Ab-Soul & Danny Brown Issue Some Serious “Terrorist Threats” (Listen & Download)

Now that Kendrick, Jay Rock and ScHoolBoy Q are pretty firmly planted in the collective hip-hop consciousness, it's time for the TDE crew to turn their attention to pushing Ab-Soul into the spotlight. Like everyone who runs with TDE Soul's undeniably talented, but as new drop "Terrorist Threats" proves, he's still in the process of defining his own sound.

One of the benefits of making music with a close circle is consistency - if the production on "Terrorist Threats" sounds familiar it's because it was produced by Dave Free, who does a lot of beats for TDE, and mixed by Ali, who mixes essentially everything that TDE does. And regular listeners will hear hints of Kendrick and ScHoolboy's flow in Soul's delivery. Those familiarities help turn TDE into more than a group, they sound more like a movement, but I'm still not sure what makes Soul's sound and vision distinct. (By contrast, there's only one man on Earth that sounds like guest feature Danny Brown.)

If history is any indication though, Ab-Soul will drop an album that cements his place in the game soon. Until then, we get some dope, darkly experimental hip-hop. Can't complain about that.

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