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Trees & Truths
Hip-Hop · 2013 · 17 tracks · 3m

Trees & Truths

A dense, arboreal concept record. Deep baritone flows navigate a thicket of biblical metaphors, jazz-inflected samples, and damp, subterranean atmospheres.

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It's like a philosophy seminar held in a jazz club in the middle of a forest.

A heavy, intellectual search for clarity amidst a foggy, atmospheric landscape.

Trees & Truths · vs · Mick Jenkins
Forest+4.0σ

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

Tracklist · 17 Tracks · 3m
01
The Knowledge of Good and Evil
02
The Trees
03
Free Nation Rebel Soldier
04
Maintain
05
Lack
06
The Leaves
07
The Taste of Evil
08
Klondike Shit
09
Noah and the Reign
10
Fuck Wit Me Famo
11
Lord, Listen
12
The Naked and the Hidden
13
The Roots
14
Negro League
15
Peg Cuffs and Pocket Tees
3:10
16
Out of the Branches
17
The Truth
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the biblical narration of the intro into the thick, mossy bassline of The Trees.
The way the percussion on Noah and the Reign mimics the steady, insistent rhythm of a downpour.
The stripped-back, vulnerable delivery on The Truth where the production thins out to let the baritone resonate.
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