Underground Fossils is run by Dimxsk and often by Trylemma, who is on a hip hop spiritual journey in the Himalayas and may not be back for a bit. Posts are every Friday, usually some quality old sh*t but sometimes promotional posts or "reviews". We do all we can to make sure we don't post stuff that (1) You can still reasonably buy from the artist directly, (2) You can reasonably buy secondhand for cheap, (3) You can download easily elsewhere, (4) The artist(s) asks us not to for any reason. Rips will include our own personal rips, old scene rips, and random web rips.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

New Music: Collective Efforts - The Long Way Home

 


Today's rec is coming from the newly returned Collective Efforts!

Collective Efforts is a four-man (Ben Hameen, Bambu, J. Mill, and DJ Creashun) group from Atlanta and one of my personal favorite Hip Hop groups of all time. The lush jazzy sounds from the crew are more reminiscent of the In Ya Mellow Tone vibes than most of the indie/underground Southern sounds. They dropped some absolute monsters of projects throughout the 2000s, all leading up to my personal favorite from them, 2010's "Freezing World."

Unfortunately, that was the last we heard from the guys - until now! More than a decade later, Collective Efforts has finally reformed and given us a brand new full album, "The Long Way Home." And not only are the guys picking up exactly where they left off, they have somehow stepped things up as well. The melodic production is perfect for an incoming summer and the rhyme schemes and song concepts are all on point. So glad to have them back. Peep it below. 


The Long Way Home

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