Hip-hop legend Slick Rick has launched VICTORY, a groundbreaking visible album premiering now on YouTube. Marking his first full-length undertaking in 26 years, VICTORY is a inventive collaboration with actor and musician Idris Elba, launched by way of Elba’s 7Wallace imprint in partnership with Mass Attraction.

Government produced by Slick Rick, often called The Poet, and Elba, credited as The Visionary, VICTORY is a wealthy mix of music, narrative, and placing visuals. The undertaking options contributions from Nas, Giggs, and Estelle, weaving collectively hip-hop heritage and world artistry.

At its heart is a 30-minute immersive movie directed by Meji Alabi, the visionary behind Beyoncé’s Black Is King. The movie’s daring aesthetic was formed in partnership with famend photographer Jonathan Mannion and Equator Studios, whereas Younger Guru combined the music.

Slick Rick describes the undertaking as “a story of fiction for the thoughts… Half fantasy. Half magic.” VICTORY is out there now.