The Samples: ScHoolboy Q – BLUE LIPS Edition

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This episode explores ScHoolboy Q’s 2024 Album ‘BLUE LIPS’ and the songs & sources that were sampled to help make It.

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About The Album:
Following the release of Crash Talk (2019), the rapper first promised the follow-up record to his fifth studio album during a concert in January 2020. However, he would not release original solo material until April 2022, with the single "Soccer Dad" First specific updates about an upcoming project arrived on June 6, 2023, when the rapper revealed that his next album was "in the mixing process" at the time and a release would be "coming very very soon". In September 2023, he elaborated on his decision of not releasing albums as frequently as others by clarifying that he does not view "it as a sport" but instead wants to move off "peace" and his "experiences". He previously promised a return "this year" on August 29.
Blue Lips was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 86, based on five reviews

Karan Singh of HipHopDX wrote: "whereas a lot of listeners might be tempted to ask themselves if ScHoolboy Q's latest offering was worth the wait, his remarkable growth also suggests that years of experience is perhaps what births the richest music, especially in a word-heavy genre like rap". Dylan Green of Pitchfork wrote: "few MCs, on his label or elsewhere, are capable of firing in so many different directions and hitting this many targets at once without sounding out of their depth, but Q corrals the ups and downs of his lavish lifestyle into a deliriously entertaining joyride" Robin Murray of Clash resumed: "part of why Blue Lips is compelling is that it seduces the listener enough to accept Schoolboy Q on his own terms". Rolling Stone's Mosi Reeves wrote that the album "represents a moment when listeners can fully appreciate Q for his singular ability to craft compelling, thought-provoking gems" without comparing him to ex-labelmate Kendrick Lamar. Paul Attard of Slant Magazine found the album "epitomizes what a return to form should strive for: to serve as a reminder of past greatness, yes, but to also be a bold departure from what's come before, embracing risks and pushing boundaries, even if it occasionally teeters on the edge of excess".

Intro Song: Checkmates, LTD – I Must Be Dreaming

End Screen Song –Dave – Funky Friday

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