LP - Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram

1LP - Import 

Looking back more than four years later at 2021's "Haram", it is easier to see the forest for the trees.

At the time, much of the attention fell on how this outsider duo (billy woods and Elucid) would fare under the bright lights - which was fair, as Armand Hammer had never done a single producer record before - and here they were working with a living legend.

Now, with a little distance, it's easier to see how Alchemist stepped out of his comfort zone to meet them where they were, and how all three artists then absconded for parts unknown. "Haram" doesn't sound like anything else in the ALC discography, nor in Armand Hammer's, for that matter.

"Haram" was a one-shot kill that somehow contained some of the most accessible work Elucid and billy woods had ever done, as well as some of their most experimental, and it all sounded cohesive.