Hip-Hop Albums of the Year

18 June, 2021

Lou from Paradise & Statik Selektah — Not Dead Yet! EP


Lou the Human changes moniker and releases his first material under the new name, Lou from Paradise. The 6-track, 16-minute EP is entirely produced by Statik Selektah: it's not the best set of rhythms from the Boston producer, boom bap with sparse drums and third-rate loops that wouldn't sound good even instrumental. With Lou's rap above, they sound no better: the boy seems inspired in the opening track "Brainless", on a dark, drumless rhythm, but in the remaining dozen minutes his effortless style isn't adequately supported by Statik's musical choices.

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Killah Priest — The Psychic World of Walter Reed

After a three-year hiatus, his longest since releasing an album, Killah Priest returned to solo material in 2013 with a massive and impress...