Conway & The Alchemist - Lulu EP (Discussion Thread)

[Juggalo Fred]

If I was to start somewhere on Grisela catalog what should I listen to first?

Reject 2

 

[DonKnock]

Liked this project alot. Calvin was really dope and I like the track with Schoolboy Q as well.

 

[UserNameless]

I swear Nottz got the best drums ever

Yep. Bass lines too.

Nottz has always had such a full, robust rich sound . His shyt just hit different . It ALWAYS has . Too underrated . He’s truly a professional .

 

[BK The Great]

Conway discussed his forthcoming solo project with Shady Records, saying that it encompasses the "pain" and "raw emotion" of his life.

After Conway The Machine drops his next three albums, the New York rapper is stepping away from the mic. He made the announcement last week with a brief statement on Twitter. "After FKTG, GDMM and EIF4, Conway out," he wrote. Just weeks ago, we received Conway and The Alchemist's LULU EP, a seven-track offering that hip hop heads can't stop streaming. Up next, Conway told Instagram Live viewers that he has some new music coming with Hit-Boy, albeit he didn't share when we can expect that to reach our ears.



On Monday (April 13), Conway and The Alchemist sat down with Genius for a social distancing interview. The pair of artists discussed their collaborative record and what it was like working with one another. Conway recently teased that he was releasing a solo album on Shady Records, and he was asked what fans could expect from the project.

"That sh*t gon' be probably the pinnacle of the motherf*ckin' rap game in 2020," he said. "That's gon' top off everything off nicely. It's gon' shake the pavement. I got probably 10 or 12 joints on that. I have zero features on there right now. I mean, I got [Westside Gunn] and [Benny The Butcher] on there, but outside of that, I have zero features." He later added that Rapsody is "on the joint, too."

"It's that pain, it's that raw emotion, my story, my life," Conway said. He also shared that we should expect another project to drop later on this month. Check out Conway The Machine and The Alchemist chatting with For The Record below.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I got probably 10 or 12 joints on that. I have zero features on there right now. I mean, I got [Westside Gunn] and [Benny The Butcher] on there, but outside of that, I have zero features." He later added that Rapsody is "on the joint, too."

 

[BK The Great]

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I ain't mad at it I just think it's funny that dude emphatically said zero features, them mentioned Benny and WSG, and then goes, oh Rapsody too.

I can't wait for The Booth (I want @Piff Perkins 's take after he hears it too) to have a field day when they hear Rapsody and 9th Wonder on Conway's big debut

 

[Piff Perkins]

Accidentally had They Get Sonny blasting for a few seconds when I entered a Zoom meeting for work. Had a couple coworkers asking "who is that laughing? Is that the song? What is that"

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Accidentally had They Get Sonny blasting for a few seconds when I entered a Zoom meeting for work. Had a couple coworkers asking "who is that laughing? Is that the song? What is that"

 

[_genocidecutter_]

Great project

 

[Ty-Fife]

Got a track with Tip for GDMM

 

[Ty-Fife]

He has a tape with Big Ghost on deck too.

 

[Ohene]

Gold BBS is crazy. If i was to rank the songs

1 Gold BBS
2 Calvin
3 They got sunny
4 Shoot em sideways
5 14 Ki's / The Contract


cant play Gold BBS without repeating at least once

 

[Ohene]

He has a tape with Big Ghost on deck too.

I havent devled too much in to big ghost shyt...should i?
i've only listened to some ish with anklejohn and godfahim

 

[Ohene]

The thing that stands out to me about Alchemist vs the people I'd place in my top 5 off the top of my head (RZA, Premo, etc) is that he never fell off. RZA fell off, hard, a long time ago. Premo has been stuck in a rut where he's been remaking the same 3-5 tracks over and over to diminishing returns. Pete Rock is still cool, but when he releases those beats from the 90s that he never let people hear it becomes clear that there's a difference between his new shyt and the old shyt. Alchemist just keeps releasing dope shyt. Same with Madlib. Same with Just Blaze. Same with DJ Muggs. That has to count for something. Not saying I'd put Alch ahead of Premo...Alch would slap me if I did lmao. But I don't remember the last time I heard a Premo beat that was "great."

all facts. i told brehs ...Alchemist is better than them dudes.
His only knock is that he doesnt have the classic albums where he produced the whole project like they do. But i'll take these EPs , mixtapes and short Prodigy albums any day to fill that gap