ghostface killah 12 reasons to die apollo brown rar

They specialize in modern jazzy improvisation, but have an obvious love of our chosen genre, and have applied their aesthetic to their own interpretations of rap instrumentals, which have caught the ear of the likes of Odd Future and the Wu-Tang Clan, not to mention all of the hip hop bloggers who have already jumped on this bandwagon previously in an attempt to always be the first to claim something. I admit I only had a passing familiarity with BBNG prior to hearing about this project's existence, but a quick listen to a couple of their tracks show some obvious talent within the Toronto-based trio (who all met while in school). Now Ghostface may have been doing all of this just because he was bored rapping about random generic topics, but he obviously enjoyed it enough, since he also opted to record an entire album with the Canadian jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD, Sour Soul, the subject of today's post, obviously.

Pretty Toney has spent the past few years of his career challenging himself with his solo albums, enforcing restrictions and, as a result, sharpening his storytelling skills, thanks to the highly-regarded Twelve Reasons To Die and 36 Seasons concept albums, on which he forced himself (and his varied guests) to stick to a specific script, all while being supported by a single producer (Adrian Younge for Twelve Reasons To Die, and The Revelations for 36 Seasons), which lent a sense of cohesion and continuity to the proceedings. West Coast focus notwithstanding, you two didn't really think I was going to flat-out ignore a new Ghostface Killah project, did you?

Ghostface killah 12 reasons to die apollo brown rar