Kipp Stone - 66689 BLVD Prequel

Cleveland rapper/producer Kipp Stone dropped his impressive second LP, 66689 Blvd Prequel via Chicago’s Closed Session label. His first project since 2021’s buzzy Faygo Baby EP, 66689 Blvd Prequel, finds Kipp with the best raps and production of his young career. Part rap game Henry David Thoreau, part Albert Camus, Kipp brings deep introspection to his art, isolating himself in the making of 66689 Blvd Prequel to paint narratives around the people in his life with whom he compares himself the most. From scenes of the culture shock that comes from traveling to the West Coast for the first time after only ever knowing East Cleveland to raps about escaping his job, poverty, selfishness, and more 66689 Blvd Prequel is the start of an ego death that will come in the album's sequel.