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7.28.23 - Substantial’s LP, Adultish out now

Adultish is Substantial's 5th studio album. The LP explores the world of a self-described "grown-up with more growing to do" over soul/jazz sample-based production and live instrumentation. Guests include Shing02, Uyama Hiroto, Mega Ran, Marcus D, Stephanie Gayle, T.Lucas, Tamera Wellons, MLLN, Javier Starks, Malcolm Jackson, DJ RBI, DJ Jav, Matthew Shell, and Black Root.

Executive Producer: Substantial
Co-Executive Producers: C.J. Culley, Claudette Rhone, Fernando Adali Roman Jr, Warren aka UrbanMasque, and Tommy Hackett

All songs produced by Substantial | All songs were mixed and mastered by Tonedeff for Quintic/QN5, Inc.

Cover Art: Substantial | Pattern: Ryan Espeleta and Substantial | Vinyl Deluxe Edition Cover and CD Poster Illustration: Naturel

Photography: Marvelous Jones | Stylist/Barber: Sherm the Barber
Management: Rachelle Etienne-Robinson (Substantial Art & Music)

7.14.23 - Substantial’s LP, Adultish (Deluxe Edition) out now exclusively Bandcamp

“Substantial‘s fifth solo studio album grapples with the tricky question of how a hip-hop artist can grow old within the culture while both retaining their creative zest and avoiding succumbing to bitterness and resentment toward younger generations. It’s a take that the Virginia-based MC and producer delivers from atop a deep vault of releases dating back to 2001’s jazz-centric debut To This Union A Sun Was Born (which features beatwork by the sadly departed Nujabes).”

- Phillip Mlynar of Bandcamp

Adultish includes guest appearances from luminaries such as Shing02, Uyama Hiroto, Mega Ran, Marcus D, Stephanie Gayle, T.Lucas, Tamera Wellons, MLLN, Javier Starks, Malcolm Jackson, DJ RBI, DJ Jav, Matthew Shell, and Black Root.

Adultish drops on all platforms 7.28.23

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