Sc Hoolboy Q, Oxymoron, NPR MUSIC FRONT ROW
Within Black Hippy, the Los Angelesbased crew consisting of Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and AbSoul, ScHoolboy Q is the funloving middle child who taunts you with a straight face but can t always help cracking a smile. He s a wildcard who put out two highlyregarded independent albums and has become a reliable source for bracing guest spots. Sometimes he s incisive, sometimes he s callous. He s always charismatic and perceptive and forthright. His music is richly melodic. He s the guy who calls himself coldblooded by saying, My heart live where Santa stay, and put his daughter s face on his album cover. On Feb. 23, the Sunday before he released his major label debut, Oxymoron, he took the stage at New York City s Le Poisson Rouge to perform brand new songs from it as part of NPR Music s First Listen Live series. The set was looselimbed, spontaneous and unpretentious, including a singalong for surprise guest AbSoul. And even though the crowd had only a d
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