Having released the blog-acclaimed Reservation mixtape and earned placement in the BET Hip-Hop Awards "Iron Mic" cypher this year, Angel Haze has come into her own as a legitimate MC—one that is already synonymous with intense, uncompromising music. Her latest track journeys into even darker and deeper territory, though; perhaps the most personal song we've heard in years.
Over Eminem's "Cleaning Out My Closet" instrumental, Haze recounts staggering sexual abuse—in graphic yet brutally honest detail—she suffered as a child, and resurfaces the fear and frustration that ensued: "I thought of off-ing myself, I thought of killing these n****s/ Wanted to take a fucking brick and push they teeth through they lip/ Wanted to smash the fucking world and burn its leftover parts/ Wanted to rip it out and just fucking step on my heart." You can only admire Angel for her bravery.
Making good of a bad situation, Haze couples the release of this new track with the announcement of a new project, Classick, due out this Thursday (Oct. 25).