One and Only

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AlbumMay 15 / 202012 songs, 25m 10s
Gangsta Rap East Coast Hip Hop Drill
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Arriving amid a veritable springtime surge of Brooklyn drill projects, *One and Only* finds regional pioneer Sheff G intently pushing forward the burgeoning sound he helped to popularize. An early sign of how well he achieves that, “2nd Intro” integrates a classic Roc-A-Fella-era vibe with his established aesthetic. Disinterested in resting on his laurels, he dismisses the copycat competition on “Moody” and goes for the jugular on the long-awaited “No Suburban” sequel. A prominent presence on 2019’s *The Unluccy Luccy Kid*, Sleepy Hallow once again proves a forbidding adjunct on “Lil Big Bro Shit” and the head nodder “Weight on Me.”

7.3 / 10

The boisterous rapper’s latest is mellower and more muted than its predecessor, breaking from the maximalist bluster of conventional Brooklyn drill.