GrandeMarshall - Rick/reward [CD]

2017 release. GrandeMarshall is Allen Iverson's Practice? speech on disc: incisive, headstrong, and not here for your bullshit. From his teenage 800 and Mugga Man mixtapes to last winter's My Brother's Keeper LP, Grande has built a catalog of high-grade, highly personal Philadelphia rap music that answers to no one. Risk/Reward is his latest statement piece, eight tracks (including single "Stress") featuring likeminded Philly MCs (Tunji Ige, Pauly Sue) and producers (Noah Breakfast, HeavenInStereo) in the service of one singular, head-nodding vision. Trust the process.