The Complete Guide to ScHoolboy Q's 'Oxymoron'
UPDATE (2/22): You can listen to ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron in full at iTunes Radio right now! While you're listening, get all the details behind the Black Hippy member's major label debut with our Complete Guide below. Don't miss his 9 most important guest verses.
The Buildup
ScHoolboy Q began recording Oxymoron in L.A. sometime during 2012, often in the pool house-turned-studio at Mac Miller’s Hollywood Hills home that has acted as a hub for a number of rappers on the West Coast. In late 2012, he confirmed the album title on Twitter simply by typing "OXYMORON 13."
Talking about the album in the summer of 2013, ScHoolboy said it's heavily inspired by the gangsta rap he grew up on: “The real L.A., raw and uncut. It's not the watered down L.A." This, by the way, is where you forget the part about Mac Miller.
At the moment, it sees as if the process has worked out: TDE CEO's Anthony Tiffith tweeted Wednesday morning that Oxymoron has already sold 23,000 copies in pre-sale.
The Singles
The first single was “Yay Yay,” a Boi-1da produced song that has since been relegated to “bonus track” status. But the album really started to take shape with “Collard Greens,” a buzzed love letter to weed with Kendrick Lamar (rapping partly in Spanish!) that was ScHoolboy’s first solo single to hit Billboard’s Hot 100.
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