![]() ![]() You can check out some more Twitter reactions of Ab's new album below. I think the team has given me all the support they can, but I just want the people to know I'm at work. Thelema (/ l i m /) is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy, as well as a new religious movement that was founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (18751947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. "I be in the studio 24/8, coming up with ideas, bro and even two years removed don't think that I was sleep. "I just want the people to know that I work," he said. Yesterday, Ab talked about that tweet when he stopped by Hot 97, and he also discussed the public perception that he slacks off in between albums and doesn't record fast enough. "This bench is gettin' warm as fucc," he wrote in February. June 2: Toronto, ON Adelaide Hall June 4: Detroit, MI Shelter June 5: Chicago, IL. Check out Ab-Soul‘s Intelligent Movement Tour dates and venues below. Soulo's new LP comes several months after he expressed frustration at his record label Top Dawg Entertainment and said he was tired of being put on the back burner, compared to other artists on the roster. was met with critical acclaim and moderate commercial success, peaking within the top 40 of the Billboard 200. Many artists run into the problem of cutting through the noise because of the large number of projects. Haven't heard that kind of rap in so long," wrote another. is one of my favorite rap albums in recent memory. "Ab-Soul's album is 100 percent greater than Cole's album," someone wrote. Cole's 4 Your Eyez Only, which dropped yesterday as well. This time, however, fans seem to love the new LP, and some say it's better than J. ![]() He ends the song with a short, distorted but powerful verse in which he names numerous drugs from cocaine to psychedelics before he raps, “And for the kids looking up to me for what I’ve seen/ No, I don’t need any of these things to do anything.” His pain, vulnerability, and personal struggle are keenly felt during these last few bars making this album his best yet.Ab Soul released his fourth studio album Do What Thou Wilt late last night, and Twitter practically exploded with positive reviews of it.ĭWTW could be considered a come-back album for the Cali rapper, since a lot of folks said they were disappointed with his previous release Last Days. shows him growing more comfortable with his position as an artist and taking more responsibility with that position in mind.Īb-Soul’s self-reflection is felt with juxtapositions between family and drugs, creating stingingly honest lyrics like, “I love my momma, lord knows I does/ I love my family, my cousins that’s my blood/ I love this music, it comes from up above” and “Can’t forget about my plug/ Cuz last but not least/ I love drugs.” As he whispers these last lines of the hook, we are offered another moment of self-reflection as Soul contemplates his substance abuse. ![]() Previous albums from Ab-Soul often focused more on flow rather than lyrical content, exemplified by tracks like “Ride Slow” and “Dub Sac” from his 2014 record These Days…. On “Portishead in the Morning///Her World” he boasts “I’m the brightest silver lining,” and “Call me Soulo ho the prophet/ but do you really comprehend it/ is it prophet meaning messenger or profit meaning expenses.” Within a few bars he both praises his own awareness and questions it, clearly giving us a sense of his self-reflection. Soul uses thought provoking lyrics over a dark piano sample to question the state of consciousness within rap.
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