Pink Siifu and Turich Benjy. Portrait by Stevie Hawkins.
Relentlessly adventurous rapper Pink Siifu has teamed up with Turich Benjy for a new album called It’s Too Quiet…’!, out today (October 31) via Dynamite Hill. It’s Siifu’s second project of the year following Leather Blvd., a joint album with Ahwlee as B. Cool Aid.
While Siifu’s certainly has pockets that he returns to — the swirling, Soulquarians-influenced psychedelia stands out — he’s not one to run it back exactly the same between albums. On It’s Too Quiet…’!, he dips his toes into mainstream rap sounds with the help of Benjy: The album’s title track has the anxious gothic ambiance of Playboi Carti‘s Opium label. And “Jeff Hamilton..’!!” sports some Don Toliver-adjacent crooning over melancholy synths.
The underground gets a lot of love, too: ghettotech experimenters HiTech produce two tracks (“WYWD’!?” and “Iss On De Floe’!”), just one of the many exciting featured acts spread across the album’s 17 tracks, including Nick Hakim and Wifigawd.
Listen to It’s Too Quiet…’! below, and revisit Pink Siifu’s appearance with Ahwlee on The FADER Interview to discuss B. Cool-Aid’s Leather Blvd.
It’s Too Quiet...’! tracklist and credits
1. "It’s Too Quiet...’!" feat. Pher Turner, Nick Hakim, Kamilah
produced by Melo-X, Foisey
additional production by Dj Harrison, iiye
2. "WYWD’!?" feat. HiTech x Milfie
produced by HiTech
3. "NXGGA LEAGUE’!!" feat. Ssylver, Tyah, Dende
produced by Michael White, Kei$ha, iiye
4. "lookin’![gorgeous]" feat. Wifigawd, Vayda
produced by Tony Seltzer, iiye
5. "Jeff Hamilton" feat. Lance Skiiiwalker
produced by Harry Fraud
6. "Velvet Room" feat. JAAS, Ss.Sylver
produced by Jacob Rochester
7. "exxxtra prelude" feat. Kamilah, Tyah
produced by Groove
additional production by Dj Harrison x iiye
8. "exxxtra" feat. Peso Gordon, Sista Salem, VonBeezy
produced by Groove
9. "Cadillac or Lex" feat. Tyah, Lance Skiiiwalker
produced by Swarvy
10. "X’!" feat. VonBeezy, SwaggyQ
produced by Velvetian Sky
11. "RIP Brittany Murphy" feat. Peso Gordon, Rich Park
produced by Conquest Tony Burson
12. "Pig Head’!"
produced by Apollo Rome
13. "Swamp"
produced by SWARVY
14. "Keith Sweat"
produced by LookDAMIEN
15. "UPTOWN’!"
produced by iiye x Dj Harrison
16. "What Eye Became.." feat. Nelson Bandela, Nick Hakim, VCR, Kamilah, Tyah, Lance Skiiiwalker
produced by iiye, Lance Skiiiwalker
17. "Iss On De Floe’!" feat. HiTech x VonBeezy, Ss.Sylver
produced by HiTech
additional production by Melo-X
