Your Old Droog is back with the much-anticipated new album Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition.
Once again, the rap savant is putting his personal story at the forefront, going even further than the themes of his previous collection Jewelry. “My last project was about unapologetically claiming my heritage as a Jew,” explains Droog. “This one is about embracing my Ukrainian and Eastern European roots”.
Executive produced by Mach-Hommy and Tha God Fahim , the album features appearances from both of those artists along with El-P (Run The Jewels), Black Thought (The Roots), Phonte (Little Brother), and Billy Woods. Rooted in raw, minimalist production, Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition is a perfect showcase for Your Old Droog’s transcendent lyrical skills and vivid storytelling, imbued with the Ukraine-born emcee’s reflections on growing up as a Russian-speaking immigrant in Brooklyn.
Your Old Droog is one of hip-hop’s most exciting young stars. He has been interviewed by outlets like The New Yorker, SPIN, The Village Voice, Mass Appeal, VladTV, Hot 97, Sirius Shade 45, and more. HIs music has been championed by Pitchfork, Complex, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, XXL, Okayplayer, Stereogum, NPR, and more.
Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition features appearances from El-P (of Run The Jewels), Black Thought (of The Roots), Mach-Hommy, Phonte (of Little Brother), Tha God Fahim, Billy Woods, and more.
With song titles like “Kazakhstan”, “Matryoshka” and “Uzbekistan”, the album finds Droog reflecting on growing up as a Russian-speaking immigrant in New York City. With more focus than ever on relations between the U.S. and Russia (and with Ukraine in the news as well), the content could not be more timely.
Dump Yod Intro
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
New Religion (Feat. Tha God Fahim and
Matryoshka
Odessa (Feat. Billy Woods)
Malchishka Krutoy (Feat. Tvoy)
Babushka III
Uzbekistan (Feat. Phonte and Mach-Hommy)
Pravda (Feat. Mach-Hommy, Ei-P, Tha God Fahim and
Kyrgyzstan
Dump Yod Outro