Sage The 64th Wonder & TLR "SAGEWAV" [EP]

 

Sage The 64th Wonder (born Seji) and producer TLR deliver *SAGEWAV* – eight tracks recorded at "The Hyperbolic Rhyme Chamber" in Chicago. TLR handles most of the production, with alternative beats on tracks 3, 7, and 8. Features from NATIV.SUN, Danny Barz, and Jupiter V. The tracklist blends afrocentric consciousness with anime and sci-fi references: "Black Uppity," "Daimyoh" (a feudal Japanese lord), "Melanated Skin Suit," and "Niggaz In Naboo" (the *Star Wars* planet). "The Hyperbolic Rhyme Chamber" references *Dragon Ball Z*'s Hyperbolic Time Chamber – a training room where one day equals a year. This is nerd culture meeting Black consciousness meeting Chicago underground rap – a lane that artists like Open Mike Eagle and Milo have explored, but Sage navigates with his own coordinates.