Abstract Mindstate Drop ‘The Art Project’ Album + “Who Would’ve Thunk It” Video feat. Sly Pyper

Abstract Mindstate taps David Banner, Slum Village, and more for their new album, ‘The Art Project’, plus share the “Who Would’ve Thunk It” music video featuring Sly Pyper.

Olskool Ice-Gre and E.P. Da Hellcat, also known as the Chicago Hip-Hop duo Abstract Mindstate, have released their long-awaited new album, ‘The Art Project’, today (7.18.2025).

Available now to stream and cop on all major digital streaming platforms via Honest Music/Barak With Love/Vydia, and produced entirely by Young RJ of Slum Village, ‘The Art Project’ serves as the full-length follow-up to the duo’s 2021 Kanye West-produced album ‘Dreams Still Inspire’.

Guest features include David Banner, Blu, J.Ivy, and more.

“The album cover art itself is a metaphor– abstract art on display in a gallery, which is an indication that the art is rare and important. The same as the idea of a male/female duo in Hip Hop… Our music is abstract art, filled with color and dimension to make people think. Just like abstract art, some will understand immediately, some later, and some never at all.” –Olskool Ice Gre

“I thought about school and how much time and effort we as students would put into our individual art projects, and how we looked forward to that portion of the class that allowed us to showcase what we learned. What we do is art, and this is a project. Hence, ‘The Art Project’. I hope listeners take away our example of staying true to something that is innate and comes from the soul, and how that can be maintained even as life is life-ing!” –EP Da Hellcat

‘The Art Project’ is a result of the undeniable chemistry established between Slum Village and Abstract Mindstate while the two groups toured the Pacific Northwest and Europe together in 2022 and 2024, respectively.

“Still Paying: An Abstract European Experience”, is a short film documenting parts of these experiences, and is due out later this summer.

Watch the trailer…

Abstract Mindstate has been nominated for two Hollywood Independent Music Awards, and are set to perform live at the ceremony in LA on July 30th.

To accompany the release of ‘The Art Project’, the duo shared the official music video for the Sly Pyper-assisted album standout “Who Would’ve Thunk It”.

Shot and directed in Atlanta by Sam Nunez and Jean-Pierre, the visuals are dedicated to Gre’s late childhood friend who played an integral role in the completion of the project.

“This song is about a perfect relationship going south. If you’ve actively been in the dating scene you’ve probably experienced one of those where it felt like the stars aligned and it can’t possibly get any better. Then, out of nowhere, it takes a turn for the worse. And you and everyone around the relationship can’t believe it ended. All you can say is ‘Who Would’ve Thunk It’… It’s a conversation we’ve never put into song as a duo, but we’ve both experienced this in our own personal lives.” –Olskool Ice Gre