Amir Sulaiman is an MC who has merged the fierce raps à la Chuck D and urgent lyrics akin to KRS-1 into a single ball of poetic fire. His latest release, Like A Thief In the Night, summons traditional boom-bap and conscious lyrics that never impede into preachy territory. “I Love You” may be Sulaiman’s entrance into the underground elite.

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