Photo by John Vettese

Yesterday, longtime Roots affiliate Dice Raw dropped his latest single “Dining Alone”, a simmering synthesizer-led number with a pointed rap at its centerpiece.

The song and its unique sound came about in collaboration with Khari Mateen, another member of the Roots crew who produced two tracks on their brilliant 2011 LP Undun (“The Otherside” and the popular single “Make My”).

“Dining Alone,” which you can download below, will be featured on Dice Raw’s upcoming solo full-length, The Greatest Rapper Never: The Transformation, due out later this year on his own Raw Life label.