Hip-Hop Albums of the Year

27 January, 2023

Styles P — Penultimate: A Calm Wolf is Still a Wolf


Styles P will retire from rap in late 2023, after releasing his latest solo album. This is the penultimate in the artist's intentions, "A Calm Wolf is Still a Wolf". The disc, personal, has no guests except Brady Watt on the hook of "Death Before Dishonor" and Bucky in a couple of songs. Production is built by Black Saun, Brady Watt, Vinny Idol, Prophe.t AKA Noah Styles, Ty Feif, B O K E, Dayzel the Machine, Perb and Bucky. Unless his final album is an unexpected masterpiece, Styles will go on to end his solo career without any classic disks, like the other LOX members thus far, which is a shame given the great talent of the Yonkers emcee. Yes, this effort is not. Styles doesn't want to risk getting anything wrong at this point and he stays in his lane, street rap, materialism and braggadocio on a boom bap which is affected by the trap current. Overall, the record is an accessible and okay project with no weak tracks and might be of interest to Styles fans. "Death Before Dishonor" is the brightest moment. 6/10.

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