Roc Marciano / The Alchemist: The Skeleton Key
Briefly

"Two years later, after attending to their solo careers, Al and Marci return with The Skeleton Key, a weirder, bleaker, more hermetically sealed take on prestige street rap."
"On this leaner, meaner second record, Al's beats are spacious yet brittle, peeling the layers from samples until only a groove remains."
"Marci writes with laser-cut precision, his exploded-view rhyme schemes locking together like the gears of an expensive wristwatch."
"If The Elephant Man's Bones was the soundtrack to a one-last-job jewelry heist, The Skeleton Key is the white-knuckle, bullet-sweating aftermath."
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