BROCKHAMPTON have shared what had been announced as their “final” studio album, The Family. The group also announced TM, which according to a press release is “an album made up of songs that were started by the group during a two week stint in Ojai, California in 2021, but were never fully completed during those sessions.”
The hip-hop group began in 2010 with the words, “Anybody wanna make a band,” on the forum KanyeToThe. Sonically, The Family is pure BROCKHAMPTON, but it has callbacks to early Kanye West fandom, with primary producers Boylife and bearface sprinkling the album with the kind of chipmunk soul that Ye deployed on The College Dropout and Late Registration. And lyrically, it’s all Kevin Abstract.
“That post on the forum was an olive branch,” group leader Kevin Abstract wrote in a social media statement on November 17th. “Everyone took a risk. We found each other and planted our own trees.”
He added, “I understand that some of the fans are upset that no one is on the album but me. Over the past few years, the memers of the band began to move our separate ways, and focus on our individual careers and passions. With this project, a few uf were inspired to make something that would bring closure to the past, and set the table for all of us to finally be able to explore our individual futures. I hope you understand and enjoy the music.”
The record includes singles “The Ending” and “Big Pussy,” the latter of which we named Rap Song of the Week. BROCKHAMPTON announced an “indefinite hiatus” in January 2022 and played their last headlining show the following month at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, an event we recapped.
As for TM, it was executive produced by the band member Matt Champion and will be released at midnight ET on November 18th as a “parting gift” to fans.
Advertisement— ian (@kevinabstract) November 17, 2022
The Family Artwork:
The Family Tracklist:
01. Take It Back
02. RZA
03. Gold Teeth
04. Big Pussy
05. All That
06. (Back From the) Road
07. Basement
08. Southside
09. Good Time
10. 37th
11. Boyband
12. Any Way You Want Me
13. The Family
14. Prayer
15. My American Life
16. The Ending
17. Brockhampton
