Consumer Guide Album

Armand Hammer: Mercy [Backwoodz Studioz, 2025]
As is only mete, this alt-rap duo comprising Billy Woods and Elucid, whose total IQ I'd estimate in the 300 range, prove it by citing such diverse arcana as "Pinochet," "recidivist," "born again," "Lingala," "swastika," and I could go on. Since they prefer smart to catchy by a wide margin, you may well feel obliged to sit there and try to figure out what they're talking about. Which in its various details will constitute a musical pleasure in its own. B+