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Armand Hammer “Landlines”

“Landlines” opens the new Armand Hammer with a bold gambit – a rap track with no beat whatsoever, and Elucid and Billy Woods’ free floating verses providing the only discernible rhythm in what is otherwise a grooveless sound collage by JPEGMAFIA. And it works! It’s basically the opposite of a regular rap song, with the rappers creating a musical shape and the “music” such as it is responds to their rhythm and vocal texture. It’s also just very evocative, making these two men sound extremely disconnected and displaced, like they’re just spinning around in a void.

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