Have you dove into Part II of The Get Down on Netflix yet? Considering Nas executive produced the soundtrack, it’s only right he’d bless the soundtrack with a banger. “Angel Dust” is one of those records and it sounds so soulful. Speaking on the problems with smoking the drug, Esco flips that Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson sample and takes us back to the dusthead ’70s and ’80s that wrecked lives and communities.
Man, play this one back two or three times. We need that new Nas album.
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