
Chrome Bills — MC K-Cromozone and DJ Steve Bills out of Washington D.C. — have been building their world the right way: a decade-long podcast that championed the underground, a network of collaborators forged on mutual respect, and a discography that's never chased anything it didn't already believe in. "Facts" is eight tracks of exactly that. DJ Steve Bills handles production on nearly the entire album and his command of the sample-based framework is unhurried and deliberate — drums with the right pocket, textures that breathe, nothing wasted. K-Cromozone has been in the game since 2002 and it shows in the best possible way: a MC who knows where every bar is going before it leaves his mouth, technical without being cold, grounded without being plain. The J.Bomb.Beat-produced "Common Sense" OG Mix is the kind of collaboration that carries real history behind it, a connection stretching back over two decades. Dood Computer steps in on "Keep Rappin," artwork handled by DJ Remedy. Full creative control, front to back — this is what independent hip-hop is supposed to sound like.
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