Rapsody Laila’s Wisdom T-Shirt

Description

Some albums announce their arrival. Laila’s Wisdom landed like a sermon.

September 2017. Rapsody — the North Carolina MC who Kendrick Lamar called the “best rapper alive” — drops her major-label debut on Roc Nation/Jamla. 9th Wonder on the boards. Kendrick, Anderson .Paak, Black Thought, Musiq Soulchild, Busta Rhymes, BJ the Chicago Kid, Lance Skiiiwalker, Terrace Martin and Gwen Bunn fill out the credits. The result is the kind of record that makes you stop scrolling — bars stacked like stacked bricks, soul samples warming every drum hit, every verse earning its place.

Named after her grandmother. Grammy-nominated for Best Rap Album. The album that gave us “Power,” “Sassy” and “Pay Up” — but more than that, the album that proved Marlanna Evans had been here all along, sharpening on Kooley High mixtapes and Jamla compilations, waiting for the world to catch up. Wearing this tee is for the heads who pushed play on “Nobody” and felt the lineage — Lauryn, Bahamadia, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah — running clean through every syllable.

Product Details

• Premium Bella Canvas 3001 — 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Lightweight (4.2 oz) with retail fit
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Tear-away label for comfort
• Available in Black, Navy and Chocolate

For the ones who knew about Rapsody before “Eve.” For the ones who memorized “Power” on first listen. For the ones who never needed convincing.