ScHoolboy Q – “NigHtmare On Figg St.”
by Potholes In My Blog on Jan 27, 2012, 5:35pm
ScHoolboy Q hasn’t shown any signs of letting up since he dropped his HABITS & Contradictions album a few weeks ago. Not only has he kept his grind up, but it seems like critics and fans across the internet have been taking pretty kindly to his full-length. After dropping the visuals to the A$AP Rocky assisted “Hands on the Wheel” last week, Q unveils the accompanying video to the much darker “NigHtmare On Figg St.” In such a short period of time, it looks like TDE and the Black Hippy movement is ready to take over the hip-hop scene. HABITS & Contradiction is out now on iTunes.
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