{"id":10631,"date":"2026-11-15T22:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T22:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10631"},"modified":"2026-11-15T22:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T22:19:28","slug":"armand-hammers-snakes-ladders-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10631","title":{"rendered":"Listen to this: Armand Hammer\u2019s Snakes &#038; Ladders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">I open with this caveat: I haven\u2019t had a ton of time to digest the surprise Armand Hammer record that dropped this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/860372\/billy-woods-horrorcore-masterpiece-golliwog-a24\">Billy Woods<\/a> and Elucid rarely miss, though, and my initial reaction is that <em><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/snakes-ladders\">Snakes &amp; Ladders<\/a><\/em> ranks among their best. It doesn\u2019t have the seamless throughline production-wise that their collabs with Alchemist (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/haram\">Haram<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/mercy\">Mercy<\/a><\/em>) do, but it\u2019s still clearly the singular vision of the two men at its center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Ominous noises dance in the background, blasts of noise add dashes of industrial rage, bass lines throb, and saxophone bleats call out to the sky. Woods and Elucid have always had excellent taste in production, but here they seem to have brought out the best in collaborators like clipping, Kenny Segal, and Child Actor. They\u2019ve also successfully rallied them around a specific sound palette that keeps the record from actually sounding like it has beats from 11 different producers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Of course, what makes Armand Hammer stand out from many of their contemporaries is their unique and verbose flows. Their lyrical mastery even makes guest rappers like $ilkmoney, who you can practically hear stalking around the mic as he seethes on \u201cRisk,\u201d up their game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">On songs like \u201cGravity,\u201d Billy Woods navigates burgeoning romance with shocking directness, while also acknowledging obliquely how hard it can be to say what you mean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"duet--article--blockquote _1lkuyz82 _1lkuyz80 _19wv7tc9\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1lkuyz89 _1lkuyz88 _19wv7tc1\">Get it off your chest or put it to the side<br \/>As a preface, all due respect, I suggest<br \/>\u2018Cause it\u2019s nothing more precious than time<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">On \u201cVespers,\u201d he references Siouxsie and the Banshees and says \u201cMy nightcap three fingers of Fernet,\u201d which is probably the first time I\u2019ve ever heard Fernet Branca get a shoutout in a rap song.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cGraveside\u201d is another highlight where it\u2019s Elucid\u2019s turn to get vulnerable:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"duet--article--blockquote _1lkuyz82 _1lkuyz80 _19wv7tc9\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1lkuyz89 _1lkuyz88 _19wv7tc1\">I see you in the grave, I see you in the dirt<br \/>Shouts and hollers every which way, hurting<br \/>Darkness chase light<br \/>Steel shut close curtain<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In some ways, this record feels like a culmination of what Billy Woods and Elucid have been working towards on their non-Alchemist-produced Armand Hammer records like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/we-buy-diabetic-test-strips\">We Buy Diabetic Test Strips<\/a><\/em>, but also their recent solo records like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/billywoods.bandcamp.com\/album\/golliwog\">Golliwog<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/elucid.bandcamp.com\/album\/revelator\"><em>Revelator<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/1034013\/armand-hammers-snakes-ladders-review\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I open with this caveat: I haven\u2019t had a ton of time to digest the surprise Armand Hammer record that dropped this week. 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