Andrew Veeder on July 27th, 2016

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Los Angeles-based rapper Old Man Saxon, the Denver-raised Saxon Cole Kincy, recently released an EP entitled “The Perils,” a four-song effort that was culled from dozens of songs he wrote in 2014 while homeless. His flow sounds like a cross between Earl Sweatshirt and Fatlip, charged with a biting and self-aware sincerity in calling it as he sees it with dense wordplay and a nonchalant delivery. Opening track “Breakfast” rides a Chipmunk’d soul sample over a drum beat, with Saxon kicking lines like, “I’m a hit you with that sad shit / Not my prerogative but that’s how life bottled it / I’m trying to hang with a baller b*tch / I wished I had a smaller dick / But that’s no reason just to call it quits,” but it’s the title track that’s the standout.

The video below, directed by Anthony Yano Hays, lensed by Jason Adler and produced by Brittany Ballard, depicts Saxon’s experience living in his Ford Explorer with vivid visuals, supplementing its dynamite lyrical storytelling as he drops bombs like, “Choked up while I’m writing this / Didn’t think my life would get / So fucking triflin’ / Living like Mice & Men,” and, “Constipation and constant hatin’ / Got me looking up at the constellations / Instead of corroborating / Fallacies about where I’m staying / You know, somewhere in Silverlake… / But really in the back / On the passenger’s side.” Purchase “The Perils” EP here.

||| Watch: The video for “The Perils”