Chad Krystal$
Superconscious
(Self-released)
GRADE: B-I generally try to make our weekly You Asked For It review more about music than career counseling, but there's no way to avoid it with this week's pick, Phoenix rapper Chad Krystals.Krystal$ has some things going for him. His white boy flow isn't bad, he's got a few clever rhymes on Superconscious, and the album's retro-vibe G-Funk-style beats and soul hooks got me a few times, especially when the record finds its groove toward the middle,
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