Detroit’s Apollo Brown and Rochester’s Hassaan Mackey operate in a world where every drum slap lands like a timeworn truth and every bar drips with lived-in wisdom. Brown’s production is rich with that signature crackle—soul loops stretched and repurposed into something both hauntingly nostalgic and unmistakably fresh. Mackey’s delivery is sharp yet unhurried, weaving Northern NY grit with effortless poise. It’s the kind of record that doesn’t beg for attention but demands respect.
TRACK LISTING
1. Daily Bread
2. Volume
3. Something
4. Dollar Bill Hill
5. Elephants
6. Different World
7. Weak Won't Do
8. The Trenches (feat. Sean Born)
9. Tell Me
10. Mackey's Lament
11. Heroes
12. Megaphone
13. Higher (feat. Finale)
14. The Note
15. Like A Diamond