Armand Hammer, the oft-discordant avant-rap duo of billy woods and Elucid, have emerged during the 2020s as the standard-bearers of the genre's fringes, dropping one critically acclaimed LP after another. Two of their most notable (Haram and Mercy) were made with the Alchemist, who also works with superstars like Erykah Badu and Kendrick Lamar.

And now, at midnight, they surprise-released an eighth album, Snakes & Ladders, which goes heavy with a jazz influence in its production.

Per usual, they get a surprisingly unified sound palette from a whole patchwork of featured guests and producers, including plenty of familiar faces and past collaborators: clipping., $ilkmoney, DJ Haram, Sebb Bash, Kenny Segal, Preservation, and many more.

Snakes & Ladders also comes with very literal album art that's among the year's coolest. Listen to the album below and read our interview with Armand Hammer here.

Full tracklist:

1. Deadbolts (prod. clipping.)
2. Send for Me (prod. Kenny Segal)
3. Lock Out/Tag Out (prod. Sebb Bash)
4. Jet Magazine (prod. Kara-do & Mekala Session)
5. Nightswim (prod. Kenny Segal)
6. TimesTables (prod. Jeff Markey)
7. don't say it if it isn't true (prod. Sebb Bash)
8. Gravity (prod. Child Actor)
9. Vespers (prod. Animoss)
10. Dragon Teeth (prod. Theravada)
11. Incidentals (prod. Petter Eidh & Mekala Session)
12. Graveside (prod. DJ Haram, Saint Abdullah & Eomac)
13. Dogville (prod. Messiah Musik)
14. Assembly Lines (prod. Preservation)
15. Risk (feat. $ilkmoney) (prod. Steel Tipped Dove)
16. if we must die (prod. Sebb Bash)