Black Patch War is a 7-track EP by Seattle hiphop mainstays Common Market (RA Scion on the rhymes, Sabzi of Blue Scholars on the beats). Offered as the first official follow-up to the successful eponymous debut album, Black Patch War, released on the group's own Massline Media, is a concept project intended to pave the way, stylistically, for the highly anticipated Tobacco Road, slated for release in September. With pointed and pertinent social commentary atop a soul-stirring soundscape of hard-hitting beats, Black Patch War is genuine Common Market. While the EP serves well as a segue into the band's future, it solidifies their position as legitimate contenders for the national spotlight in the hiphop scene.