Such an interesting album cover. And I never noticed the fence in the front—makes me think that woods is rapping from inside the house, and what he’s saying is fenced off because of how layered/obscure his writing can be.

I’m definitely no expert on decoding woods, but any in particular you had in mind? I think woods called Bigfakelaugh his best Hiding Places track on Twitter. I think there’s a lot to dig in that one

“I’ve never respected genre. I've never respected styles, because I have them all. I worked myself into a corner because I rapped over a particular type of beat for a number of years. I wasn’t dipping into my bag of swords to pull out other blades that had gotten underused,” Elucid explained.

This is why I love Elucid as a creator. He has such a fluid vision of music, and the way he bends rules with rap is so interesting to me. A seriously underrated artist.

I still get the point of the track but Id like to know what you guys think about the chorus on Red Dust. "Its not the heat its the dust, its not the money its the rush, its not the weed thats a crutch"etc. I think hes just being Ironic from a standpoint of someone who keeps blaming the wrong things in his life when the real problems are right in front of him and nothing ever satisfies him. but what do you guys think its pretty ominous

I don't see it so much that way, more just him recounting his life experiences and what drove him. Being that the whole track is as serious as it gets and very personal and autobiographical, I always thought that chorus runs in the same vein.

'Its not the heat, its the dust' to me is just him calling back to his childhood and Zimbabwe and the like. You get used to the heat but its the dust which drives you crazy. He uses the same line on Spider Hole - '4 million USD hovering over some mud huts its nuts, its not the heat its the dust'. Almost like a kinda mantra a mom would drill into you if you're a kid in that climate.

He's made a fair few allusions in tracks to being a dealer when he was younger, or at least took part in some bad s***. And 'its the rush' I hear as him explaining why he did it. The money didn't drive him, nor weed it simply just helped him cope, but it was the rush that excited him.

Again when he says 'its not the act, its the touch'. its the rush that he enjoys, being there in the moment, not just the ends. And to me this ties into how descriptive he gets in that second verse, how intimately he describes wanting to kill that guy.

We getting closer

I think its not a guy its a lover of woods.

No, its a guy. He told me in person

clashmusic.com/features/seeking-clarity-earl-sweatshirt-interviewed

New earl interview, thought some of you might like it.

he raps like killing is a sexual act lol

I mean like I said before I think it's very deliberate that he describes it in intimate detail. Its not like he's fantasising about shooting someone, but literally slicing their throat open up close. Hence why he says 'its not the act, its the touch'.

But anyway, I can tell you with 100% certainty that its not about a lover or anything like that. In woods' own words its about a guy who really badly f***ed him over.

Well thank you for always giving well thought out responses. I really like your insights and engaging with your comments. And I agree it is someone who f***ed him over. Have a nice day!

Foisey’s Interlude to me is a top 3 Elucid verse

that was $ilkmoney tho

Bro, what?!

I know lmao I never really checked him out before that project... sounds very much like Elucid

Niggas predictable they go left but can't finish.

billy's bball references are underrated lol

lord help me I feel like the rza

woods getting hip

From the person who did the artwork for Furies and worked on the video for The Eucharist.

We gotta be close at this point.

Let’s go