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  Chester Watson, Tin Wookie   Michel's Pick:
Chester Watson
Tin Wookie
 
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  Nearly everything about Chester Watson seems prodigious. A gifted rapper and producer, he’s made an enviable name for himself on the strength of just two mixtapes over two years—and he's only 16 years old. His age has earned him comparisons to Earl Sweatshirt, who dropped his debut mixtape, Earl, at the same age; the two share a similarly dry, somnambulant flow, but the comparisons stop there. “Yetti”, a highlight from Watson's latest, Tin Wooki, makes it clear that his interests are cerebral—hich is to say that he’s into the philosophical side of getting, as the refrain here puts it, “High as fuck.” His talent suggests he's older than his years, as he spits, “The new kid, but he’s archaic with usage/ Scarface of the future, but I be chillin’ with Shakespeare at Hooters” over a beat that suggests Hotline Miami meets Flying Lotus meets "Twin Peaks". Who’s that cool at sixteen?
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21 Savage
American Dream
[Slaughter Gang]
Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru
Souvenirs
[Mississippi Records]
Major Arcana
Major Arcana
[Out-Sider]
Manillio
Deheim
[Bakara Music]
Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Magnetic Sunshine
[Library Of The Occult]
Tara Clerkin Trio
On the Turning Ground
[World Of Echo]
  1. Earl Sweatshirt & Alchemist
Voir Dire
 
  2. Mogwaa
Translucent
 
  3. CCO
Sonic Atmospheres
 
  4. TamTam
Ramble In The Rainbow
 
  5. Benedek
Southland Mystic EP
 
  6. Dimitri Grimm
For Beauty's Source
 
  7. Fugees
The Score
 
  8. VA
Instrumental Dubs 2
 
  9. Arctic Monkeys
AM
 
  10. Che
The Incident