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May 2022
29m 3s

Stuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q

BBC Sounds
About this episode

James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP.

With a Gangsta rap core but with psychedelic overtones and great production, is there enough to seduce Stuart Laws too?

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