

The deeper you dig into 5lack’s catalogue, the more pronounced his eclectic influences become. The brittle breakbeats on “That’s Me” recall footwork as well as beat legends like J Dilla and Madlib, and “Good More” deploys an electronic choir of children’s voices accompanied by xylophone and whistles for maximum surreality. It’s “But Love”, though, that best embodies the jazz rapper’s plaintive grooves.