Birmingham's Wesley Joseph pairs with Detroit's Danny Brown here and the contrast is exactly what makes it work — Joseph's measured, tonal delivery set against Brown's jagged, high-register peculiarity over a production that splits the difference with a beat built from tension and release. Joseph has been doing the slow build since his acclaimed debut, accumulating co-signs without losing the idiosyncratic edge, and landing Brown on this particular track shows his instincts are sharp. The thematic content — the cost of clarity, the price of stillness — resonates in both of their careers. Keep an ear on Wesley Joseph.
Wesley Joseph, Danny Brown