American rapper and one-half of the hip-hop duo Armand Hammer E L U C I D has shared that he will be teaming up with Swiss producer Sebb Bash for the upcoming album I Guess U Had To Be There. The record will be out on March 13th under Backwoodz Studioz.

The first single "First Light" featuring MATTIE is out now. Watch the music video here:

For I Guess U Had To Be There as a whole, the creation process was described as:

[A] revelation—no pun intended—refusing to be bound by the mundane constraints of genre and popular opinion. They are sprawling gardens; some parts wild, others meticulously tended. You can wander, search, or just find a place to sit amidst the abundance. The gates open at dusk, and again at dawn. There are no paths, no signage, and those drums you hear ain’t no circle.⁠

E L U C I D will be hitting the road this year, both solo and as part of Armand Hammer in North America and Europe. Check all those dates below.

I Guess U Had To Be There will be out on March 13th. Pre-save the album here. Full tracklist:

1. First Light (feat. Mattie)
2. Cantata
3. Hands n Feet (feat. Estee Nack)
4. Make Me Wise
5. Coonspeak
6. Equiano (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
7. The Lorax (feat. billy woods)
8. Fainting Goats (feat. Breeze Brewin)
9. I Say Self
10. Visitation Place
11. Alive Herbals
12. Parental Advisory

All of E L U C I D's tour appearances this year are as follows:

02/04 Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
02/05 Chicago, IL @ Subterannean
02/06 Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch
02/07 New York, NY @ Nightclub 101
02/10 East Hampton, NY @ Daily Op
03/10 Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
03/11 Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
03/12 Edinburgh, UK @ La Belle Angele
03/13 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
03/14 Leeds, UK @ Project House
03/16 Cardiff, UK @ The Globe
03/17 Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre
03/19 London, UK @ Scala
03/21 Brussels, BE @ Botanique
03/23 Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin
03/24 Oslo, NO @ John Dee
03/25 Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn
03/26 Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
04/24 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
04/25 Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
04/27 Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
04/28 Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room
05/01 Orlando, FL @ The Abbey
09/22 Portland, ME @ Oxbow Blending & Bottling
09/23 Somerville, MA @ Cafe at the Somerville Armory
09/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
09/27 Washington, DC @ Union Stage
10/06 Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
10/07 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
10/09 Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
10/10 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/12 Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
10/13 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
10/14 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
11/04 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11/05 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
11/06 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room Highland Park
11/08 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
11/11 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/13 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater

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