In 2021, California superproducer The Alchemist teamed up with New York underground rap duo Armand Hammer (Elucid and Billy Woods) to release Haram , a multilayered project that I’m told had quite some impact on that side of the country.

Today, the unofficial trio has announced the follow-up, Mercy , which is due November 7 via Backwoodz Studioz, with physical distribution by Rhmesayers Entertainment. Features on the album will include Cleo Reed, Earl Sweatshirt, Kapwani, Pink Siifu, Quelle Chris, and Silka, with all the production handled by The Alchemist.

While Mercy will be Armand Hammer’s first album since 2023’s We Buy Diabetic Test Strips , it’s Billy Woods’ second project of the year, following Golliwog , and Elucid’s first since last year’s Revelator . Meanwhile

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