Hit-Boy and The Alchemist, who have stayed within arm’s length of one another lately, have released an extended play without any prior notice.
The duo of super producers surprise-dropped three tracks packaged as Theodore & Andre on Thursday (February 1), clocking in at just a little under 10 minutes. Though the two have worked on a lot of the same projects before and even released a song together, this marks their first joint bundle.
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Drummer Jonathan Hulett assisted on the project, which features beats and bars by both California natives. The duo also released a music video for the EP, which is essentially a compilation of chopped-up sections from each song.
Check it out below:
Hit-Boy and The Alchemist, both of whom wee nominated for HipHopDX’s Producer Of The Year in 2022 and 2023, joined forces last year to rap over each other’s instrumentals.
The THIRDEYERAZ-directed video for “Slipping Into Darkness” showcased them both cooking up beats inside a boutique store and spitting over them.
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His teammate then steps in with: “I don’t really know dude, he seem like a cool cat/ But I never once heard Metro Boomin do boom bap/ I never heard a Southside beat without an 808 in it/ HB in drunk-driver mode, I swerve in every lane with it.”
While the two have not collaborated on too many crossover joints by the two exist, Hit-Boy has expressed interest in releasing more music together.
Soon after Theodore & Andre went live, a fan tweeted: “Can we get a series of albums with you two?!? This shit crazyyyyyy.” In response, the Los Angeles studio chef wrote: “i fw this idea.”
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Hit’s father and recent collaborator Big Hit has also long been a fan of The Alchemist, he just didn’t know the legendary producer was white.
In a hilarious studio moment captured on camera on January 25, the rapper was shocked to discover Uncle Al’s ethnicity.
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“The homie thought Alchemist was just a light-skin homie,” Hit-Boy said in the video while laughing.
“I said, ‘Bitch, you can’t tell me this n-gga ain’t albino or something!’” Big Hit exclaimed. “I said, ‘I’m finna go record with the homie.’”
