ELUCID — the NYC underground rap stalwart known for his own solo work as well as Armand Hammer, his duo with billy woods — and the veteran producer Sebb Bash announce I Guess U Had To Be There (Backwoodz Studioz), a new album out March 13 and globally distributed by Rhymesayers / Secretly Distribution. 

Fresh off a run of acclaimed projects and tours, ELUCID’s lyricism here is razor-sharp, spiritually fractured, and boldly imaginative — deep-listening hip-hop powered by the kind of performance critics and fans will dissect for months. Sebb Bash – The Alchemist’s favorite producer – delivers a world of tense textures, dusty futurism, analog tape grime, and unexpected swing — a landscape custom-built for ELUCID’s shape-shifting cadences.

Lead single and album opener “First Light,” sets the tone: a ghostly assemblage of stuttering guitar harmonics, queasy sub-bass, and siren echoes atop which ELUCID raps with a shadow-boxing ferocity. ELUCID will be on tour throughout 2026, including solo dates with DJ Haram and dates throughout Europe and North America with Armand Hammer. See full itinerary below. 

ELUCID TOUR DATES
2/4 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry^
2/5 – Chicago, IL @ Subterannean^
2/6 – Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch^
2/7 – New York, NY @ Nightclub 101^
2/10 – East Hampton, NY @ Daily Op^

^ = w/ DJ Haram

ARMAND HAMMER TOUR DATES
3/10 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
3/11 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
3/12 – Edinburgh, UK @ La Belle Angele
3/13 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
3/14 – Leeds, UK @ Project House
3/16 – Cardiff, UK @ The Globe
3/17 – Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre
3/19 – London, UK @ Scala
3/21 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
3/23 – Amsterdam, NE @ Tolhuistuin
3/24 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
3/25 – Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn
3/26 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
4/24 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
4/25 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
4/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
4/28 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room
5/1 – Orlando, FL @ The Abbey
9/22 – Portland, ME @ Oxbow Blending & Bottling
9/23 – Somerville, MA @ Cafe at the Somerville Armory
9/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
9/27 – Washington DC @ Union Stage
10/6 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
10/7 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10/9 – Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
10/10 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/12 – Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
10/13 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
10/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
11/4 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11/5 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
11/6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room Highland Park
11/8 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/13 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater