Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson (Discussion Thread)

[TheDarceKnight]

Feel like this album will get major burn once fall winter hits.

No doubt. I've still been playing it all the time.

This is definitely a hot take, but I think this is the best collab project Al has ever been involved in. I don't know. This album reminds me of Bandana so much, and apparently it's almost by design. Al confirmed that he as motivated to do a trilogy of albums with Boldy after seeing that MadGibbs would do Pinata, Bandana, and Montana, and that he wouldn't count M1CS as the first in the trilogy since it was so old. So if Tea in China was their Pinata, then Bo Jackson is their Bandana.

Bandana and Bo Jackson both sound really colorful and vibrant to me, and the rapping on both is borderline one dimensional, but never dull or uninteresting. Both albums have only a few features. Both albums sound great in order or on shuffle. Both albums dropped as the rapper was transitioning into a larger appeal within hip-hop, and both albums sound like the producer was really throwing them everything including the kitchen sink.

And the last time I listened to an album this much this many days after it dropped was Bandana.

Covert Coup will always be my personal favorite, but I think Bo Jackson might be the overall best album Al has done so far.

 

[O.Red]

EPMD

Everybody plottin my demise

 

[SilverSamurai]

I listen to this album almost every other day

I need a deluxe edition ASAP

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I listen to this album almost every other day

I need a deluxe edition ASAP

If the 4 bonus joints aren't out by December when the vinyl ships, I'll find a way to rip them to MP3 and post them.

1. Level Tipping Scales
2. No Laughing Matter
3. Hot Water Tank
4. Bumps & Bruises

 

[Izanami]

I love how the first beat on double hockey sticks is haunting piano loop and once the drums come in feels like live instruls

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

Boldy and Alc tapping into the Detroit scene

 

[GreenGhxst]

Cashing in, always gritted it out, never had a bid

Asking God if this was my last resort, then how is that a sin

 

[bugg]

M1CS is still his best release.

first time listening to this why is this so good

 

[JulesWinfield]

Not gonna lie, I've been sleeping on Boldy's new material. I've been a fan since the Concrete Connie days. Glad he's getting his just due. Gonna play catch up tomorrow and check all the new stuff with Griselda/ALC.

 

[choc_cardigan]

Still blasting 3rd Person

 

[Alvin]

The Roc Marciano verse

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Not gonna lie, I've been sleeping on Boldy's new material. I've been a fan since the Concrete Connie days. Glad he's getting his just due. Gonna play catch up tomorrow and check all the new stuff with Griselda/ALC.

Lyrically and flow wise Bo Jackson is his best no doubt. But the rest is great too. Enjoy catching up

 

[Easy-E]

Not gonna lie, I've been sleeping on Boldy's new material. I've been a fan since the Concrete Connie days. Glad he's getting his just due. Gonna play catch up tomorrow and check all the new stuff with Griselda/ALC.

Lyrically and flow wise Bo Jackson is his best no doubt. But the rest is great too. Enjoy catching up

Bo used to sound like Prodigy (RIP) right after a nap

But, I stuck with him because he had potential

 

[JulesWinfield]

Bo used to sound like Prodigy (RIP) right after a nap

But, I stuck with him because he had potential

LMAO that is very accurate.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Preview of a couple of the joints from the bonus EP


Level Tipping Scales


No Laughing Matter


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