Shad - Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness: (Year-End Album Review)

A preview of my forthcoming annual, year-end, favourite albums post. Below is an album that is definitely under consideration - time will tell where it ends up on, or off, the final list.

Shad really lets loose on this EP and my goodness does it ever work. The samples are all blatant and fun throwbacks to an era but given a refreshing breath of Shad's witty flow atop. It's hyperactive and it bursts in, blazes out, and takes no prisoners in between. Unbridled enthusiasm and a welcome one-off from Canada's premier spitter.

Feel free to check out last year's list or my Top Albums lists dating back to 2002 on my previous Vernacular blog.