One of the beautiful and noteworthy things about the vast majority of ScHoolboy’s songs, however, is that they are exactly the opposite of boring, they are exciting. Nevertheless, while such “party tracks” might not be up to snuff for some listeners, there are more than enough outstanding records on “CrasH Talk” as well as Q’s three previous albums, to appease any listener who might be upset about the aforementioned “Chopstix” or the Ty Dolla $ign and YG assisted “Lies” which is franky just incredibly boring.
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This is not necessarily negative in any way but such tracks do have a tendency to distract listeners and critics from the more thoughtful, inspired records such as Oxymoron’s “Break the Bank” an impassioned hustler’s tale that recalls Q’s past life as a drug dealer and goes for the kill immediately in the song’s opening lines, “ Fuck rap, I’ve been rich, crack by my stick shift.” It is certainly true that Q is no stranger to penning somewhat generic, potential party-type cuts such as “Studio” off his second album, “Oxymoron”, or “Chopstix” off this new album. One important thing to realize and recognize about ScHoolboy Q’s music is that it very rarely comes from a place of insincerity. These range from a look back at the lost opportunities of his youth with lines such as “ I could have been D1 but like, I wasn’t with it / My SAT’s and grades was high enough but I wasn’t with it” on the simultaneously easy-going and troubled “Tales”, to a reflection on his obligations as a father, such as when he spits a vital portion of the chorus to “CrasH”: “Daughter need new shoes / If I lose, she lose.” There is also an array of somewhat more “conscious” topics, as some might say (although rapping about coming up in a gang environment, going from having nothing to being extremely wealthy and many similar topics, while possibly overdone, are in many ways some of the most “conscious” material found in the music of our time), including coping with loss and a look at the artist’s own insecurities and shortcomings in life and a variety of other struggles. These include gang life, marijuana, women, riches, etc. While they don’t necessarily make for great pillars of a Q project at this stage of a game, they do serve a purpose as an element by which his art stays grounded. Some of these are fairly routine for Q and many other similar artists. “CrasH Talk”, Q’s fourth album, is in many ways a continuation of several themes from his previous projects. Toward the end of April, he added yet another. ScHoolboy Q came into 2019 with nothing but solid, impressive albums Simultaneously mindful and self-aware, music in the industry today. Most consistent, yet fresh and enjoyable, bass bumping, yet Neither should any naysayer purportingĪs if ScHoolboy Q isn’t one of the better all-around hip hopĪrtists in the current scene as if he doesn’t create some of the Representative is seldom mentioned in the same “best of”Ĭonversations the likes of his more highly regarded contemporariesĪre so often a part of, even after dropping three strong (arguablyīother Q, and it shouldn’t. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Travis Scott and several others who have taken turns as the hottest rapper out (some more than others), there is still much to be said for the artists who are not constant sources of buzz but who still continuously put out solid, and often stellar, records with each cycle. For in a field nearly topped-off with “top 10 of the decade”, “top 5 dead or alive” and, dare they say it, “G.O.A.T.”, hip hop artists, it is not unusual for highly talented artists to go somewhat unappreciated, if not somewhat unnoticed at times.Įven amidst the endless praise and laurels awarded to rap titans such as Drake, J. It would be easy and perhaps somewhat convenient to write artist ScHoolboy Q off as a mid-tier contender in the rap game.
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