While Ghostpoet will never be considered an easily accessible artist, this is the enigmatic follow up we’d hardly dared hope for.
This isn’t a rap record. Some Say I So I Say Light is the attempt to merge a lone voice into the black of the vast, surrounding landscape, and it succeeds absorbingly well.
His new album is a triumph of agitated beats, jazzy keyboards and slurred rap
He’s channeling a gritty city through thoughtful lyrics over beats that aren’t beholden to any genre. The fact that Ghostpoet is able to do so with such polished poise should be celebrated
The deeply personal nature of Some Say I So I Say Light if offset by the more accessible nature of the music; on the whole, it's still a grower, but it's a consistently rewarding listen.
An intelligent and, most importantly, a cathartic album it allows Ghostpoet to shed his worries in the most eloquent and interesting ways.
Early 10's alt rapper Ghostpoet delivers an introspective art rap record beloved by the elite hip crowd, but much sounds very similar and covers the same content