LISTEN I've banged on about the hypnagogic hip-hop scene for long enough, praising artists like MIKE , Standing On The Corner , and recent convert Earl Sweatshirt for their dreamy explorations into sample based jazz-rap. LA based Pink Siifu sits adjacent to scene progenitors, New York's sLUms collective, plying their abstract poetry with rasped yet reserved fusions of spoken word and RnB. Real name Livingston Matthews , Siifu's approach to this style is best manifested on 2018's Ensley : a dusty, sunlit drive through crooned, Frank Ocean -esque introspection that's part diary reading and part lo-fi beat tape. As with most hip-hop, it's music borne from struggle, offering a strange sense of escapism amidst chaotic surrounds. If Ensley was a safety blanket, Siifu's new release is a stolen AK. A series of impulse reactions to America's social climate, it's an album so politically charged I'm hesitant to utter the one-word title in my colo