Look no further for the week’s best thing in Bay Area hip hop: Passwurdz, an Oakland artist part of the music collective Grand Nationxl, dropped his first solo album Flowers. Blooming in sync with the season, the springtime work is mostly low to midtempo, soulful, groovy, tongue-twisted, and endlessly introspective. It’s a solo, personal work, but features an all-star list of guest appearances from across the 510 and beyond, including JANE HANDCOCK, Ian Kelly, D.Bledsoe, Kate Lamont, Roux Shankle, ZHARMILA, Kevin Allen, Mani Draper, and Brookfield Deuce.
