Transportation (CD)

Your Old Droog recently made waves with the unexpected release of It Wasn’t Even Close, a brand new album that drew widespread attention and endless praise after dropping with no advance warning. Fresh off this success, your old pal is returning less than two months later with Transportation.  The album features 15 tracks, all of which loosely relate to a method of transportation. “Not everything is literal though,” says the artist, which comes as no surprise considering the man’s penchant for abstract metaphors.  Transportation finds Your Old Droog returning to the unique remind-you-of-NYC-at-night soundscapes that served as the backdrop to his classic self-titled debut.  Similar to that first project, the bulk of the beats on Transportation are handled in-house by eclectic Inwood beat wizard Mono En Stereo. Droog sounds more than at home delivering the audio equivalent of comfort food, with interludes sprinkled around beats and rhymes that go together like a peanut butter and jelly s