Top Dawg Entertainment's artists are a force to be reckoned with this New Music Friday. Previously we highlighted Zacari's new "Motions" single in tandem with Ab-Soul. Now, we have another appearance from each of those artists on Lance Skiiiwalker's latest project. Audiodidactic landed on DSPs at midnight, complete with 11 tracks as well as an additional guest appearance from V.C.R.
Ahead of his album's debut, the artist dropped off "Beantown" as a single in late January. "I experienced Boston once while I was on tour, it felt like a really cool city," he explained of that release. "Thinking about it more, I realized it was missing a love song. I haven’t heard anything about Boston in that world. The record is more about the vibes I felt there than a particular person, the girl is a metaphor."
While he carries most of the titles on his own, Skiiiwalker did recruit Ab-Soul to help him on "Church." A few songs later, on "Sample Talk," we once again hear from another TDE star, Isaiah Rashad. As mentioned earlier, V.C.R also helped his friend, specifically showing out on the eighth title, "It Was All."
Audiodidactic marks the Chicago native's first full-length effort since he dropped Introverted Intuition in 2016. More recently, he delivered a pair of EPs in 2021 to hold fans over until today's album was ready. Along with that, Skiiwalker shared an accompanying visual for "Where To With You."
Before his inevitable rise to fame, the "Lover's Lane" artist was discovered by former TDE labelmate Kendrick Lamar. He's previously been described as the collective's "secret weapon" by Moosa, their president. Aside from his own releases, Lance has worked alongside names like ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, and Ab-Soul on their own tapes.
Stream Lance Skiiiwalker's Audiodidactic album on Spotify or Apple Music below. Afterward, tell us your top three favourite titles in the comments, and check back later for more hip-hop release updates.
Audiodidactic Tracklist:
- Friends
- Where To With You
- Church (with Ab-Soul)
- IG
- Everybody Hurts Somebody
- Sample Talk (with Isaiah Rashad)
- I Just Want
- It Was All (with V.C.R)
- Beantown
- Audiodidactic
- (Ni) Radio Whispers