Son Raw summarized the appeal of Chester Watson’s music by linking it to those teen memories of summer nights discovering weed and wild sounds. The used CD bin is the Internet trough, but the ideas are still the same and the smoke is stronger — even out in the South. Unlike many of his peers, […]

Stealth as swept, Chester Watson drops the all-instrumental Space Nobility EP while the rest of the realm numbs themselves on Year-End lists (ours start tomorrow, we are only better at being no better). The self-proclaimed Shogun of the 4th Dimension produced it all himself, which means that he is now rapping, making his own videos, […]

The eerie beat courtesy of Art Vandelay, latex legend. The raps from Chester Watson, teenaged rap original smoker, Midnight Marauders bumper, dreamer, phantom believer, captain of the pot smoking squadron, a fish out of aqua, mouth full of hot bars, rolling with villains and the nonchalant ensemble. Drinking fruit smoothies while calling himself an agnostic […]

Chester Watson continues his quiet rampage, grabbing for vodka and weed and a pair of sunglasses. The Nu Age monotone messiah maligns post-racist myopia, teenaged angst, and suicidal thoughts. Just a minute and a half sketch, but enough to add to the growing arsenal. The writing is taut, the mood is tense, and it passes […]

Chester Watson, the 16-year old samurai sword swinging, albatross slayer and lo mein connoisseur decapitates another track. I previously compared the bird and word murdering navigator to Yasel Puig, but Chester knows the right bases to throw. If there was a low-key part of Odd Future’s influence, it’s that Earl helped make writing smart lyrics […]

Jay Z, no umlaut, no hyphen, will be insanely jealous should he ever stumble across “PicBascassquiato,” even if he’s not even into the Internet like that. 16-year old, Chester Watson (rap game, Yasel Puig) delivers the new portmanteau of Sean C’s favorites. I dunno if Mark Rothko is in here too, but I’ll give Chester […]

While every middling blog rapper (and plenty of good ones) crams into coach to play for breakfast tacos, Chester Watson drops a staggering video for “Shapeshifter.” To be fair, he is still in high school and I don’t think they give you a pass to ditch for four days. Swirling grainy Leviathan raps. Another video […]

Several years ago, I was half-convinced that 90s babies would never come close to rapping as well as 70s and 80s babies. At the time, Soulja Boy, Jibbs, and Mims seemed more like standard-bearers than an aberration brought on by industry turmoil, ring-tone rap’s rise, and a cyclical ebb. Jerkin’ produced a lot of songs […]

Weird to think that we’re already in a post-Earl Sweatshirt world. Chester Watson is 15 years old and St. Louis-raised, which means that he was 12 when Earl Sweatshirt was talking about jacking off to buffered videos of Asher Roth eating apple sauce. So I guess it’s not really not that bizarre that the teenager […]