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"NOT TO INTERRUPT, BUT ANYONE ELSE NOTICE TIME SPEEDING UP?" 2012 - 2022 @jneirojarel and @MFDOOM turned in the JJ DOOM album after two years of recording. D attended all-day mastering sessions half a dozen times at vast expense. That summer, we shot a video for “Guv’nor” on the roof of the Truman Brewery with @niniandoff directing. D’s old homie @steveespopowers illustrated his lyrics for the sleeve art. @klausthymann shot the portraits against a London skyline. There was an actual key for some actual cuffs. It appeared in D’s London flat after an unexplained incident. “Key To The Kuffs” might mean finding creative emancipation through his forced isolation, unlocking those shackles. The album is his most directly personal. The bars are top tier with a Byzantine matrix of internal rhymes and cross-references. It’s the last album D released, where every aspect had his attention. He chose to flow outside the box. JJ’s beats are intense, sometimes very weird, and some are edits that D pieced together from JJ’s demos. The skits were handcrafted by metal fingers. The tight guestlist includes Beth Gibbons, @damonalbarn and @khujogoodie. Daniel Dumile (RIP) was one of the most prolific artists on Lex, releasing three studio albums as lead vocalist and one as a beatmaker. We spent a huge amount of time with him in the 2010s. He’ll be missed always. Stream the Key to the Kuffs redux edition & order new merch via link in bio.