''Super What?'' is the second collaborative album by American hip hop supergroup

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and British-American rapper

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. It was released on May 7, 2021. The album is a follow-up to their 2018 collaborative project ''

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'', and is Doom's first posthumous release. The album contains features from

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's DMC,

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, and

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's Godforbid.

Background and release

Apart from the album marking the trio's second collaborative LP with Doom, they also worked together on Czarface's 2015 track, "Ka-Bang!", off ''

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''. ''Super What?'' was recorded in April 2020, and was originally slated for release that same month, but was delayed due to the

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. Czarface member

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explained: The album consists of two halves, the "Doom Side" and the "Czar Side". It is accompanied by a

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written by Esoteric and illustrated by

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. The cover art by

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is based on the cover of issue 216 of the 1964

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series ''

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''.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

* {{7L & Esoteric 2021 collaborative albums MF Doom albums Czarface albums 7L & Esoteric albums Inspectah Deck albums Collaborative albums Albums published posthumously Albums postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic