SCARING THE HOES

SCARING THE HOES is the collaborative LP from legendary left-field hip hop visionaries Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA, releasing in March of 2023. A collaboration like this is every alternative / experimental / underground rap fan’s bread and butter.

Across the 36 minute duration, the duo sonically clashes together 14 tracks contrasting in an irresistible way. Garbage Pale Kids’ menacing guitar lead bleeds over an eerie reversed vocal sample, while dusty drums straight from Dumile-esqe crate digging warp the mind of the listener. The bipolar nature of the tracklist is nothing short of intoxicating.

The sonic corruption is jarring- an omnipresent void of over a dozen destructive rhythms. The one-of-a-kind nature of this tape’s world is of a palette reminiscent to Madvillainy, both as eerily cryptic and disillusioned as the other. Rule-breaking and satirical, but cold and serious.

The tracklist scatters neo-dnb, hyperpop, vintage gospel choirs, ghetto techno, (a real ode to Brown’s Detroit, found on “Run The Jewels”), and countless other genre-defying mixes. The two creatives are seamlessly time traveling across this LP, extracting luscious samples across many decades (including the future ones), all in cohesion, despite the bold sonic contrast. It’s a futuristic relic. The perfect harmony of ideas found on SCARING THE HOES has never been pulled off before, and it’s a glorious testament to the uniqueness and boundlessness these two pioneers embody.

In the same regard to Injury Reserve’s masterpiece By The Time I Get To Phoenix, I would also recognize SCARING THE HOES as a post-rap album (that was a common description of Phoenix upon its release). Abstract artwork to this standard will always challenge and inspire the listener. Timeless treasures like these will generously materialize the post-genre ethos.

Final Verdict:

The album is very scary and hoes don’t like it generally speaking, but I will give it an astounding 10.

Griff