Stanisland Magazine

One of the game’s best returns with a noteworthy piece.

VERDICT:

The officer of incredibly delectable rhyme has returned with a surface-to-air musical missile of craft and diary. There is a lot to be liked here, including repeat value having not grown tired of it one bit, and we’ve been slapping it on repeat for the past week or so.

Featuring appearances from Kojey Radical, Bel Cobain, Iyamah and others, there is variety in the feature department without growing tired of hearing artists present their skills alongside the man himself. Features tend to be a way to fill up space on a record, though, on ‘LS 2’, Coops manages to recruit with intent as opposed to the aforesaid.

With incredible rhyme schemes, narrative clarity and exceptional beat curation, Coops has created his best release to date. Playing this through headphones on a tube ride through London reinforces city culture, and paints an immersive experience, without selling itself out for pop flights of fancy.

It lasts under an hour, something lost on most rappers and is something Coops sees as a footnote. The mastery of utilising his breadth of bar composition whilst retaining the essence of the genre stimulates this as one of Hip-Hop’s great efforts.

Tracks of note: ‘Fresh Crepe’ with Bel Cobain, ‘Smoke Dreams’ and ‘Don’t Stress’ ft Iyamah.