A tight, honest, intricate little hip hop record. When Goldlink actually raps he's got an easy, direct, effortlessly thoughtful delivery that's disarming and engaging. All the crooning breaks up the flow - man do I hate that trend in hip hop, everybody's gotta sing too - but it makes the returns the actual rapping all the more satisfying. Asides about race and hip hop and love hit precisely, confessions of flaw and vulnerability ring true.
You know why this really works though? Because it gets in and makes its points in 33 minutes, and that leaves room for you to want more, leaves room for you to reflect on what's been delivered, sounding like someone who's put time into deciding parts of the message that are the most important. There's a lot of dudes out there who could take a lesson 3.5/5
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