hugo

Hip-Hop · 2022 · 10 tracks · 33m

hugo

A cinematic pivot toward grit and confrontation. South London storytelling that trades kitchen-table comfort for the tension of a car ride with an estranged father.

It's like a therapy session in a moving car with a really good jazz band in the backseat.

A tense, cinematic exploration of identity and forgiveness that moves from anger to a hard-won peace.

hugo · vs · Loyle Carner

Defiant+4.0σ

Defiant saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 33m

01

Hate

4:04

02

Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)

3:07

03

Georgetown

2:57

04

Speed of Plight

3:00

05

Homerton

2:49

06

Blood on My Nikes

3:37

07

Plastic

3:29

08

A Lasting Place

4:22

09

Polyfilla

3:13

10

HGU

3:21

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring, aggressive shift in energy on the opening track Hate marking a departure from his previous gentleness.

The inclusion of John Agard's Half-Caste poem on Georgetown grounding the album's exploration of mixed identity.

The emotional resolution of HGU where the sound of a car door closing signals a final, fragile reconciliation.

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