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Stevie Crooks Returns to the Shadows with a Cinematic Hitman Saga on “Lord of the Shadows” (Album Review)

Nearly seven years after introducing the world of Street Elegance — a raw boom-bap album built around the life of a hitman — Stevie Crooks returns to that same dark universe with Lord of the Shadows, a 13-track cinematic Hip-Hop experience that finds his protagonist falling in love with his target. The Bellflower, CA native is a name familiar to us here at Underground Hip Hop Blog, having first interviewed him back in 2013 after catching him at a show in Riverside, CA — and watching his evolution from that era to now has been nothing short of impressive. Entirely written and produced by Crooks himself, the album plays like a film scored in real time.

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