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REVIEW: Spillage Village, JID & EarthGang, Spilligion

by Darcy MacDonald

“Recorded during COVID’s first wave at Spillage Village’s Atlanta studio, what began as a JID solo project morphed into one of the best things to happen in hip hop in 2020.”

Spillage Village, JID & EarthGang, Spilligion (Dreamville/Interscope)

This loose-knit collective of rappers and producers hailing from Atlanta and Baltimore is a little difficult to keep track of in terms of who’s who and what group any of these contributors actually belong to, but the chaos is delightful. Recorded during the height of the pandemic’s first wave at a quarantine safe house (Spillage Village’s Atlanta studio), what began as a JID solo project morphed into one of the best things to happen in hip hop so far this year. COVID-19 has paid off in true posse rap, a largely bygone affair in modern music but a nonetheless critical part of what made hip hop grow past the ’80s era of groups and solo acts. Spilliigion hits like a psychedelic gospel trip from the jump. If the Griselda guys churched up and dropped LSD, it might come out a little something like this, but these artists are audibly having more fun than anyone on the East Coast will ever admit to. This album’s a keeper. 8.5/10 Trial Track: “Mecca”

“Mecca” from Spilligion by Spillage Village, JID & EarthGang

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by Darcy MacDonald

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Darcy MacDonald has been with Cult MTL since day one, a decade ago. Which means today, he’s a middle-aged white guy (albeit one more interested in other people’s ideas than in his own). He was previously a columnist and reporter for Montreal Mirror, and has also created content (FKA “written”) for RBMA, Noisey, Montreal Gazette, The National Post and probably some other great places he’s forgotten about. Music, culture, community and miscellaneous questions in search of answers all come across his desk, sooner or later.