If You Liked Don’t Quit Your Day Job, You’ll Love Consequence’s New One With Audible Doctor (Audio)

Since becoming a reality TV star (care of “Love & Hip-Hop: New York), Consequence’s again made a play for the mainstream. Still, before he was a G.O.O.D. Music hopeful in the mid-2000s, Cons was a A Tribe Called Quest affiliate known for a unique flow, and hard truths. Those skills, celebrated on his stellar, largely under-the-radar 2007 debut, Don’t Quit Your Day Job, made Cons an underground favorite, despite being Kanye West’s protege of sorts.

No longer G.O.O.D., Q-Tip’s cousin returns to form alongside producer/MC Audible Doctor (Brown Bag All-Stars), on “No Future.” Cons kicks a melodic flow on a smooth, catchy beat, on MC half-lives in this industry. Two vets talk about the stripes earned to maintain their future:

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