At a mere 11 minutes,
Pink Pound may at first appear to be the least ambitious entry in Pink Navel’s discography. But it may also be the queer, geeky hip-hop artist’s do-it-yourself sound at its most refined yet.
The Maine rapper, producer and self-proclaimed “toy person” is best known as a member of the indie rap darling Ruby Yacht collective. Indeed, Navel’s off-kilter, oft-shouted verses marked them as a fan favorite on the group’s
37 Gems mixtape. But Navel’s solo work has thus far been dominated by longer concept albums, best captured on 2019’s
Andre’s Gift & Omer Tower a YouTube video essay sampling, MuseumofReddit-referencing love letter to internet culture. The latest project sees Pink Navel take their sound in a more traditionally musical direction but
R.A.P. Ferreira announces new album ‘bob’s son,’ shares new song “battle report”
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scallops hotel) released his great new album
Purple Moonlight Pages this year, and he s set to follow that with a new album,
bob s son: R.A.P. Ferreira in the garden level cafe of the scallops hotel, on New Year s Day via his own Ruby Yacht label. He says:
this album is an ode to the poet bob kaufman
the inventor of frink and beat
the progenitor of abomunism