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My 1st Chemistry Set
Hip-Hop · 2013 · 13 tracks · 50m

My 1st Chemistry Set

Boldy James

A cold, clinical collaboration with The Alchemist. Dusty soul loops meet a deadpan baritone for fifty minutes of Detroit street noir.

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It's like a cold-blooded crime novel read over the best beats you've ever heard.

A relentless, cold-eyed stare at street life delivered with surgical detachment.

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Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 50m
01
BOLD
3:13
02
Consideration
3:02
03
Moochie
3:30
04
Traction
3:46
05
You Know
4:47
06
Surprise Party
4:21
07
What’s the Word
4:22
08
Rappies
4:18
09
Cobo Hall
3:21
10
Give Me a Reason
4:13
11
400 Thousand
3:37
12
Reform School
4:01
13
KY Jellybeans
3:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
The hypnotic, repetitive soul loop on Moochie that creates a trance-like state for Boldy's detailed street inventory
The eerie, high-pitched synth whistle on Traction that cuts through the heavy bass like a siren in the distance
The sudden shift into a more aggressive, multi-syllabic flow on Reform School that breaks the album's established stoicism
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