Elzhi has joined forces with acclaimed producer Khrysis to form a duo known as Jericho Jackson. Their self-titled debut has officially arrived courtesy of 9th Wonder’s Jamla Records.
Jericho Jackson features 11 tracks with the lone guest appearance made by Amber Navran. It is the follow-up to Elzhi’s 2016 solo album Lead Poison and comes on the heels of Khrysis’ work on Rapsody’s Grammy-nominated album, Laila’s Wisdom.
Check out the stream, cover art and tracklist for Jericho Jackson below.
1. World of Illusion
2. Overthinking
3. Self Made
4. Cuffin’ Season
5. Seventeen
6. F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
7. To-Do List
8. Talkin’ Bout
9. Listen f. Amber Navran
10. Breguets
11. Thank You
(The original version of this article was published on January 2, 2018 and can be found below.)
Elzhi fans won’t be waiting years to hear another project from the venerable MC. The former Slum Village member is teaming up with acclaimed producer Khrysis for a collaboration under the guise of Jericho Jackson.
The collaborative release will be handled by Jamla Records, which is coming off a successful year thanks to Rapsody’s Grammy-nominated LP Laila’s Wisdom — HipHopDX’s #2 album of 2017. Jamla founder 9th Wonder revealed the Elzhi and Khrysis team-up along with an audio snippet via Twitter.
“Presenting @ELZHI x @KHRYSIS: JERICHO JACKSON,” he wrote. “Powered by @JamlaRecords”
Elzhi and Khrysis each shared the same clip on their respective Instagram accounts.
While Khrysis stayed busy producing for Rapsody, Talib Kweli and Styles P in 2017, Elzhi has been relatively quiet since releasing his Lead Poison LP in 2016. The album had a tumultuous rollout, arriving two years later than his Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign originally promised. Around its release, Elzhi revealed that he’d been battling depression and the album was heavily influenced by his mental health struggles.
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Who are “we” and what “mf’s” are you referring to? Did you forget to take all of your special medications for your “mental health” issues?
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!Sigh. Y’all right wing nuts go strong on hip hop sites. I just don’t get it. Like if i was to spend my time on fox websites trolling articles and comments. I just don’t get it. But have a good day. But remember, go out and have some fun. All that hate makes y’all walk with stiff a$$s. It’s true. Makes it harder to take a dump, and you end up senile popping a vein. Get laid, play a video game or something lol
Best news I’ve heard all year
Haha! Smart. I got that;)
That’s dope. Fan of both. Khrysis’ production is great. And an Ill emcee to ride it is definitely welcome. Will definitely check it out.
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Who da fuq is that a ninja gaiden character
Elzhi, nice 2018 got some lyricists prepping projects cool! Ayo Nas wheres that album son! 🙂
YESSSSSS!!! That’s awesome news!
Fuck that homo non rappin clown….
i am now excited for 2018 lol
I love Elzhi, but I bought his album directly through him because I wanted dollars to go into his pocket and I never got the album. This was after the Kickstarter, once the album was complete. I still purchased the album again. Screw Elzhi’s street team or whatever it was that didn’t send me the album.
Skyzoo…Prhyme…and now Elzhi!!! Only real lyricists have permission to release rap music in 2018!
All Second stringers…….yawn
That’s what’s up. Elzhi is amazing, and I expected to wait years before hearing from him again, similar to the wait between the Preface and Lead Poison.
Album of the year.
Thank Joyner Lucas for calling him out on “Bank Account” remix! Now he’s back to make music. Thank you!!!!!! #FIRE #FIRE