{"product_id":"armand-hammer-alchemist-haram-cd","title":"Armand Hammer \u0026 Alchemist - Haram [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooking back more than four years later at Haram, it is easier to see the forest for\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe trees. At the time, much of the attention fell on how this outsider duo would fare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunder the bright lights- which was fair, Armand Hammer had never done a single \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproducer record before- and here they were working with a living legend. Now, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith a little distance, it's easier to see how Alchemist stepped out of his comfort \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ezone to meet them where they were, and how all three artists then absconded for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eparts unknown. The flashbulb energy of \"Bring The Stars Out\", asymmetric drone \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof \"Chicharrones\", fugue-bounce of \"God's Feet\", and good luck finding analogues \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor \"Peppertree\" or \"Stonefruit\". Haram doesn't sound like anything else in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eALC discography, nor in Armand Hammer's, for that matter. Haram was a one- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshot kill that somehow contained some of the most accessible work ELUCID and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebilly woods had ever done, as well as some of their most experimental, and it all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esounded cohesive. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeedless to say, they didn't do this alone; KAYANA's golden voice upps the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewattage on \"Black Sunlight,\" while Fielded's sultry alto gets chopped and screwed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon \"Aubergine\". Earl Sweatshirt's cameo on the sun-soaked \"Falling Out the Sky\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis already a classic. Curly Castro, Amani, and Quelle Chris all turn up the heat when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecalled upon. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut since we are talking about retrospect here, the thing about Haram isn't that it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estill sounds as good as it did when it came out. The amazing thing is that it actually \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esounds even better than it did then. You don't have to take our word for it either, run \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eit up one time, with the lights low and something on ice, see if it doesn't take you \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esomewhere new, again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spinster Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44743223246931,"sku":"850063560344","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/6399\/files\/4456041-3448684.jpg?v=1780003413","url":"https:\/\/www.spinsterrecords.com\/products\/armand-hammer-alchemist-haram-cd","provider":"Spinster Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}