ANGRY BLACKMEN
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“The Chicago industrial rap duo tears into the horrors of contemporary America over dark,
glitchy beats that convey an omnipresent sense of menace” – Pitchfork
ANGRY BLACKMEN
Chicago based experimental hiphop duo ANGRY BLACKMEN formed sometime in early
2017. The group consists of rappers Brian Warren and Quentin Branch.
In 2024 ABM released a full-length record entitled ‘The Legend of ABM’, a 30-minute coming of age
narrative about black men navigating this wilderness known as North America.
‘The Legend of ABM’ immediately smacks the listener in the eardrum leaving no second
wasted and jumping straight to the point. ‘The Legend of ABM’ tells the story of two Black
men hustling through the trenches of capitalism and the effect that this journey has on them.
While the album exudes catchy wordplay and spine-splitting production handled by
Formants, digging deeper into the album the group spin a tale of depression, existentialism
and afro futurism.
Warren & Branch’s raw poetry educates the listener of the pre-apocalyptic
hyper capitalistic world we’re already living in throughout this project. Personal anecdotes of
tragedy and survival over soundscapes created from the future provide a passionate yet
introspective look at the world-at-large.
‘The Legend of ABM’ is not an excursion for the
weak, the production is meant to snap your spine in half, the lyrics from Quentin & Brian are
pathos infused and relatable to anyone simply trying to survive.
– Michael Stover
“The Chicago industrial rap duo tears into the horrors of contemporary America over dark,
glitchy beats that convey an omnipresent sense of menace” – Pitchfork
“Noise rap industrial hiphop banger” – The Needledrop ( Anthony Fantano )
“In their songs, the Chicago duo—composed of co-founders Quentin Branch and Brian
Warren—take razor-sharp inventories of racism, capitalism, addiction, and depression” – Bandcamp
“The Legend of ABM’ is an important addition to a growing, cacophonous canon in hip-hop” – Treble