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Schoolboy QHabits & Contradictions81 Based on 9 reviews 2012 Ranking: #20 / 227
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He’s now picked what tricks he could from Lamar, and grown beyond his input.
He's probably not going to be a break-out star, but it's hard to imagine that there will be many more original or satisfying rap long-players this year.
Saying the guy’s put out an album that’s in many ways Section.80‘s sinister equal wouldn’t be much of a stretch—some might even consider it slightly better, or at least more assured.
It’s simultaneously rigidly themed and formless, swinging wildly between deep introspection and dead-eyed delinquency, with long stretches of austerity broken up by outbursts of druggy whimsy.
Many of its strongest tracks are those that see Q take his foot off the gas, playing to more traditional communicative strengths in hip-hop.

| 87 | Beats Per Minute [src ] |
| 84 | Coke Machine Glow [src ] |
| 84 | Pitchfork [src ] |
| 80 | AllMusic [src ] |
| 80 | Hip Hop DX [src ] |
| 80 | PopMatters [src ] |
| 75 | A.V. Club [src ] |
| 75 | AllHipHop [src ] |
| 70 | FACT Magazine [src ] |