Chris Lowe is the 15-year Hip Hop veteran, a legend that no one's heard of, another ultra-talented brother that never got the major label deal and (thus) shine he deserved. But don't expect Lowe to bitch and moan like a crotchety grandpa; expanding on 2004's "Black Life," Lowe comes through in true veteran fashion with "The Next Thing Smoking," a straightforward album of classic-sounding bangers and sharp lyricism.

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