Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist Debut “VOIR DIRE’ on Gala Music
Since 2021, rappers Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have teased the existence of a mysterious music album that has been hidden in plain sight for followers to uncover.
Sweatshirt, whose actual title is Thebe Kgositsile, is most identified for working alongside Tyler, The Creator starting in 2009.
The Alchemist, whose actual title is Alan Maman, kicked off his rapping and DJ profession in 1991 (age 14) when he fashioned The Whooliganz, a hip-hop duo with Scott Caan – ultimately making his approach underneath the wing of DJ Mugg and ultimately changing into mainstream and serving as Eminem’s official DJ and in-house producer for Shady Data.
2 Years of Thriller…Lastly Revealed
When the rumors first began to flow into, a video posted to YouTube teasing this album underneath an nameless account appeared to have traces of Sweatshirt, however by no means formally talked about him by title. The video featured (a then) pretend album title, tracklist, and canopy. Nevertheless, that album was by no means discovered, regardless of years price of efforts.
Till in the present day.
That mysterious album was revealed on August 24, entitled “VOIR DIRE,” by each Sweatshirt and The Alchemist.
Gala Music, a decentralized NFT-backed music streaming platform, tweeted that unique streaming entry to VOIR DIRE could be via its platform via an NFT.
The platform, a subsidiary of the hybrid Web3 leisure platform Gala, is finest identified for its involvement within the launch of ‘Mount Westmore’s Bad MFs’ final 12 months, in addition to its utilization of NFTs that afford Gala Music customers/followers unique album entry with restricted possession rights.
The long-lasting rap artists, identified for his or her boundary-pushing method, have lastly embraced this digital format, albeit a bit belatedly contemplating the NFT hype’s earlier crest.
But it surely wasn’t that straightforward both, as followers have been required to unravel numerous puzzles and riddles that have been embedded inside Gala Music’s web site with a view to achieve entry to the hidden album. With every solved puzzle/riddle, one other clue would emerge.
VOIR DIRE, which accommodates 11 tracks, additionally comes with 11,000 NFTs – 1,000 NFTs for every observe. The tracks inside ‘Voir Dire’ keep the artists’ signature model, characterised by concise and dreamy compositions. New York rapper MIKE even makes a visitor look on one of many album’s songs, including an additional layer of intrigue.
The album’s tracklist contains a collection of evocative titles that trace on the creative course of ‘Voir Dire’:
- “100 Excessive Road”
- “Vin Skully”
- “Sentry” (Feat. MIKE)
- “All The Small Issues”
- “My Brother, The Wind”
- “27 Braids”
- “Mac Deuce”
- “Sirius Blac”
- “Geb”
- “Deadzone”
- “Free The Ruler”
The camaraderie between MIKE, Sweatshirt, and The Alchemist is well-established, as MIKE has been featured on The Alchemist’s initiatives in recent times. Their bond can also be evident of their collaboration on the album’s lead single, “Sentry,” a observe that exemplifies their synergy.
Clues Galore
All through Sweatshirt’s worldwide tour final week that celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his debut album “Doris,” clues as to the place this mysterious album have been unfold – from QR codes on tour merchandise that may additionally make them Gala Music’s web site and on posters all through downtown Los Angeles, to further cryptic messages from The Alchemist.
Clues even began surfacing in New York and Chicago as followers have been celebrating the 10-year anniversary of “Doris.”
A subreddit for Earl Sweatshirt was undoubtedly poppin’ with customers speculating on what was taking place from all totally different angles.
To many followers’ shock, the sense of warning and hesitation about this was comprehensible. One person even mentioned that “[they] didn’t need to get [their] hopes up.”
At the same time as followers have been eagerly awaiting this collaborative challenge’s launch, the revelation that ‘Voir Dire’ is accessible solely as an NFT might not align with everybody’s expectations, particularly given the battle the know-how has had with mass adoption.
With the album now accessible on this distinct format, it stays to be seen how followers and the broader music neighborhood will reply to this creative and technological convergence.
