Denzel Curry Rebuilding Foundation With The Scythe
- printedraps
- Mar 26
- 2 min read
Denzel Curry was 16 years old when SpaceGhostPurrp brought him into Raider Klan. That was 2011. Thirteen years passed before he stepped back into the crew format, and when he did, he built something that actually makes sense for where he is right now.
The Scythe is Curry, A$AP Ferg, TiaCorine, Bktherula, and Key Nyata. Their debut album Strictly 4 The Scythe dropped March 6 and it is eight tracks, 29 minutes, zero filler. Curry has been bouncing between massive concept albums and major placements for years. This project feels like him exhaling. No grand statement. Just people who love the same thing getting in a room and making music that sounds like it.
The album title alone tells you everything. Strictly 4 The Scythe is a direct nod to Strictly for My R.V.I.D.X.R.Z., the tape Curry dropped in 2012 when he was 16 and running with Raider Klan. He is connecting those dots on purpose. And the music follows through on it: the title track and Phony dig into Memphis, Hoopty and You Ain't Gotta Lie go Miami, TAN rides on Houston bass. This is Curry going back to the foundation and building something new on top of it.
Key Nyata is the one to watch on this project. He has been connected to Curry since the Raider Klan days and it reads that way in the music. His writing is the sharpest on the tape throughout. TiaCorine and Bktherula add real energy, not just guest slots. Curry himself is most alive on his second verse on Lit Effect where he is honest about where he is, what he is building, and why.
In a press statement Curry said it plainly: "The Scythe is a family and a group. We still have our respective solo careers, but when we come together, it's The Scythe." That energy is exactly what the project sounds like.
A couple of the later guest appearances do not hit the same way as the core group but on an eight-track run the ratio of wins is strong. More importantly, The Scythe feels like the beginning of something, not a finished thing. Curry gave himself permission to have fun again and build something with people he actually loves making music with. That matters.
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