Vince Staples Searches for Light on ‘Dark Times,’ His Most Vulnerable Project to Date: Album Review

Vince Staples never did optimism, and he’s never been Mr. Sensitive. Dating back to his maiden mixtape, 2011’s Shyne Coldchain Vol. 1, the West Coast rhymer used irony and a poet’s perceptual lens to frame harsh truths in blunt observations. To Staples, you can fight the power, but only if you fight the ops, first. […]