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ScHoolBoy Q
I don't know what it is about him, maybe it's the plethora of different bucket hats he owns, but ScHoolBoy Q has been on the come up for quite some time. He is another member of the Black Hippy crew, joining the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock. ScHoolBoy Q, started off as a hype man for Kendrick Lamar back in his early days, but after he noticed the amount of attention and buzz Kendrick was receiving, he decided to step behind the microphone and let people into his world and tell us a story through his lyrics. Many people do give him a lot of criticism because of the middle class background that he was raised in, but "Q" doesn't hide the fact that his mother did have a better paying job at the time, and that he did have a father who was never around which resulted in him to start to hang out with the wrong crowd, get into drug and join gangs when his mother was working. Oh, and did I forget to mention, he made this years XXL's Freshman Class..kudos to him!
Album Reviews:
Habits and Contradictions (2012)
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This is Q's sophomore album under the Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) label and from listening to the album you will get the typical West-Coast sound full of trippy and slow beats. But what I liked the most is that a lot of the songs on the album give you that dark and creepy feel that coincides with the rap cliche of drugs and gang violence giving you a more vivid depiction of the kind of lifestyle ScHoolBoy Q was involved with back in South Central, L.A. In regards to Q's rapping style, he doesn't really have a "set" style. He is constantly experiments with his vocals in one song you could hear his voice go really high pitched to dark and raspy in a flash. Very interesting, once you get to sit and listen to this album. I love that he's cut-throat, aggressive, and angry in his songs because it shows the situations that he put himself in, is no joke.
Ashley's Top Picks:
SACRILEGIOUS, THERE HE GO, HANDS ON THE WHEEL, OXY MUSIC, MY HATIN' JOINT, GANGSTA IN DESIGNER (NO CONCEPT), DRUGGYS WITH HOES AGAIN, NIGHTMARE ON FIGG ST., BLESSED, N*****.ALREADY.KNOW.DAVERS.FLOW
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Saw this guy last summer in Brooklyn, One word, ENERGY!! But, this is to be expected being Kendrick Lamar's previous hype man and all. I enjoyed every minute of his set and I would definitely recommend seeing him in concert. ScHoolBoy Q is proving to all people that he can stand next to Kendrick Lamar and hold his own.
ScHoolBoy Q amongst other up and coming Hip-Hop artists on 2013's XXL Freshman Class list will be there!
Song: There He Go
Album: Habits and Contradictions (2012)
PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT!! Enjoy. Peace.
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