Armand Hammer feat. Pink Siifu – “Trauma Mic”

Photo by Alexander Richter

“Who needs to think when your feet just go? / Who needs to think when your mouth just run?,” questions Elucid on “Trauma Mic”, the first single from the duo’s new album and first for Fat Possum, We Buy Diabetic Test Strips. The game does seem to be catching onto the heels of Armand Hammer’s style, and yet, their bars find the pair unbothered. At the forefront of New York City’s underground rap scene, billy woods and Elucid have been meticulously designing effortless flows of perfection in a prismatic daydream built with beats psychedelic and soul-styled in both tandem and singular form with their recent unstoppable run since dropping 2020′s Haram. “Trauma Mic” sounds like throwing that tension right off their backs with a more skinned reaction. Produced by DJ Haram, it’s arguably one of the heavier tracks to drop by way of woods and Elucid, who here are joined by Pink Siifu in the trenches where metal of cymbals crash fast, sharp and violent while electronic industrial bass rumbles from the ether from their bold font echo chamber. They drive change naturally, while everyone else is forced to evolve.

Directed by: Henry Nelson & Tim Blake Nelson

Armand Hammer’s We Buy Diabetic Test Strips will be released September 29th on Fat Possum.