Since releasing his debut album Ensely in 2018, PinkSiifu has crafted a discography that plumbs both the outer limits of Black expression and its most traversed regions. As much a student of Sun Ra as Kanye West, Pink Siifu is a searcher, his solo projects hopping from Ensely’s soulfulness to the hellish noise-punk of 2020’s Negro, followed by 2021’s excellent, Dungeon Family-indebted Gumbo’!. Throughout his wanderings, Siifu enlists collaborators who help challenge and sharpen him, sharing full-length collaborations with MCs like Ahwlee (as B. Cool Aid), Fly Anakin, Turich Benjy, and YUNGMORPHEUS, and packing his solo albums with daring MCs, singers, and producers. Black’!Antique also adopts familiar grammars and revitalizes them into a total sonic triumph that affirms Pink Siifu as one of hip-hop’s most compelling auteurs. The title track and “Alive & Direct’!” bring a Hans Zimmer-level orchestration to the post-Yeezus abrasion that birthed digicore. “V12’!HML’!” rattles with the lo...