The Detroit rap expressionist Zelooperz and the avant-rap producer Black Noi$e have done a whole lot of work together over the years, and they're about to release a lost album that they recorded almost a decade ago. Zelooperz and Black Noi$e started working together in 2017, when both of them were living at the Bruiser House, the home base for Danny Brown's Bruiser Brigade crew. Over two years, they recorded a full collaborative album that they finished in 2019, but then they lost the hard drive where they'd been keeping it. Black Noi$e has since recovered that hard drive, and the resulting album, entitled Pin Breakers, is officially coming next month after being available on Bandcamp in June.
Pin Breakers gets its title from a shoulder injury that Black Noi$e suffered at a Glendale bowling alley, and it's Zelooperz' first release for Earl Sweatshirt's Tan Cressida label. There's only one guest on the record, and that's Danny Brown. Lead single "Beautician" is a hazy boom-bap workout that's full of personality even though it's barely longer than one minute. Check it out below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Listen"
02 "Pain T Wayne"
03 "Beautician"
04 "Masons Dispatch"
05 "The Music"
06 "Nostradamus" (feat. Danny Brown)
07 "My Momma"
08 "River Rouge"
09 "Baby Bruisin"
10 "Sailing Seas"
11 "Aha aha"
Pin Breakers is out 11/13 on Tan Cressida. Pre-order it here.
