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12Inch 140g ghostly splatter transparent vinyl in a standard jacket with photography from Tim Fish.Decay, the new album from New Jersey rapper Fatboi Sharif and producer Steel Tipped Dove is an anomaly. In an era of microwave projects and email collaborations, the duo spent over a year writing, recording, and mixing Decay in Dove's Brooklyn studio. At a moment when many independent hip-hop projects are sonically predictable, easily categorized, and derivative, Decay is unapologetically experimental. Love it or hate it, it doesn't sound like any other record. Add to all that the fact that there isn't a single guest appearance on Decay, bucking the trend of feature-laden rap records. This album is a one-of-one, handcrafted from the ground up by two of the genre's most esoteric artists, under the umbrella of indie rap's preeminent record tag.In October 2020, Dove contacted Sharif after hearing about Gandhi Loves Children, Sharif's project with Roper Williams InchI really liked the experimental writing he was doing. The whole vibe was different from the beat choices, the visuals, the lyrics - all unique,Inch Dove explains. The two of them linked up and hit it off immediately.InchIn the first session, we had made two songs that ended up being some of the best work on the album,Inch Sharif says, Inchand as we worked on it, we knew we had something special that we weren't hearing anywhere else, and we kept building on that.InchSharif found himself digging deeply to write, which he credits to Dove's attention to detail and ability to push the boundaries sonically. InchDove's production kept me in the zone to touch on stories that I never touched on in my past work, from personal situations tucked away that I thought I wasn't ready to unveil yet to convos we just would have regarding the state of everything going on in the world and beyond.InchFor his part, Dove was consistent
