Hazard Mouse and Black Thought recruit A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels for ‘Strangers’

Hazard Mouse and The Roots‘ Black Thought have shared the ultimate preview of their long-awaited collaborative album ‘Cheat Codes’ forward of the album’s launch later this week.

‘Strangers’ options each A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels, with a distinctively Hazard Mouse beat foregrounding rapid-fire verses from Black Thought, Rocky, El-P and Killer Mike.

“We had been honored to get down with our elite and legendary pals Hazard Mouse, Black Thought and A$AP Rocky on this banger,” Run the Jewels mentioned in an announcement in regards to the collaboration. Pay attention under:

‘Strangers’ is the fourth single to be launched from ‘Cheat Codes’ forward of its launch on Friday (August 12). Hazard Mouse and Black Thought introduced the file in Might with lead single ‘No Gold Tooth’. That was adopted in June with the Joey Bada$$, Russ and Dylan Cartlidge collaboration ‘As a result of’ in June, and the Michael Kiwanuka-assisted ‘Aquamarine’ final month.

‘Cheat Codes’ will mark the primary hip-hop album from Hazard Mouse – actual identify Brian Burton – since ‘DANGERDOOM’, his 2005 collaboration with the late MF DOOM. Black Thought – actual identify Tariq Trotter – launched the third quantity in his solo trilogy ‘Streams of Thought’ in 2020. The Roots’ most up-to-date album – their eleventh – was 2014’s ‘…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin’.

The duo first started engaged on ‘Cheat Codes’ again in 2006, however the venture remained largely in limbo till late 2017, when the pair picked up the recording course of in Burton’s New York condominium.

Talking to NME earlier this month, the pair mentioned they’d established a wealthy working relationship with each other over time. “Over time we’ve change into actually environment friendly, we’ve discovered the methods wherein we’re in a position to greatest complement one another,”  Trotter mentioned.

Burton added: “You talk higher when you already know you’re not gonna mess up the connection, or that somebody’s gonna get upset.”