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title: Ghais Guevara - Goyard Ibn Said
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tags: music, rap, 2025
這張專輯是 Ghais Guevara 的首張正式全長專輯，由 Fat Possum Records 發行。這間廠牌之前也出過不少我喜歡的音樂人，所以某種程度上可以說是正式大廠出道了。我之前聽過他的混音帶 BlackBolshevik，感覺他想做出類似 JPEGMAFIA 風格的政治嘻哈——極具實驗性的製作，加上兇狠的左翼說唱，就連封面設計都讓人想到 Veteran。不過，BlackBolshevik 的完成度對我來說並不算太高：音樂上過度強調衝突感，反而犧牲了整體聽感；歌詞則是言必稱共產主義，關懷是有的，但說教感稍嫌過頭（當然還是沒有鍾翔宇那麼搞笑）。這次的專輯名稱 "Goyard ibn Said" 則是他的 alter ego，在前年他以這個名字發行了一張混音帶 Goyard Comin': Exordium，風格比 BlackBolshevik 更浮誇，坦白說，我當時沒太愛。
這次的新專輯比起前兩者，完成度明顯提升不少，概念也更加具體：專輯講述 Goyard ibn Said 作為一位從北費城崛起的饒舌明星，一方面在娛樂圈享受當大屌哥的各種紅利，另一方面卻清楚意識到自己仍然是被剝削的產業螺絲釘。看到這裡也許會覺得——這不就 Kendrick 在講的東西嗎？但相比 K-dot，Ghais Guevara 在專輯後半更專注於娛樂產業作為一種工業結構，如何對人性造成壓制。這是個非常經典的左翼題材，但這次他包裝得相當完整，沒有落入單純的口號式批判。
音樂上，這張的 beat 也比之前過癮許多，沒有一味強調段落的實驗性，而是更多受到 2010 年前後的 cloud rap、trap 與 abstract rap 影響，整體聽感更完整。如果要找個類比，這張專輯讓我想到 Denzel Curry 的 Melt My Eyez See Your Future——算是他作品裡相對內斂的一張，不見得像過去的作品那麼炸裂，但耐聽度反而更高。
題外話，專輯裡有一首歌叫 Monta Ellis，不得不說，06-07 賽季的勇士跟現在的王朝球隊根本是完全不同的物種。當年季後賽 Baron Davis 在 Andrei Kirilenko 頭上那記驚天暴扣，石破天驚啊。
Fav tracks: Leprosy, 3400, Bystander Effect, 4L
Score: 8.0
訪談：https://floodmagazine.com/185519/ghais-guevara-goyard-ibn-said-in-convo/
Bandcamp: https://ghais.bandcamp.com/album/goyard-ibn-said