S. Raekwon - Where I'm at Now (Orange Custard Vinyl) - VINYL LP

Steven is the sound of me holding a mirror up to and critically reflecting on who I am the good, the bad, the ugly. It's about trying to understand the multitudes within me. -S. RaekwonSteven Raekwon Reynolds performs as S. Raekwon, but his second LP is simply calledSteven. Across ten tracks of furious and subtly strumming guitars, plodding bass riffs,and whispering revelations, S. Raekwon's newest album strips back sonic and personallayers to present his most vulnerable, yet authentic self.Born in Buffalo and now based in the East Village of New York City, Steven wrote,produced, engineered, and mixed everything on the record, in addition to playing everyinstrument except the drums. He packed up a rental car with all his gear and returned tohis fiancée's parents' home in Southern Illinois, where they rode out the pandemic andwhere he recorded half of Where I'm at Now. The house proved to be a nontraditionalrecording space, but one that provided plenty of physical space as well as spiritual roomfor experimentation.Steven and drummer Mario Malachi, longtime friends since their days at college inCleveland, Ohio, spent a week in July 2023 transforming the living room into amakeshift studio, rearranging furniture, sitting face-to-face in front of a mic, and tapingsongs in single takes. It was a new way of working together, with no demoing or pre-production; Mario hadn't even heard the songs before getting there, which created a senseof spontaneity and improvisation.Where his debut explored his past - longing for a connection to his father and the Blackside of his family and wrestling with his identity while being raised in a household by asingle, white mother - Steven looks inward. Steven is loosely structured in three parts Part 1 is fast and energetic, exploring the concepts of rage, anger, jealousy. Part 2 is slowand dynamic, with themes of ugliness, disappointment, emb

2021 from New York City-based singer/songwriter Steven Reynolds AKA S. Raekwon. Recorded between New York City and a six-month stint at his girlfriend's parents' home in Edwardsville, IL during the pandemic, Where I'm at Now is the album S. Raekwon made for himself with a clarity that arrived as he located his missing pieces in the world. His time in the Midwest proved influential on Reynolds; it is where he reconnected with the Black side of his family, his father's, and took part in the worldwide protests against police brutality. Album Tracks 1. Darling 2. Do You Feel the Same? 3. Kissing Behind Your House 4. Anywhere 4 U 5. It's No Thing 6. T.D.T.K.A 7. After the Party 8. Forever 9. Darling (Reprise) 10. Don't Leave

F.I.L.A. aka Fly International Luxurious Art is the years-in-the-making sixth solo album from rapper and Wu-Tang Clan mainstay Raekwon and the highly anticipated follow-up to 2011's Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang. The 13-track, 2 LP-set features the lead single InchWall to WallInch and boasts guests appearances from the likes of Wu-Tang cohort Ghostface Killah, A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Busta Rhymes, 2 Chainz, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross. The Chef himself proclaimed to Noisey that Fly International Luxurious Art, Inch... is a masterpiece man. Period. It's a good project, and I worked hard on it. I have a lot of good friends that showed up for it, and I am looking forward to seeing what the fans think.Inch Album Tracks 1. Intro 2. 4 in the Morning (Feat. Ghostface Killah) 3. I Got Money (Feat. A$Ap Rocky) 4. Wall to Wall (Feat. French Montana and Busta Rhymes) 5. Heated Nights 6. F.I.L.A. World (Feat. 2 Chainz) 7. 1,2 1,2 (Feat. Snoop Dogg) 1. Live to Die 2. Soundboy Kill It (Feat. Melanie Fiona and Assassin) 3. Revory (Wraith) (Feat. Ghostface Killah and Rick Ross) 4. All About You (Feat. Estelle) 5. Nautilus 6. Worst Enemy (Feat. Liz Rodrigues)