Highly anticipated was an understatement, before this released I really hoped Q would to rise to the challenge of his label mate K-Dot and shirt-front the King. Did it happen? No. Is this still a dope release? Yes. The film clips aren’t the level of say Sacrilegious and I enjoyed Habits & Contradictions much more but there is still something very raw about his music. On repeat I tried to think if a new Schoolboy listener would stay for another round or listen to previous releases based on the merit of this one. They would. Even though I felt Schoolboy fell down on his lyrics in this release he still manages to capture what his music is about. Its every stereotype ignorance hates but representative of a context imitated by 90% of the ignorant in this industry. Unlike the imitations this feels real.
#9 Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron (Top Dawg / Interscope)
