Hip-Hop Albums of the Year

17 May, 2019

Curren$y & Statik Selektah — Gran Turismo


The collaborative album by Currensy and Statik Selektah celebrates the famous video game series "Gran Turismo", one of the most popular ever. The New Orleans MC doesn't disappoint with his usual lyricism and pulls out bars with a relaxed style on pleasant soul-flavored midtempo jazzy boom baps extracted from the Boston producer: Currensy is blessed with one of the best productions of recent years by Statik Selektah, which was steadily declining after some musically-flat albums. Among the guests, Jadakiss & Sheek Louch (one line in the intro, uncredited) give a LOX tone to "Clear (Part 2)", Jim Jones is close to his best moments in the fourth choice, and Wiz Khalifa is also good in "Nothing New". The others are discreet, while the hooks sung by Haile Supreme don't feel so necessary. The record maintains a composition similar to that of a good EP, with 10 tracks, 28 minutes and a good replay value, recommended for fans of both artists, 7.5/10.

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