Mach-Hommy Taps Black Thought & Roc Marciano For #RICHAXXHAITIAN
Mach-Hommy has dropped his newest ode to all issues Haitian along with his newest album, #RICHAXXHAITIAN, which you’ll try beneath.
Assembling a heavyweight, all-star solid of characters from all walks of Hip Hop life, the album — which dropped on Friday (May 17) — options the likes of Black Thought, Roc Marciano, and Your Old Droog, together with manufacturing from the likes of Conductor Williams and Quelle Chris.
There are additionally contributions from 03 Greedo and KAYTRANADA, who co-star on the album’s lead single and title observe.
Stream the album beneath.
“All the people I worked with are people who I know and who I’ve worked with before,” Mach mentioned of his collaborators in a press launch. “I like to deal with like-minded creatives.
“Even if the person has their own panache or je nais se quoi that they bring to the table, there has to be a thread of commonality between us in order for the work to sustain.”
He added: “And not to mention they’re fucking talented, exceptionally gifted at what they do, and the ear that they possess.
#RICHAXXHAITIAN dropped the day before Haitian Flag Day and is described as “[examining Haiti’s] rich history as the world’s first free Black republic, and emphasizes its potential, imagining the nation’s possible future as an exemplar of Black cultural and economic excellence.”
The album is Mach-Hommy’s first solo effort since Balens Cho and Pray for Haiti, which each dropped in 2021, and serves as the ultimate album in a tetralogy that started with 2016’s H.B.O. (Haitian Body Odor) and continued along with his final two albums.
Black Thought just lately named Mach-Hommy as one among his favourite underrated rappers throughout his look on Questlove‘s Questlove Supreme podcast.
“Mach [Hommy], yeah, that’s my ace,” he mentioned. “I think his association with the whole Griselda family and that movement, but the way that he’s distinctly, y’know, different is huge too.”
The pair beforehand collaborated on Your Old Droog’s “Pravda” in 2020 alongside El-P and Tha God Fahim.
The Haitian-American rapper first introduced the mission earlier this month, unveiling the discharge date, cowl artwork, and a number of the big-name friends who will likely be becoming a member of him on the document.