Angel Haze - Roses Will Rise Again (2015)

Raykeea Raeen-Roes Wilson, known professionally as Angel Haze, was born on 10 July 1991 in Detroit, Michigan, and the family moved around frequently, mainly due to their mother running away from the church. They began writing as a form of therapy and expressed an interest in creative writing, poetry and journalism., and their first poem was published at the age of 13 after winning a school competition. By 18 they were freestyle rapping and uploading videos to Youtube, and they then began distributing music on the internet through sites such as Tumblr, where a fan base began to form. From 2009 to 2012 they put out a number of mixtapes for free download on the internet, including 'New Moon', 'Altered Ego', 'King', and 'Voice'. In July 2012 they released the free mixtape 'Reservation' to critical acclaim, and in August 2013 they released 'Echelon (It's My Way)' as the lead single from the debut album 'Dirty Gold'. The entire album was leaked in December 2013, prior to scheduled March 2014 release, and so the release date was advanced, and it appeared through Island Records and Republic Records on 30 December 2013 to positive reviews, although it only sold just over 500 copies in the first week. On 14 September 2015 they released the mixtape 'Back To The Woods', announcing that the project was just "something to share before a sophomore", and indeed the title of their second album had already been announced as 'Roses Will Rise Again'. In March 2017 Haze released the 'Resurrection' single, which was taken from their second album, but nothing much has appeared since then, apart from a lone single in 2021, so it seems like the 'Roses...' album has been shelved. We know about half of the proposed track listing, so by adding in some other unreleased recordings from the same period, here is an approximation of Angel Haze's sophomore effort from 2015. 

Track listing

01 Head Chef 
02 Weight 

03 War Inside (feat. Troy Nōka) 
04 Brooklyn
05 Resurrection
06 Power
07 Candlxs
08 Practice
09 Trust Issues
10 New Slaves
11 Gxmes
12 Unthinkable