{"id":194809,"date":"2024-03-25T10:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T09:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=194809"},"modified":"2024-03-23T17:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T16:09:02","slug":"elzhis-classic-debut-the-preface-now-on-digital-outlets-inbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/elzhis-classic-debut-the-preface-now-on-digital-outlets-inbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Elzhi&#8217;s Classic Debut &#8220;The Preface&#8221; Now On Digital Outlets Inbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eSowbjGexio?si=XBf9KKHZQVEgaqSi\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By the time his 2008 solo debut The Preface was released, Elzhi was already recognized as one of hip-hop&#8217;s most gifted lyricists. The Detroit emcee was still a member of Slum Village at the time, having replaced J Dilla in the legendary group earlier that decade. The Preface showcases Elzhi&#8217;s undeniable talent and impressive creative flair, foreshadowing the exciting solo career that would follow. With a young Black Milk supplying pounding, drum-heavy production on 13 of the album&#8217;s 16 tracks, Elzhi&#8217;s dense verses electrify the mic, announcing the arrival of a truly special artist.<\/p>\n<p>Whether riffing on color-themed wordplay, playing a lyrical game of &#8220;fill in the blank&#8221;, taking listeners on a dream logic adventure, or simply showing off his scorching rhyme skills, Elzhi&#8217;s flawless flows animate the highly conceptual collection. A thoroughly Detroit affair, The Preface features appearances by Motown rap gods like Royce Da 5&#8217;9&#8243;, Danny Brown, Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat, T3 of Slum Village, and more. After years of scarcity, the album is finally receiving a proper reissue, and is now available on all digital outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Buy and stream right&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/m9gw.mj.am\/lnk\/AMcAADrqrmcAAcqNR0AAAAAADacAAP-KPokAAAABAALgwgBl_au6i_DF3yOFSr-n5h25kv94mwACwUE\/5\/-uUm12g3-WVustInBZMHOA\/aHR0cHM6Ly9uYXR1cmVzb3VuZHNtdXNpYy5jb20vdGhlcHJlZmFjZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"194811\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/elzhis-classic-debut-the-preface-now-on-digital-outlets-inbox\/elshi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Elshi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?fit=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?resize=540%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-194811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elshi.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff By the time his 2008 solo debut The Preface was released, Elzhi was already&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-OG5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}