Blue Lips＜限定生産盤＞

Kendrick Lamar等が所属するTop Dwag Entertainmentに所属するLA出身のラッパー、ScHoolboy Q。『Crash Talk』(2019)以来となる新作『BLUE LIPS』がUS Hip Hopシーンで大注目。

West Coast rapper ScHoolboy Qs sixth album, Blue Lips, is unrelentingly daring, branching out in multiple stylistic directions but kept cohesive and strong throughout by Qs personality and artistic drive. He effortlessly moves through relaxed, loop-based hip-hop and nostalgic flows on "Cooties," directly into soul-jazz atmospherics on the Freddie Gibbs duet "oHio," and then unexpectedly brings in drumnbass breaks on the Ab-Soul-assisted "Foux." In addition to masterfully transitioning between production modes and genre experiments (the horror movie trap of "Back n Love," featuring Devin Malik, is born of an entirely different world than the golden-age funk strings and Jozzy-sung hook of "Lost Times," the song that comes immediately after it), Q tackles heavy lyrical content throughout the album, reflecting on the pitfalls of fame, the fallout of a childhood spent in a fractured family, and navigating depression and loss even while at the top of his game as a rap star. ScHoolboy Q flexes just how easy his craft is for him throughout Blue Lips, switching his styles without blinking while telling some of his most difficult truths. ~ TiVo Staff

ケンドリック・ラマー離脱後のTDEを支えるラッパー、スクールボーイQの約5年ぶりとなる6作目。お抱えのテイ・ビーストやJ.LBSを中心にアルケミストやカードーらさまざまなプロデューサー陣が参加し、持ち前のハードな楽曲だけでなく、年の功を感じさせる多彩な楽曲が収録されている。同胞アブ・ソウルやフレディ・ギブス、リコ・ナスティといった客演陣とも絶妙な絡みを聴かせ、プロジェクト・パットの名曲"Chickenhead"を引用した"THank god 4 me"も最高だ。ジャズ・テイストなスロウ"Blueslides"ではタイトルからも連想させるように旧友の故マック・ミラーを追悼。
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