Do What Thou Wilt.
Ab-Soul
2016
The concept record is based on Aleister Crowley’s The Book of the Law, which the title derives. The name of the album is a reference to “Thelema”, the philosophy developed by Aleister Crowley. Ab added to Billboard, “Another quote from the book that caught my interest was, ‘The righteous will remain righteous, and the filthy will remain filthy.’ With him obviously pushing the envelope to be the wickedest, most evil, most filthy, why not try to be the most righteous? With that comes so many themes. This album is also a love story and it’s also a woman-appreciation album as well.”
Regarding the theme of women empowerment, he said, “I really just want the women to hear me out this time and I want to do it in a way that is not necessarily serenading. I just want the women to know that there are men having conversations like this, too. I have conversations with my homies about these things, and they bother me too. Double standards and whatnot. If I could just bring a few more of the women into my rap world, just to know that there are men having these conversations.”
Stand-Out Tracks
RAW (backwards)
D.R.U.G.S.
Lonely Soul
