Quite what brought ShilohZen over to these shores is unclear, but the Florida-based MC seems to have made friends pretty quickly.
Teaming up with Savage Sound System, this debut album bears the hallmark production of the Edinburgh collective.
Opener ‘Soul of a Lion’ sets the tone, an off-kilter sparse dub with muttered vocals.
Flitting between genres and styles, there are touches of Dizzee Rascal or Young Fathers on ‘How You Been, another stand-out point.
Overall, 13 tracks of laid-back rap with enough changes of pace to keep the interest without ever getting too frenetic.
(This review originally appeared in the Lancashire Evening Post).