Usually an EP is something an artist will release to the public when they’re plugging away at a new project and want to gauge interest in whatever new directions their work is heading toward. It’s can also be used as the build-up to the forthcoming full-length album, the appetizer before the main course. This was not the case for The Appetition, a three-track offering that Raekwon the Chef seemingly recorded and released in 2020 just for the hell of it, not because of any underlying plan or schedule, as the man has yet to announce anything new in the realm of music. (He did just release his autobiography, so I assume he was just busy with that.) The Appetition was recorded at Red Bull Music Studios in conjunction with the energy drink brand, and its mere right to exist within our chosen culture is wholly dependent on whether or not you still give a damn about Raekwon when the beats are provided by people you’ve absolutely never heard from before or since.
Click here to read my thoughts on Raekwon’s The Appetition EP, now unlocked for everybody to enjoy! (“Enjoy” being a relative term here.)
-Max
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