A-1 Remixes Kaytranada, Mr. Carmack, Sango, Stwo, Ryan Hemsworth, BEAR//FACE, and More in New Mixtape 'Thurlian'

A-1 just released his 14-track mixtape, providing lyrical offerings over production from the likes of Sango, Mr. Carmack, Ryan Hemsworth, Kaytranada, Stwo, BEAR//FACE, and more. The Bay Area rapper masterfully blends raw emotion with poetic prowess, which he displays both in party-ready anthems and introspective testimonies. The reason for the peculiar album title? A-1 explains: “My idea is that if one day, modern human beings can finally figure out a way to live peacefully amongst each other, develop clean sustainable method for gathering energy and food, and can live in perfect harmony with Mother Earth, we will have entered a new stage in human evolution. Thurlian would be the name of that new species that we would become, just as Homo-erectus was the name of the stage that came before modern man.” Listen to the tape above, and if you find it a keeper, download it for free.