Becoming one of the best producers in music is difficult. Becoming one of the best rappers in Hip-Hop is also difficult, but for Alchemist and Hit-Boy, difficult is just another word in the English language. After establishing themselves across all genres as multi-dimensional creatives, the duo have teamed up for something only they can deliver.
On Friday, October 24, 2025, fans of Hip-Hop smiled as they woke up to a joint LP and short film from Hit-Boy and Alchemist called GOLDFISH. The short film follows two hitmen disguised as carpet cleaners, while the album leans more into introspective and deeply personal bars intricately placed over production that varies from soulful to cinematic. After 15 tracks and 50 minutes, the duo not only remind listeners that they are two of the best producers of the 21st century, but they also let them into who they are as people away from the studio.
“I feel like we could have done an album that maybe when people hear it, if they didn’t pay attention to ‘Slipping Into Darkness’ or the records we did last year they might be like, ‘Oh, Hit-Boy album? Oh compilation album? They got a good rolodex of artists, they could just go get there friends!” Like, we coulda did that, but I feel like it would have been kinda boring and not as personal. We really couldn’t give everybody us. Those records are always hard, like even when you’re doing the videos, we gotta stand behind the rappers, like, ‘This is our song! Hey!’ We stayed clear of that, because this record is clearly ours,” Alchemist told Billboard. “We stamped it from the rhymes to the beats, and what’s that worth? We’re gonna find out. But at the end of the day, we gotta be us. We weren’t thinking about a demographic when we made the record.”
From Hit-Boy’s solo album to Alchemist’s album with Erykah Badu, the two producers have a lot left in store for fans, but for now, the topic of conversation is their new album, Goldfish. Check it out below.
