Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart

On this fifth album Vince Staples continues his complex relationship with his home neighbourhood, Ramona Park. With Vince already acknowledging that these latest tracks were put together at the same time as his last album, 2021’s self-titled offering, it’s hard to know if he’s found a groove or fallen into a rut. It boasts all the skill and deftness of his work to this point, as you’d expect from someone so supremely talented, but it doesn’t quite pulse with the same restless energy or threaten the same lethal bite as before.