Before you can truly appreciate Freetown Sound and the message it delivers, you need a little bit of context around the state of the country in the summers leading up to its release. But more importantly, how a very specific incident in Dev Hynes career was the tipping point for an artist at his wit's end confronting the realities of being a black man in America. We break it all down in our look at one of 2016's best records, Blood Orange's Freetown Sound.

Tracklist:

1. Blood Orange - Do You See My Skin Through The Flames?
2. Blood Orange - With Him + EVP
3. Blood Orange - Hands Up
4. Blood Orange - Squash Squash
5. Blood Orange - Better Than Me
6. Tame Impala - Borderline (Blood Orange Remix)

This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

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