Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future (The Extended Edition) (2022) [Official Digital Download]

From his formative days associating with Raider Klan through his revealing solo projects TA13OO and ZUU, Denzel Curry has never been shy about speaking his mind. For Melt My Eyez See Your Future, the Florida native tackles some of the toughest topics of his MC career, sharing his existential notes on being Black and male in these volatile times.

The album opens on a bold note with “Melt Session #1,” a vulnerable and emotional cut given further weight by jazz giant Robert Glasper’s plaintive piano. That hefty tone leads into a series of deeply personal and mindfully radical songs that explore modern crises and mental health with both thematic gravity and lyrical dexterity, including “Worst Comes to Worst” and the trap subversion “X-Wing.” Systemic violence leaves him reeling and righteous on “John Wayne,” while “The Smell of Death” skillfully mixes metaphors over a phenomenally fat funk groove. He draws overt and subtle parallels to jazz’s sociopolitical history, imagining himself in Freddie Hubbard’s hard-bop era on “Mental” and tapping into boom bap’s affinity for the genre on “The Ills.” Guests like T-Pain, Rico Nasty, and 6LACK help to fill out his vision, yielding some of the album’s highest highs.

Denzel Curry has released the Extended Edition of his album Melt My Eyez See Your Future: The Extended Edition, out now via Loma Vista Recordings.

The new project, Melt My Eyez See Your Future: The Extended Edition, celebrates the success of his album. Denzel carves his own path by releasing a version of his critically-acclaimed album reimagined with the 10-piece Cold Blooded Soul Band, whom Denzel performed with for his NPR Tiny Desk Concert and The Tonight Show appearance this summer. On the Extended Edition, he delivers a special version of the album performed live in one take with two new tracks “Chrome Hearts,” featuring Zacari and “Larger Than Life,” showcasing Denzel the storyteller and musician, and solidifying his status as a hip hop heavyweight for his generation.

Speaking on the Extended Edition, Denzel says, “I created the songs on this album to feel more like a jazz album due to the inspiration I pulled from (Soulquarians, Cowboy Bebop, etc.). I didn’t want to give away tracks that I felt didn’t add to the aesthetic that was already in place, so the Deluxe is more of the feel of what inspired it. You’re basically getting a live sounding rendition of the album along with two songs that were supposed to make the original cut.”

Tracklist:
Disc 1 (45:05)
1. Melt Session #1 (04:01)
2. Walkin (04:40)
3. Worst Comes To Worst (02:50)
4. John Wayne (02:36)
5. The Last (04:22)
6. Mental (02:26)
7. Troubles (02:40)
8. Ain't No Way (04:24)
9. X-Wing (02:56)
10. Angelz (03:51)
11. The Smell Of Death (01:20)
12. Sanjuro (02:07)
13. Zatoichi (03:30)
14. The Ills (03:22)

Disc 2 (29:50)
1. Melt Session #1 (Cold Blooded Soul Version) (03:09)
2. Walkin (Cold Blooded Soul Version) (02:45)
3. Worst Comes To Worst (Cold Blooded Soul Version) (02:41)
4. Mental (Cold Blooded Soul Version) (02:07)
5. Troubles (Cold Blooded Soul Version) (02:32)
6. Chrome Hearts (03:21)
7. X-Wing (Cold Blooded Soul Version) (03:06)
8. Angelz (Cold Blooded Soul Version) (03:20)
9. Larger Than Life (03:24)
10. The Ills (Cold Blooded Soul Version) (03:25)


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