The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was preceded by the singles " Collard Greens" (featuring Kendrick Lamar), " Man of the Year", " Studio" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid) and " Hell of a Night". The album received generally favorable reviews and debuted at number 111 on the US Billboard 200.Īfter signing with Interscope, Hanley subsequently began recording his major-label debut studio album, titled Oxymoron (2014). A little over a year later, his second independent album Habits & Contradictions, was also released exclusively to digital retailers. The project, released under TDE, to digital retailers only, reached number 100 on the US Billboard 200 chart. He then returned in January 2011, with his first independent album, titled Setbacks. He later released a follow-up in 2009, titled Gangsta & Soul. In 2008, Hanley released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled ScHoolboy Turned Hustla. Hanley is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup Black Hippy, alongside label-mates and fellow California-based rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Kendrick Lamar. In 2009, Hanley signed to Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and in late 2011, secured a recording contract with major label Interscope Records. Q is comfortable across CrasH Talk regardless, declaring himself so on “Attention,” where after rattling off the names of rap heroes who have given him props-along with friends and family who’ve had an influence on him-he declares, “I can easily tell my story now and climb from this moment.Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986), better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q (stylized as ScHoolboy Q), is an American rapper from South Central Los Angeles, California. Q’s flow is naturally aggressive, and it can be hard for him to sand down that edge, even when daydreaming about building a future with a significant other on “Drunk.” Moments like “Numb Numb Juice” and “5200,” where the MC is at his most ornery, sound almost cathartic in comparison. The Los Angeles MC uses his gruff and impassioned delivery to paint pictures of the street life he grew up in (“Tales”), his purview as a Black man in America (“Black Folk”), and his adventures in courtship (“CHopstix,” “Lies”), while doubling down on the G’d-up superhero persona he’s embodied since the very beginning (“Gang Gang,” “Die Wit Em”). Rather than chasing the dragon of another club-burning smash, however, CrasH Talk is Q embracing his abilities as a storyteller. ScHoolboy Q allowed three years to pass between the release of Blank Face LP and his fifth LP, CrasH Talk-and if it didn’t feel quite that long to fans, he has the enduring power of “THat Part” to thank for it.
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