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Oxymoron
Hip-Hop · 2014 · 12 tracks · 59m

Oxymoron

ScHoolboy Q

A heavy-hitting major label debut that balances menacing street anthems with drug-addled introspection. Gritty, psychedelic, and quintessentially West Coast.

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It's like a gritty crime movie where the soundtrack is as heavy as the plot.

A relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted tenderness.

Oxymoron · vs · ScHoolboy Q
Storytelling+2.0σ

The writing leans far further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 59m
01
Gangsta
3:52
02
Los Awesome
4:13
03
Collard Greens
5:00
04
What They Want
4:27
05
Hoover Street
6:36
06
Studio
4:38
07
Prescription / Oxymoron
7:10
08
The Purge
4:54
09
Blind Threats
4:30
10
Hell of a Night
4:32
11
Break the Bank
5:55
12
Man of the Year
3:36
Moments Worth Waiting For
the jarring transition from the drug-induced stupor of Prescription to the frantic energy of Oxymoron
the way the beat on Hoover Street evolves into a sprawling six-minute epic of family history
the infectious, bouncy synth line of Collard Greens clashing with the gritty vocal delivery
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