Brooklyn’s Nyck Caution has been through a lot. From his 2016 debut mixtape,
Disguise the Limit, where he breaks down tales of his drug-addled Mill Basin neighborhood and deals with the passing of Pro Era’s Capital Steez, to 2017’s collaboration with fellow Pro Era rapper-producer Kirk Knight (
Nyck @ Knight), he’s been no stranger to introspective raps as coping mechanisms.
In 2020, Nyck released
Open Flame, a short and playful EP meant to tease his long-awaited debut album,
Anywhere But Here. Well, the time is now, as the Brooklyn emcee finally drops the homegrown effort today, January 15.
Anywhere But Here to deal with the untimely passing of his father. Several tracks, including the harrowing opener, “December 24th,” detail Nyck’s wrestling with traumatic loss. Much like 2016’s