2024 10th Anniversary deluxe reissue on silver and clear vinyl with alternate cover art and 4 bonus tracks! The album's recording took place from June 2012 until late 2013. Schoolboy Q enlisted collaborators such as Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, Jay Rock, Tyler, The Creator, Suga Free and Kurupt among others. The album's production was handled by high-profile record producers such as Boi-1da, The Alchemist, Mike Will Made It, DJ Dahi and Pharrell, as well as others, including members of Top Dawg Entertainment's in-house production teams Digi+Phonics and THC.
While his labelmate and friend Kendrick Lamar was jumping on Imagine Dragons remixes and counting up his Grammy nominations, rapper Schoolboy Q remained the Top Dawg Entertainment label's strongest link to the left-field hip-hop. His highly anticipated 2014 effort Oxymoron was even previewed by the brilliant single "Collard Greens," a track where luxury and soul food clashed over a shuffling house music beat courtesy of the aptly named production crew THC, but that's about as easy as it gets on this grim and gutsy full-length. Think of Styles P, Young Buck, or maybe even Mobb Deep attacking abstract art the ski mask way and the brain-melting, coke game commentary called "The Purge" -- produced by Odd Future's Tyler, The Creator -- becomes a horrorshow highlight, with lyrics like "my glock is your f**k buddy" coming off just as dire as they need to be.
| A1 | Gangsta |
| A2 | Los Awesome |
| A3 | Collard Greens |
| A4 | What They Want |
| B1 | Hoover Street |
| B2 | Studio |
| B3 | Prescription / Oxymoron |
| B4 | The Purge |
| C1 | Blind Threats |
| C2 | Hell Of A Night |
| C3 | Break The Bank |
| C4 | Man Of The Year |
| C5 | His & Her Friend |
| D1 | Grooveline Pt. 2 |
| D2 | **** LA |
| D3 | Gravy |
| D4 | Yay Yay |
| D5 | Pusha Man |
| D6 | Californication |
