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Chester Watson

Florida rapper Chester Watson makes verbose, technically precise music indebted to MF Doom, Earl Sweatshirt, and more obscure artists from the deeper reaches of rap culture. Before he was old enough to legally drink, fans were trading Watson rarities compilations, and .zip files, and media outlets were taking notice of his nascent talent. Consistently seeking new angles for his creative expression, Watson grew with each new release, beginning in 2012 with his debut mixtape Phantom (released when he was only 15), and taking new forms with releases like his first studio album, 2020's A Japanese Horror Film, and projects like 2024 Elaquent team-up EP Montisona.Watson was born in St. Louis and grew up moving between that city, Georgia, and Florida. He eventually settled in St. Petersburg, Florida, and began releasing his original songs online in 2012 with his debut mixtape Phantom. Producing the majority of his own beats, Watson created new music at a prolific pace, with singles, EPs, and mixtapes of his lo-fi, stylistically fluid hip-hop arriving often. Over the next several years, Watson released new music non-stop, including projects like 2014 EP My Girlfriend Made Me Drop This, mixtapes such as 2016's Past Cloaks and 2019's Instrumental Tape, and many others. His first studio full-length came in 2020 with A Japanese Horror Film. The album was released on Halloween and included contributions from Psymun, Kent Loon, K. Raydio, and others. The following year, Watson's 1997 EP included several lyrics that referenced the then-recently deceased MF Doom. His second album, fish don't climb trees, arrived in 2023, and the next year he released two EPs, Water Mirage and the Elaquent collaboration Montisona. By this point, Watson had left Florida and was operating out of Atlanta.
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