“Never” requires a couple of listens to digest everything, but it definitely is a worthwhile, intellectual listen. D.D. Jackson’s string arrangements are compelling as well.
“The Coming” is no odder or off-putting than the brilliant arrangements by D.D. Jackson, as performed by the innovative Metropolis Ensemble. Here, all preconceived notions of ‘hip-hop’ are tossed out the window, as the transcendence of the sometimes one-dimensional genre is epitomized here.