After a three year wait since the last album, Irish artist Rejjie Snow has returned with news on his second album titled ‘Baw Baw Black Sheep’. The album releasing on BMG will arrive 9th July.
Following the 2018 release ‘Dear Annie’, the sophomore project will take the listener through fourteen tracks executively produced by long time collaborator Cam O’bi, a decorated producer who has credits with Chance The Rapper, J. Cole, Noname, Isaiah Rashad, Big Sean, SZA and others. Baw Baw Black Sheep also boasts an array of features across the tracklist, including Snoh Aalegra, Tinashe, grouptherapy and the late MF DOOM, who stars on the already released track ‘Cookie Chips’ produced by none other than Cam O’Bi
Rejjie spoke to DIY about the album, “I approached the album light heartedly from the point of view of making a short film through music. I always loved Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. I watch it all the time. I thought of Baw Baw Black Sheep like a soundtrack to it. I put the movie on with my album, and they synced up perfectly. I tried to tap into all of these feelings. The music is really colourful, and the lyrics are often happy, because that was my state of mind.”
A video has also been released ahead of the project for the single ‘Relax’ featuring Cam O’Bi and grouptherapy. It shows Rejjie himself rapping along and dancing to the track with a backdrop of the pyramids in Egypt, directed by Matter Research. As of today there are no physicals available on the official website, but the Baw Baw Black Sheep can be pre-saved on to all major streaming services. As the wait till 9th July begins for the album, watch the video for Relax below.
