Elucid has revealed his subsequent solo challenge. The Sebb Bash-produced I Guess U Needed to Be There—out March 13 by way of Rhymesayers and Secretly Distribution—is the rapper’s first solo album since his 2024 effort REVELATOR. The announcement arrives with the video for opening monitor “First Gentle,” that includes Dallas-based experimental artist Mattie. Watch it beneath.
I Guess U Needed to Be There additionally options contributions from Breezly Brewin, Estee Nack, Shabaka Hutchings, and Elucid’s Armand Hammer companion billy woods. Elucid will hit the highway in 2026 for a quick solo tour earlier than becoming a member of woods throughout North America and Europe in assist of the duo’s 2025 album Mercy. Full dates are on the backside.
Learn Pitchfork’s evaluation of Elucid’s 2024 album REVELATOR.
I Guess U Had To Be There:
01 First Gentle
02 Cantata
03 Fingers n Toes (feat. Estee Nack)
04 Make Me Clever
05 Coonspeak
06 Equiano (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
07 The Lorax (feat. billy woods)
08 Fainting Goats (feat. Breeze Brewin)
09 I Say Self
10 Visitation Place
11 Alive Herbals
12 Parental Advisory
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Elucid Tour 2026:
02-04 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry^
02-05 Chicago, IL – Subterannean^
02-06 Detroit, MI – Loving Contact^
02-07 New York, NY – Nightclub 101^
02-10 East Hampton, NY – Every day Op^
03-10 Dublin, Eire – Button Manufacturing facility*
03-11 Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3*
03-12 Edinburgh, Scotland – La Belle Angele*
03-13 Manchester, England – Gorilla*
03-14 Leeds, England – Undertaking Home*
03-16 Cardiff, England – The Globe*
03-17 Bristol, England – Trinity Centre*
03-19 London, England – Scala*
03-21 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique*
03-23 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tolhuistuin*
03-24 Oslo, Norway – John Dee*
03-25 Stockholm, Sweden – Bar Brooklyn*
03-26 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset*
04-24 Durham, NC – Motorco Music Corridor*
04-25 Asheville, NC – Eulogy*
04-27 Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5*
04-28 Nashville, TN – The Blue Room*
05-01 Orlando, FL – The Abbey*
09-22 Portland, ME – Oxbow Mixing & Bottling*
09-23 Somerville, MA – Cafe on the Somerville Armory*
09-25 Brooklyn, NY – Music Corridor Of Williamsburg*
09-27 Washington DC – Union Stage*
10-06 Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount*
10-07 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace*
10-09 Ferndale, MI – The Loving Contact*
10-10 Chicago, IL – Thalia Corridor*
10-12 Cudahy, WI – X-Ray Arcade*
10-13 Madison, WI – Excessive Midday Saloon*
10-14 Minneapolis, MN – Effective Line*
11-04 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom*
11-05 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room*
11-06 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room Highland Park*
11-08 San Francisco, CA – Backside Of The Hill*
11-11 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile*
11-13 Denver, CO – Marquis Theater*
^ = w/ DJ Haram
*w/billy woods as Armand Hammer
