ELUCID & Sebb Bash - "Make Me Wise"

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Photo by Backwoodz Studioz

For their latest collaborative single, ELUCID and Sebb Bash have released "Make Me Wise," a haunting and tense new single. What makes the song stand out is the twinkling sample used, which could be beautiful and charming other artists' hands, but not with this pairing. Plus, ELUCID's understated flow forces you to focus on the song even more, getting drawn deeper and deeper inside. I can't say that "Make Me Wise" is horrorcore, but if this was included in a scary movie it would sound a little too on the nose. ELUCID continues to be one of the most unique voices in modern hip hop, and his pairing with Sebb Bash is perfection.

You can listen to "Make Me Wise" below. I Guess U Had to Be There is due out March 13 on Backwoodz Studioz, and is available for pre-order here. For more on ELUCID, check out the artist on Instagram. Upcoming tour dates with Armand Hammer are below the song and include a September 23 show at Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA.


3/10 - Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
3/11 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
3/12 - Edinburgh, UK @ La Belle Angele
3/13 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
3/14 - Leeds, UK @ Project House
3/16 - Cardiff, UK @ The Globe
3/17 - Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre
3/19 - London, UK @ Scala
3/21 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique
3/23 - Amsterdam, NE @ Tolhuistuin
3/24 - Oslo, NO @ John Dee
3/25 - Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn
3/26 - Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
4/24 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
4/25 - Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
4/27 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
4/28 - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room
5/1 - Orlando, FL @ The Abbey
9/22 - Portland, ME @ Oxbow Blending & Bottling
9/23 - Somerville, MA @ Cafe at the Somerville Armory
9/25 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
9/27 - Washington DC @ Union Stage
10/6 - Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
10/7 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
10/9 - Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
10/10 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/12 - Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
10/13 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
10/14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
11/4 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11/5 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
11/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room Highland Park
11/8 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
11/11 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/13 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater

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