcing, sometimes close to spoken words, but good as well for some faster trap like rhyming, over excellent prods that, through samples, noise and guitar, could evoke as well NIN, shoegaze or some power electronics. Could very well stay as most memorable hip-hop album for 2020.

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