{"id":235765,"date":"2025-10-24T01:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/235765\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T01:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:27:11","slug":"black-thought-hypes-new-album-streams-of-thought-vol-4-its-my-opus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/235765\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Thought Hypes New Album ‘Streams Of Thought Vol. 4’: “It’s My Opus”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Thought<\/a>\u2018s Streams of Thought Vol. 4 is an album you don\u2019t want to sleep on \u2014 according to the man himself, anyway.<\/p>\n

During a sit-down with Redman<\/a> for Rolling Stone<\/a>\u2018s \u201cMusicians On Musicians\u201d series, the legendary Roots<\/a> lyricist shed light on his upcoming solo project and did little to dampen excitement for it, crowning it his \u201copus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn many ways, I feel like it\u2019s my opus. It has the most features, the most elaborate beats, crazy samples,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

Black Thought also explained the lengthy delay behind the album, which is part of the series of solo efforts he began dropping in 2018. (The most recent one, Streams of Thought Vol. 3<\/a>, arrived in 2020.)<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of that is the problem, trying to get all this stuff cleared,\u201d he said of the seemingly complicated sample clearance process.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Philly native has been teasing Streams of Thought Vol. 4 for years and previously revealed some of the tantalazing features that fans can look forward to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have features with the usual suspects like Pharoahe Monch<\/a> and Yasiin Bey<\/a>. I even have Redman and Fabolous<\/a> on there for the East Coast sensibilities. But then I have Tobe Nwigwe<\/a>, Big K.R.I.T.<\/a>, Curren$y<\/a>, Rick Ross<\/a> and JID<\/a>,\u201d he told LEVEL<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone ain\u2019t gonna get an opportunity to jump on a joint with me. You have to be able to hold your own, and it has to feel seamless. That\u2019s what Streams of Thought, Vol. 4 is. I listened to it this morning. It\u2019s only 30 minutes, but it\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Black Thought is especially excited about his collaboration with Yasiin Bey (f.k.a. Mos Def), with whom he\u2019s formed undeniable chemistry on the mic over the years (see: The Roots \u201cDouble Trouble\u201d and \u201cRising Down,\u201d Black Star \u201cFreequency\u201d and \u201cRespiration [Pete Rock Remix],\u201d Freddie Gibbs and Madlib \u201cEducation\u201d).<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Blaaaaack!\u2019 became the first song I recorded, me and Yasiin Bey,\u201d he told The FADER<\/a> in 2023. \u201cIt\u2019s a timeless classic. It\u2019s been in my vault for a couple years already. It could come out at any point in time, and it\u2019ll still represent a seismic shift in the game just because of how powerful it is and what it speaks to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where the first three Streams of Thought projects were produced by 9th Wonder, Salaam Remi and Sean C, this upcoming fourth installment is helmed entirely by 14KT, the Detroit-bred producer best known for his work with Jay Electronica, Skyzoo, Elzhi and others.<\/p>\n

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