One and Only

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.”

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