Ab-Soul - Do What Thou Wilt. Album Review | DEHH 

if you dont hear myke say "the way he was rhyming" chances are he didn't like it

pitchfork gave this 4.4. Someone should ban that publication from publishing reviews on shit they cant comprehend.

Its so dope how TDE knows about DEHH and watches every review

Soul is kinda an enigma. He'll drop some super metaphorical and deep bars, and then some are just kinda dumb. Not dumb as in wack, dumb as in just silly.

DWTW > 4 Your Eyez Only

I think soul did the parallelism between MOM and 666 because he is stating that not only god is a woman, but also the devil is. So, if this is the case, ab is saying that women can be both a source of enlightment, beauty and graciousness, but also a form of filthyness and sin. your place in all of this depends on which of the two type of women you WANT to follow, which relates back to the "Do what thou wilt" theme... listening to soulo is so mind exercising. Shit has 60 different meanings and sometimes you're not even able to explain one of them... anyways this is a great fuckin album

Old Ken lookin like black uncle Iroh with that beard

Can we just take a moment to give props to modest and the crew for all the reviews they've been cranking out to end the year. Appreciate all the content!

So glad Myke touched on Evil Genius, that song touches a nerve every time. Especially with Alori Joh singing at the end.

"I'm lowkey, like a locksmith working on both knees" one of my favorite lines in the album

Album of the year. 🔥🔥🔥 #SouloHo3

This album was heavily influenced by Lupe Fiasco, as he's his mentor. Lupe must be proud AF. Like DRUGS is an acronym made by Lupe which means, Don't Ruin Us God Said.

I love DWTW, Ab Soul is definitely one of the deepest thinkers in Hip Hop, one of my fave albums of the year !!!

I NEED A BLACKHIPPY ALBUM

IMO 1.Atrocity Exhibition 2. We got it from here... Thank you 4 your service 3. Do What Thou Wilt.

The very last song YMF.. repeats lines about being a liar and deceiver... makes you question everything he said.. bigging up women...god is a woman...you pray to god on your knees but get on your knees to propose to a woman... referencing the Adam as a fag.. ect.. the song YMF saying i'm a liar and deceiver makes you question ok what did he mean... The mom = 666 .. I took that as mother nature and it's said that Satan is the God of this world.. didn't let a woman say one word in the bible... maybe i'm crazy but just thinking this whole time he was referring to the devil as a woman.. That's how I took it. lines like i'm here to baffle them like the Baphomet... The Baphomet is a transgender image.. Just think he meant Satan is a transgender woman or whatever

Ab-Soul redeemed himself with this album!!! Had me worried after These Days...

I bet if you went back and listen to These Days... You'll see that album was actually dope.

Soulo spitting that real, but the masses rather hear J. Cole rap about almond milk and claim hip hop is dead

WE GOTTA GET DEHH ON SWAY THO

On the relevance of Thelema to DWTW as an album. Crowley's whole thing was that if you follow your own will, or what the universe has willed for you, you will find success, right? So, look at his discography. There's Control System, wherein he's openly himself - an anarchist and occultist, or at the very least someone with anarchist/occultist tendencies and thoughts. Critical darling, gets Ab a feature on every album, he's the new hotness for a moment there in underground rap. Then we have These Days, where he is trying to produce a mainstream album and it sounds like Ab fucking going to work at a desk job, having to supress himself. Everyone finds it boring, thinks that Ab's fallen off. So he's Doing As He Will, or his will, meaning the universe's will for him. He's following the law, he is following the path laid out for him, in the Thelemic trust that if he does what he is best and was meant to do, he will find success. He will no longer attempt to fit into other's perceptions of who he should be and will be himself in all his glory. Which is why the album was as great as it was, and some pretty core Thelemic ideas. Anyway, an interpretation of the significance of the title on DWTW.

The word maricon is Spanish for “faggot”. It also sounds quite like “American”. By saying that an atom is a molecule, he is pointing out that a molecule is a compound of atoms but an atom is a compound of protons, neutrons and electrons. So in a sense, an atom is a molecule of subatomic particles too. That’s why the atom said, “‘Cause he is me and I am him…” Just for some clarification, great review!!! I'm just as,if not more, happy than you guys that Ab-Soul returned with some major heat!

4 Your Eyez Only put Myke to sleep. DWTW woke him the fuck up!

only 19 minutes into the review at this point and myke brought up the mom 666 bar, i took it as him saying the "system" is subconciously telling us from a young age, even in our technology, that women equal evil, or have some sort of negative connoctation (sp?) to them. loving it so far, and im glad to see that the crew seems to be enjoying it! I bought myself and my best friend a hard copy from tde's website and am jusy waiting for a vinyl release now! keep up the great content!

holly shit feefo took his review game up nowadays

"L L L Look!" - Feefo

So y'all didn't catch the line were he said " it's been a drill to be ill you ain't really sick who you amusin next?"

The Abstract Asshole! Top 3 album of 2016.

Man I can't wait till LT3 if he stays on this track 🔥

You guys should try to get an interview with ab soul

in old phones in which you had to press a key multiple times to get different letters, m and o are both on the number 6, so basically mom is equal to 666

he carried the word "pen" through out the second half of the second verse on the song Huey Knew that shit was crazy

Good job DEHH. I was not expecting you guys to put this review up that quickly.

Love watching your reviews... you guys guide me to new music!

Personally, I hear more Lupe Fiasco than Jay-Z in terms of double entendres/ punchlines and the way Ab-Soul constructs them.

Is anyone ever going to bring up the dude rapping in the pen? His flow was insane lol

i think maybe an soul meant that Adam was born alone. and that he didn't know he was a man until eve was created. in a sense Adam was gay because he only knew of man until woman was created

Ab Soul with fire lyrics and wordplay as usual! His content always keeps me interested even though the album is long. DWTW second only behind Control System for my favorite Ab Soul album

Ab-Soul is the true feature killer. No shade to Q, but Ab-Soul is the only rapper to kill Kendrick AND Lupe on their own tracks. Js

I thought Blank Face was better than this imo. But Soul definitely stepped up from these days. Good album overall, but nothing crazy like everyone is making it out to be

DWTW, blank face, thank you for your service, and kairi Chanel are the best tapes I heard all year

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the law, love under will.

I can't say this enough but if you are an up and comer trying to make it, you can take a lot away from these reviews. It's refreshing to hear 4 different perspectives as opposed to one or two.

bro that Braille concept is kinda dope man

Ain't a Patreon yet. But I just hit that notification button for y'all. Baby steps.

Love the review. Myke seemed really excited about the Crowley influence. I thought that was interesting

I agree y'all. Dope album. He and a few other artist that have dropped in the last moth or so are helping me to end this crazy year off right. Y'all gotta review LOX and Cudi!

This and Awaken, My Love have been my most played albums of December .

Im glad that ab-soul is not mainstream . DWTW > 4YEO

man I've been waiting so long for this

Oh and the reason there were so many beat switch ups is because they were separate songs they just decided to put together kinda like pieces that they kinda made seg-way and connect together. I thought that was dope. I think Evil Genius was like that as well with the outro. I think that was mentioned in his Breakfast Club interview

Yo, first off, we need more people that are like every single member of DEHH in this world, what Ken said about being immersed in the album from beginning to end helped me get more and truly appreciate what dwtw has to offer, thank you guys, please stay amazing! Second, I liked These Days and initially while I enjoyed this album, it wasn't until this review that I realized the genius that ab-soul has to offer, this album absolutely blows These Days out of the water! Flow and delivery wise ab-soul is unique but what makes him especially unique is analyzing his lyrics. I prefer not to overthink what rappers have to say, but like you guys said, with ab-soul, you don't truly get and enjoy the experience unless you really listen to what he says. Thinking about it, it's a shame that other members of Black Hippy don't get more promo, not to take anything away from Kendrick, but this album makes Kendrick look boring! I had fun listening to souls lyrics and trying to figure out what he says, and from my understanding it is truly beautiful what ab-soul has to offer in his music, kind of reminds me of to pimp a butterfly, minus the presentation of the way ab-souls album is presented, Lonely Soul, Now you know, and Invocation were definitely one of the best tracks on the project.

2 reviews in 2 days, bless up

Religion was an on going theme throughout the album and maybe thats how it relates to Thelema the idea of Aeons in Thelema is something you should look into. He says Genesis really means the ''genealogy of Isis'' and criticizes people for referring to the eye of Horus as just a symbol. Hope this helps Myke, you guys keep up the good work youve got a new sub.

Great review fellas! Album is sick!!!

Love Myke for mentioning that beautiful ass Donkey Kong water level like beat on Evil Genius

I think the american flag line is basicly about how the founding fathers had no intentions of actually extending the rights they were creating with the constitution to women. I think absoul is just calling them fags, i dont think he means it in a literal way, but hes just saying it because their actions seemed to be totally void of any consideration or concern for women when they were founding the nation.

Best feminist album ever

i wish you guys could get more sub's man...the work you do is great

After the first listen to the album I couldn't wait to hear Myke's opinion on this record

Y'all NEEEEEEED to review RTJ3 next, or Passion Pain and Demon Slayin'

Huey Knew THEN=Huey Newton. Huey Percy Newton was an African-American political activist and revolutionary who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. He also had a Ph.D. in social philosophy. This song may be Ab's way of explaining why people are separated. So he uses the whole thing about women throughout this album to represent the separation that humanity as a whole create from hatred masked in what people think is love. This is why Crowley believed that love and hate are synonymous, which is what Ab-Soul agrees with and is also a portrayal in itself of how love can be masked with hate as well. This is shown by how a man of "evil" (Crowley being a satanist) can also shine light on a truth that can lead to "good". This leads to the title of the album, "Do what thou wilt", meaning no matter what, why, or how you live, you are alive. Therefore, being alive is embodied by a gift of a choice- "What, why, and how will one live?" or is the choice-"Does one live at all?" This ideology is circular, which feeds into the ideology that there is no measurement of objective right and wrong, only measurement of whether alive or dead. This leaves (I'll speak for myself) me stuck as Ab-Soul seems to be, which is portrayed on the cover by his frustrated body language, distraught facial expression, and grey backdrop, as in society, "the grey area" represents the uncertain state of being. Circular ideology means that there is no beginning nor end, which Ab portrays when he says his hypothesis is that the chicken came before the egg. Therefore he is befuddled and uneasy, which is ALSO portrayed (yes so much goddamn "portrayal" in this album, haha) by the musical side, which is most directly portrayed by the haste in his vocal inflection and flow and the darkness to the instrumentals. Ahh, ahora ya término. I am finally finished now. Even if all of this thought process is baloney, on behalf of the youth of the hip hop community, we appreciate you, Ab, for giving a canvas for music listeners to brainstorm on. And shout out to DEHH for reacting to Ab's provoking. My fandom is life-long. Salute

Probably my favorite hip hop album all year

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR THIS (OR SO IT SEEMS)

Lonely Soul is easily my favorite song, that instrumental is just sooo smoove, Punch and Ab went in too

I'm just happy for Ab-Soul. I don't believe he'll ever have that "mainstream" appeal but he has a large fan following and I hope this album adds to his movement.

this is probably in my top 5 this year

Y'all reallly need to review this Injury Reserve album

been waitin

You acting like it's been a drill to be ill you ain't really sick who you amusing next?!

Bruh it would b dope if y'all did re-review albums @ the end of the year

if it weren't so close to the end of the year I'd ask for a review of the new Injury Reserve album

This album sold 8,000 copies the first week. So many people liked it. Cole album sold 500k the first week. A lot of people hated it.🤔🤔🤔

you guys need to do an interview with Soul! for clairty on alot of the bars, cause theres alot of shit we are all missing, that soulo has to explain

Great review!

D.R.U.G.S. is one of the best recent rap songs I've heard

"Im from another galaxy I'm actually an android, look me up on your galaxies and your androids" Ab-Soul really got the most quotable lines. DWTW=GOAT

nobody talked about portishead in the morning??

Cap beast everywhere , damn .

I actually liked These Days. This album is dope too

This is actually the best RAP album of the year Donald glovers shit is album of the year but this shit! Hands down solo got award for best RAP album of the year, also glad to see he's back this album feels like control system on steroids FACTS

A review w soul would be so legendary.

And Portishead in the morning! It's one of the more sleepier tracks, but forreal, "I'ma live forever like the HELA cell", Ab-Soul needs his recognition, it's a shame if this album gets overlooked!

Definitely my album of the year

the production on this album reminded me of Danny brown's new album and I fuck with that album. I immediately knew Ab soul was back, bumping this heavy

"Atrocity Exhibition", "Honor Killed the Samurai", and this masterpiece from Ab-Soul are powerful contenders for album of the year.

I feel like this album is just an introduction to souls views on the subjects integrated in the album... I really think there is much more to come to further expand on a lot of things soul was saying or implying in this album...

That new saba bumps in the whip.

this album was fire, from top to bottom.

TDE is making history

this album is sick crazy. im still trying to figure stuff out - top 5 easy for me this year.

Fuckin Thank You Myke! For being the only one to dive into the album and break it down a bit from questioning the pointless verse 2 for WifeyvsWifey to admitting your disappointment with the lack of explanation for the F(l)ag and Adam lines to actually mentioning the Title/Thelema background and not being afraid to admit there isn't a stronger correlation between The Album itself and Crowley's The Book of The Law. The rest of the fellas seem to reiterate one another's reaction/favorite tracks, they probably don't want to offend Soul, Top, Punch, and them. Love Soul and I enjoy the album but, I Know that he knows he could have gone harder on some of these tracks. #TDE

PASION PAIN DEMON SLAYIN..... WE NEED THIS REVIEW

That Threatening Nature beat is on some horror movie, Omen type shit. And he SPITTIN....Hallelujah to Pastor Black Lip🙌🏿✊🏿🙏🏿

the outro of Evil Genious is Alori singing and the fact that she's singing "I live to let you shine" but her voice is pitched down, and the whole album is dark and she's no longer alive its just like "fuuuuuck". It's really heavy

patreon in this bish!!

ab-soul is like the stanley kubrick of hip-hop

I don't think Ab believes is God or the Devil to be honest, it doesn't matter to be honest. I mean look at the comments, he got people talking about him. That was the purpose. Not converting people's religion, just to get people to talk. And he did a good job. The whole album is full of contradictions. People pick up on what they want to. He's playing everyone.

It's been a drill to be ill You ain't really sick, who you amusin next? BARS

"Do we really wanna go to heaven? Ain't no bitches mentioned?" I was expecting one to say that line lol