Here’s a surpriser I got in my mailbox some time ago. Queens MC K. Sparks and Swedish producer Pajozo has released an album named Definition. I wasn’t expecting too much because there’s a whole insurge of producers and MCs lately who are plain shite, so I make sure to listen only a selected few.

This little nugget here though turns out to be a a gem of deep jazzy hiphop, just like Guru’s Jazzmatazz or stuff that CL Smooth makes; true to the roots oldschool beats. I can’t rate K. Sparks’ rhyming for you because I’m simply not knowledgeable about contemporary rapping standards but I especially liked the production with lots of rhodes & strings and laidback beats. 13 songs on this one and it goes really smooth from head to toe.