Trees & Truths

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Trees & Truths
Various Artists Trees And Truths-front-large.jpg
Mixtape by
ReleasedApril 25, 2013
Genre Hip hop
Length48:18
Producer OnGaud, Ohbliv, Ahwlee, Nick Peacock, Such N Such, Plain and Simple, Saba
Mick Jenkins chronology
The Pursuit of HappyNess: The Story of Mickalascage.
(2012)
Trees & Truths
(2013)
The Water[s]
(2014)

Trees & Truths is the third mixtape by American rapper Mick Jenkins. It was released on April 25, 2013. [1] As of June 2020, Trees & Truths has amassed over 64,000 downloads on DatPiff. [2]

Contents

Background

Jenkins described Trees & Truths as his "most lyrical work" and explained the significance of the mixtape's title to its content, " It's a description of topics I view as truth and how they are affected by 'The trees’, the trees being weed, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and a representation of people." [3] The mixtape features fellow Chicago rappers Saba and Noname, along with Jean Deaux and SolarFive. Producers that contributed to the mixtape include OnGaud, Saba, Ohbliv, Mark Gee, Such N Such, Nick Peacock and Plain and Simple.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mick Jenkins.

No.TitleProducer[s]Length
1."The Knowledge of Good and Evil" 1:43
2."The Trees"OnGaud3:13
3."Free Nation Rebel Soldier"Ohbliv3:28
4."Maintain (featuring Saba)"Mark Gee3:51
5."Lack"OnGaud3:30
6."The Leaves"Ahwlee3:10
7."The Taste of Evil" 0:49
8."Klondike Shit"OnGaud3:55
9."Noah and the Reign (featuring Jean Deaux)"OnGaud4:48
10."Fuck Wit Me Famo (featuring SolarFive)"OnGaud2:50
11."Lord Listen"OnGaud2:24
12."The Naked and the Hidden" 0:35
13."The Roots"Nick Peacock3:43
14."Negro League"Such N Such3:22
15."Peg Cuffs and Pocket Tees"Plain and Simple3:20
16."Out of the Branches" 0:33
17."The Truth (featuring Noname)"Saba3:04

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