O.C. is still very calm and collected on the mic, and lyrically he's still got it; he hasn't missed a beat as an emcee. However, this stuff is too one-dimensional for me to have any desire to return to it. Nothing is outright bad per se, but every track just feels like a slightly different variation of the same sound, and that sound isn't memorable or unique enough to remain intriguing across the album's entire duration. I can't dock off too many points because, as ... read more

11mo

HHGA

Ever since he released his classic but underappreciated debut album Word… Life in 1994, O.C. has put together a very strong discography – with some of his very best efforts released in the 2010s. His collabo with Apollo Brown – Trophies (2012) – was one of the best albums of that year and in both 2017 and 2018, O.C. had very dope projects as well. Same Moon Same Sun, which was billed as the “first phase” of a three-album series and is one of the best Hip Hop ... read more

Z.Younk

Excellent conscious content, some of the legend's best ever. Some lyrics about race, police brutality and government that are very culturally relevant still, over 3 years later, and change doesn't seem to be on the immediate horizon either unfortunately.

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