The Alchemist and Oh No, respected and accomplished MCs and producers in their own right, weren’t acquainted until they met at a show headlined by Dilated Peoples member and mutual friend, Evidence. Inspired, Al contacted Oh No and proposed a collaborative project. The creative sparring continued, and they began to refer to the work as Gangrene. As the project began to flesh itself out organically over the course of these exchanges, each artists relished the opportunity to best his cohort with the most profoundly disturbing, cut-throat concoction he could muster, be it a threatening stanza or traumatic instrumental.
Three years after the creative mutagen was introduced, The Alchemist and Oh No stand upon a seething heap of rugged de-compositions to be released as an album titled “Gutter Water” on Decon. Together as Gangrene they present a dense canvas from which verses by guests Guilty Simpson, Planet Asia, Raekwon, Evidence, MED, Twins Gambino, Fashawn and Roc-C leap into action alongside rhymes of their own. Oh No explains, “Our sounds are really raw, gritty. It just worked.”
“The appropriately titled “Gutter Water” makes no bones about its aesthetic: drums smothered in soot, scratches and eccentric and ominous samples snatched from crates around the globe.” – LA Times
Tracklisting:
01. Intro
02. Boss Shit (cuts by DJ Romes)
03. Not High Enough
04. Gutter Water feat. Raekwon
05. Get Into Some Gangster Shit feat. Planet Asia
06. Take Drugs
07. Chain Swinging (cuts by DJ Romes)
08. Wassup Wassup feat. Fashawn & Evidence
09. All Bad (cuts by DJ Romes)
10. Breathing Down Yo Neck feat. MED
11. From Another Orbit feat. Roc C
12. Ransom
13. Standing In The Shadows
14. Brass Knuckle Rap feat. Guilty Simpson
15. Not Leaving feat. Big Twins
The album Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) “Gutter Water” (Decon) is going to be released November 26, 2010.
