Elucid – I Told Bessie (2022)

I’m not the only one who thinks Billy Woods is the driving force behind Armand Hammer, but how essential the dynamic between Billy Woods and ELUCID was, especially on last year’s stroke of genius »Haram«, can now be seen once again on Elucid’s solo album »I Told Bessie«. Knowing the alchemy that connected Raekwon and Ghostface from 1995 – 1997, Elucid doesn’t even try to emancipate himself from his partner, but uses Woods as a perfectly dosed sidekick, grounding Elucid’s sometimes overbearing, hyperlyric style with nagging bluntness.