Words by Tim Hakki @TimHakki
Sounding like Curtis Mayfield after a healthy dose of high-powered Orange Sunshine blotter, ‘Oh No’s ‘The Troubled’ is a blistering assault of instrumental hip hop in the vein of J Dilla. Signed to Stones Throw, the vanguard of avant-garde hip hop right now, this track will be included on his upcoming Ultimate Breaks & Beats LP. With a throbbing bass and a frankly militant attack it’s exactly the kind of grit that all these tired Drake-influenced productions in hip hop today are sorely lacking.