#181 - phiik & Lungs breakdown 'Carrot Season' - Album Alchemy

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On the heels of their first Euro trip, today’s guests, phiik and Lungs/LoneSword, have seen their brand of innovative one-of-one rap garner its most success yet. They have impressed new crops of listeners with each and every passing day, who are spellbound by their lyrical wizardry, sharp sense of humour, and unique production choices.

On their latest album Carrot Season, the phiik & Lungs world of rap expands to incorporate wrinkles of more traditional boom bap drums, but still with a contemporary twist, and still with the alien-level rap acrobatics we’ve come to know and love from the New York-based duo.

In today’s episode, we discuss their thoughts behind their polarizing style of rap, working with producer savant OLASEGUN on Carrot Season, how the shift in sound from the Another Planet series to Carrot Season influenced their approach to their raps, and much more!

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*timestamps provided for YouTube version

The Plug (0:56).

The Interview (2:26).

The recent BIGGER THREE TOUR phiik & Lungs completed in Europe (2:34).

phiik & Lungs’ perspective on polarizing audiences, and the infamous Top Shelf Premium freestyle (10:32).

The heightened accessibility of Carrot Season (16:24).

How important the value of doing something new and fresh is for phiik & Lungs’ creative process (20:11).

Partnering with OLASEGUN on Carrot Season (24:16).

The thought process behind the consistent beat switches on Carrot Season (28:55).

How the drums and beat switches influenced phiik & Lungs’ rapping approach on Carrot Season (44:41).

Upcoming projects from phiik & Lungs (55:52).

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Buy/stream Carrot Season here.

Follow phiik on Twitter here.

Follow Lungs/LoneSword on Twitter here.

Follow phiik on Instagram here.

Follow Lungs/LoneSword on Instagram here.

Intro/Outro beat by: BLOODBLIXING

Video animation by: Big Flowers