Ziggurat223

Groovy smooth jazz - don’t over think it. Great guitar playing.

Favourites: Breezin’, This Masquerade

Strong start with borealis dancing and burning. Personally found the vocals drew away from the strength of the overall project and "the mountain" was so disconnected from the rest of the record that removing it would increase the cohesiveness substantially.

Mustafa is unique, channeling the pain of losing multiple friends in Toronto's Regent Park neighborhood to gun violence into beautiful, heartbreaking songs. He wrote to Sufjan Stevens: "The deaths were complicated and violent and unfair, but still they are my own. And the way I reflect them can be all that and still beautiful, as you have so brilliantly displayed." He's shown his capability to do that on this EP and I look forward to following along to see what his first full LP ... read more

Can listen to this album on repeat - strong, cohesive message with good beats while emphasizing Saba's lyrical quality. Honestly shocked that Brad's review says the lyrics are "uninteresting". The storytelling on PROM/KING is masterful. Busy / Sirens hits you with the emotional "Jesus was killed for our sins, Walter was killed for a coat". One of the most poetic and real rap albums I've listened to in a long time.