For years, fans have been begging for a Black Thought solo project. Now, it’s reality.
The acclaimed MC has dropped Streams Of Thought Vol. 1 EP, the first solo release of The Roots frontman’s storied career.
The five-track EP is produced by 9th Wonder and his production team Soul Council. Black Thought gets additional contributions from Rapsody, Styles P and KIRBY.
Check out the Streams Of Thought Vol. 1 stream, cover art and tracklist below.
1. TwoFifteen
2. 9th vs Thought
3. Dostoyevsky f. Rapsody
4. Making a Murderer f. Styles P
5. Thank You f. KIRBY
(The original version of this article was published on May 26 2018 and can be found below.)
Black Thought and producer extraordinaire 9th Wonder have announced the title for their upcoming joint project is Streams Of Thought Vol. 1. Better yet — The Roots de facto leader took to social media on Friday (May 25) to announce it’s coming out on June 1.
Details about the project are scarce but 9th will be assisted by The Soul Council production team.
The Philly native teased the project in January during an edition of Black Thought Cinema Presents in New York City.
Demand for new music from Black Thought has been feverishly high since he dropped his now legendary freestyle on Funk Flex’s Hot 97 radio show last December.
Over Mobb Deep’s beat for “The Learning (Burn),” the veteran MC rapped for 10 straight minutes and subsequently racked up nearly five million YouTube views.
Check out photos from a Black Thought and 9th Wonder studio session below. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Only has 5 milli views?!?!? Lol nobody really gives a damn about good hip hop anymore
all kids care about these days is eating pills because they are depressed while listening to music from rapists, such as xxxtrash and the gang
Well better that they pop pills and get high while listening to the new 9th Wonder + Black Thought!
Then thrown on that Pusha T after!
DAMN – 9th better bring that “the formula” palette to the table for black thought!! – had buckshot sounding like a god
Glad some1 knows hiphop….the solution was hittn 2
For real! All the buckshot & 9th wonder projects were dope! I liked chemistry the most. People been doubting 9th recently but he laced Murs recently on their last collab album. About time to hear some authentic Hip-Hop!
Finally music to look forward to….
Why do all the great rappers keep fucking with terrible producers? I swear, 9th Dumpster, Racist Alan and Dry Statik all need to go to hell for their boring, stale ass beats. Black Thought, hook up with Just Blaze, Dre, Premo or Pharrell or someone that will give you some amazing beats to go with your amazing lyrics. Leave all these tired, dusty underground producers in the dust.
Please kys thank you
Finally a actual Black Thought album! I remember when he talked about a solo damn near 20 years ago with masterpiece theater. Him and 9th are gonna destroy this.
THANK YOU HIP HOP GODS.
Damn, santa clause IS real… And black… And from philidelphia…
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BLACK THOUGHT IZ THA TRUTH! SEASONED HIP HOPPER MC. = MIC CONTROLLER- MC = MOVE THE CROWD!!! , HE IS IN THA TOP 20 OF ALL TIME! EAZY
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Wow, this is the first Black Thought project in his whole career? That’s really weird to think about. 9th Wonder was a good pick to do all the beats.
The last beat is a Khrysis production
5 tracks and only 2 are good. Fuck this EP shit. Make 10 tracks and have them be fire. I didn’t wait all this time for this mediocrity. Try again please Black and 9th
You serious? Name one of the younger cats of your generation who dropped more than 10 tracks and none of them is for the dumpster!
This is a more than a solid EP and i hope there is more to come by one of the finest ever picking up a mic.
So thats how we are doing things now? You old heads wanna champion these guys then they under deliver and you want to compare them to a younger generation you think are trash. seems like your alzheimers is kickin in old timer
Yes sir…….. Black thought is a lyrical monster.
This has that Clones stank all over it. Absolutely Delicious.
F Kanye….I’ll take this Black Thought….#realhiphop
A little disappointed, its not bad just sounds like a bunch of off the dome freestyles than actual proper songs.
Good lyrics over 9th trash… And still better than Kanye
I didn’t think he would ever release a solo album. This is cool
Not really feeling the beats to be honest. But BT verses are incredible. True mc right here.
Giving a second listen today but expected infinitely better beats, probably the weakest production I’ve heard from 9th.
Thought a beast as always but fuck all this Black Thought should work with other produces than The Roots. Game Theory, and Tipping Point>>> Your favourite MCs dopest album.