Shore Fire Media Inc.
10/10/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/10/2024 09:44
Erick the Architect Releases Music Video for Latest Single 'Beverly Drive'
I've Never Been Here Beforeis a deeply personal exploration of fearlessness, Black resilience, and beauty in darkness, themes that Erick masterfully weaves into a genre-defying mix of hip-hop, soul, dub, and psych. Created over several years in his Los Angeles home studio, the album features an impressive roster of collaborators, including Joey Bada$$, Westside Boogie, George Clinton, Channel Tres, Kimbra, Lalah Hathaway, RÜDE CÅT, Boy Boy, Pale Jay, and FARR, with production from James Blake, Linden Jay, and T Minus. The upcoming deluxe edition will expand on this powerful work with additional tracks, offering fans an even deeper dive into Erick's artistic world.
I've Never Been Here Before- Track List:
I Am Still
2-3 Zone (prod. James Blake)
Parkour(prod. James Blake)
Breaking Point ft. Baby Rose, RÜDE CÅT & Pale Jay
Mandevillain
Ezekiel's Wheelft. George Clinton
Jammy Jam
Ambrosiaft. Channel Tres
Shook Upft. Joey Bada$$ & FARR
Beef Patty ft. Boy Boy (prod. James Blake)
Colette
Instinctsft. Westside Boogie
Neue Muse
Leukemia / AM ft. Kimbra
Too Much Talkin (prod. James Blake)
Liberate ft. Lalah Hathaway
Deluxe Tracklist
Beverly Drive
CA$HMERE TEAR$
Denise's Last Son ft. BLK ODYSSY
GRITS
Boxes In My Basement
Praise forI've Never Been Here Before:
"A winding, perilous, and deeply personal body of work that celebrates [Erick's] mastery as both a storyteller and conductor of his own authentic sound"
- Rolling Stone
"One of the strongest hip-hop albums of the early year"
- Consequence
"Is this one of the more impressive debuts in recent memory?"
- HotNewHipHop
"A stunner of an album"
- Billboard
"Dynamic, thoughtful and flat out incredible…it's a hip hop album, but it's so much more"
- This Song Is Sick
"For a debut, the Zombie turned solo artist has skillfully weaved himself a coat of many colors; it's Brooklyn-by-way-of-L.A., Flatbush grit meets sunny psychedelia"
- Bandcamp, Essential Releases
Erick the Architect Online