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just a few loops" which he credits to Earl's advice: "'Don't ever let the beat get over on you.'"

Navy Blue describes it as "nothing too complicated. That sense of space and mental clarity for Wiki is mirrored in the sparse production background. "Seeing clearer and I'm speaking clearer," Wiki adds. How is this your therapy?'" Navy mentions that Wiki's arc is apparent in the difference between, say " Piece of S***," from the 2012 Wiki93 EP, and the way he raps about himself on this project, seemingly more conscious of both his self-deprecating tendencies and his ego, but also of how thoughts might transfer through music. Wiki says making music had always been tied to his understanding of himself, but also to drinking: "I gotta go do an interview, I gotta drink.

The difference on Half God, Wiki says, was the perspective he gained from slowing down because of COVID-19, and how it granted him the space to hone in: "I'm writing and I'm pacing / looking at the cityscape, is it a simulation?" he raps on "Roof." "In the middle of the city, in isolation."Īnother difference in the process of making Half God, Navy Blue notes, is that Wiki wasn't drunk.

His sophomore album, Oofie, was released at the end of 2019, under very different circumstances: a few months before the pandemic, while Wiki was in the middle of a split with his label, XL, and a break-up, and after the dispersion of his rap group Secret Circle due to allegations against another member. Over a decade after his introduction with RatKing, it's Wiki's third studio album, but the first entirely produced by Navy Blue. "I've never had a project come out that felt like 'This is how I wanted it,'" Wiki says. The rest of Half God was recorded by Benamin within a few months in New York. The process began in November 2020, when Wiki wrote "All I Need" in a Los Angeles studio with Earl Sweatshirt while Navy played them the beat. Last month, Wiki and Navy Blue released Half God, a record that showcases the two artists' collaborative spirit.

"Now he got the haircut, you know, he's mellow," producer Navy Blue says over the phone, remembering how New York rapper Wiki used to walk around with a knot from hitting the mic to his head during performances.