Elucid

New York rapper and producer Elucid (often stylized as E L U C I D) makes raw, futuristic avant-garde hip-hop, both as a solo artist and as part of several collaborative projects, most notably Armand Hammer, his acclaimed duo with billy woods. His unconventional, abstract productions take influence from genres such as free jazz, industrial, noise, and Indian classical music, while his writing style is inspired by poets and activists like Amiri Baraka and Audre Lorde. Elucid's lyrics often focus on global struggles and the bleakness of the sociopolitical climate, yet he remains...