Chester Watson fish don't climb trees

Chester Watson fish don't climb trees

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When Chester Watson debuted in the mid-2010s with verbose, technically precise music indebted to MF DOOM, Earl Sweatshirt, and more obscure artists from the stratosphere and the blogosphere, it was as if he was simultaneously from the past and future. Before he was old enough to legally drink, there were Best Of, rarities compilations, and .zip files floating through the ether. Whenever industry prospectors earmarked him as the next big thing, he disappeared back underground, only to reemerge sharper, leaner, weirder. Though only 26, the St. Louis-born rapper and producer has seen enough for several lifetimesand raps as if hes tapped into many more. But after a few years of highs, lows, and traumatic odysseys, he was able to stare straight into the abyss and conquer it. This regained confidence is exhibited on fish dont climb trees, the largely self-produced new album that reaffirms him as one of raps great auteurs. While working on "fish", he vowed to be more true to the emotions and experiences hed endured. Being true to those fractured, discordant feelings requires a prismatic approach. And so you get fishs exhilarating hairpin turns: from downtempo dub (bora bora) to 808s rattling through a haunted house (tourniquet), beats that sound as if theyre molting into new shapes in real time (the two-song suite of daze and grey theory) to ones that that plunge to the bottom of a pocket (spirits). The albums title comes from the maybe-apocryphal Einstein quote, about how a fish judged by its ability to climb trees will spend its whole life believing it is stupid. For Watson, this meant embracing the cheery first half of the quote (Everybody is a genius), but also being cognizant of the dark undercurrents that flow just beneath seemingly innocent misjudgments and mis-categorizations. A1. fish dont climb trees A2. east end A3. eyes closed A4. tourniquet A5. money & love B1. bora bora B2. daze B3. grey theory B4. i feel alive B5. spirits B6. mirrors
  • Internal ID: JITRE
  • Format Detail: LP
  • Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
  • Format: Vinyl
  • Released: 10/6/23
  • Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
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