Brian Ennals & Blockhead – Boatshoes (WEB) (2026) (320 kbps)

Veteran NYC producer Blockhead teams up with rising Baltimore MC Brian Ennals (usually seen in his acclaimed partnership with Infinity Knives) for vital, skillsharing new album Boatshoes, a canny and celebratory ride through irreverent and truth-telling bars alongside classy, master-level production.

“This is a dude that’s made albums with Aesop Rock and billy woods so I was aware there was a level of quality I had to reach,” writes Baltimore rapper Brian Ennals. “Not to toot my own horn, I think I did.” A debut collaboration between two heads of hip-hop – one established, one ascending – Boatshoes provided a creative challenge that the pair met head on with verve and confidence. Ennals is part of the irresistible Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals duo whose three records have attracted significant acclaim in rap music and beyond, but working with Blockhead meant a diversion from the incendiary, vitriolic, substance-loving stomp of his usual format. “It’s the most fun rapping I’ve had in a long time,” he tells us. “Block’s productions were funky as fuck, almost pop, but still totally totally rap. They didn’t sound like anything I’d ever heard.”

Tracklist:

01. Aldente
02. Roll Call
03. Pass the Yayo
04. Bareback
05. Let It Burn (Like Usher)
06. Yellow School Buses (feat. Defcee & Mikie Mayo)
07. Wet Noodle
08. Signed Sealed Delivered
09. Soy Boy
10. Now That’s What I Call a Posse Cut Vol. 87 (feat. Fatboi Sharif, ShrapKnel & DeathIRL)
11. Smirnoff, Via a Straw
12. Shyne
13. Wonderwall

Download:

320 kbps – Wayshare