Edo.G & Insight Innovates

Edo. G & Insight Innovates deliver that raw, jazzy, and true-to-life hip-hop on their self-titled debut album. It's the culmination of decades of friendship and collaboration, birthed from childhood memories and the early days of the Boston rap scene. And with this 10-track project, both artists sound as hungry and passionate as ever while they deliver one of the year's best releases to date. For Edo and Insight, that meant more than just 'boom-bap' sounds or tight lyricism-it meant bringing everything to the table, including next-level lyricism. As Insight explains, 'This project is focused on punchy drums, bass, attractive melodies, and a realistic life message and story from black men in a slowly changing world.' You can hear that mission statement on instant highlights 'Choose Your Path' and 'It Takes Progress,' with the latter serving as the album's first leak. With good reason, of course, because Insight and Edo admit that it's one of their favorites from the record. In addition to featuring some of their best rhymes, it provided a way for them to not just sound off on societal issues but also offer some solutions. But Edo G. & Insight Innovates also succeeds because of the way that simultaneously pays homage to and modernizes hip-hop's past. There are cultural Easter eggs and outright tributes all over the album, like the absolutely banging 'Set It Off (Long Live Kane),' which rightly gives flowers to hip-hop legend Big Daddy Kane. The two also sh

Tracks

1~1~A1. Just Listen
1~2~A2. It's Edo & Insight
1~3~A3. Never Too Late To Correct Mistakes
1~4~A4. Choose Your Path
1~5~A5. Good In Goodbye (Feat. Brady Watt On Bass)
1~6~B1. One Step At A Time
1~7~B2. Ceiling
1~8~B3. Set It Off (Long Live Kane) (Bonus Cut Only Available On Cd & Lp Version)
1~9~B4. It Takes Progress
1~10~B5. Unite & Let's All Get Down

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Edo.G & Insight Innovates
Release Date: 28 May 2021
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Label: BRICK RECORDS
Distributor: Rocket Group