31, the king of icily depressing production accompanying heart wrenching lyrics had returned. As a long-time fan, I had accepted the fate of replaying all his previous projects and not expecting him to drop anything new – merely being grateful to have heard him at all. It had been four years since the release of “Mourn,” the captivating, glacial studio album from the man that has been modifying the landscape for dismal, self-hating sonics. Yet, as time went by it became inarguably clear that Corbin (f.k.a Spooky Black) has paved an entire sub-genre, he has rewritten what it means to be a hip-hop artist and doesn’t need anything but his discography to prove it. Most chalked down the triumph of his viral hit “Without You” as merely being successful due to the controversial contents of its music video. No one knew of the impact one Minnesota native could singlehandedly have on the melancholic R&B world when he released his amateur mixtapes to SoundCloud in 2013.
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