CrasH Talk
Schoolboy Q CrasH Talk CD ScHoolboy Q allowed three years to pass between the release of Blank Face LP and his fifth LP, CrasH Talkand if it didnt feel quite that long to fans, he has the enduring power of THat Part to thank for it. Rather than chasing the dragon of another club-burning smash, however, CrasH Talk is Q embracing his abilities as a storyteller. The Los Angeles MC uses his gruff and impassioned delivery to paint pictures of the street life he grew up in (Tales), his purview as a Black man in America (Black Folk), and his adventures in courtship (CHopstix, Lies), while doubling down on the Gd-up superhero persona hes embodied since the very beginning (Gang Gang, Die Wit Em). Qs flow is naturally aggressive, and it can be hard for him to sand down that edge, even when daydreaming about building a future with a significant other on Drunk. Moments like Numb Numb Juice and 5200, where the MC is at his most ornery, sound almost cathartic in comparison. Q is comfortable across CrasH Talk regardless, declaring himself so on Attention, where after rattling off the names of rap heroes who have given him propsalong with friends and family whove had an influence on himhe declares, I can easily tell my story now and climb from this moment.
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