As a member of the Five Percent Nation, Sadat X’s lyrics have always been respected for their potency. Even when they’ve picked up their fair share of controversy other the years, X has remained one of hip-hop’s crowned kings of wordplay. Potency tends to dilute with time, but the Brand Nubian member’s strict love for the craft has ensured he can still approach tracks like “Eyes Straight”―which comes produced by one of the genre’s most promising talents, Mr. Gensu Dean of MMG (as in Mello Music Group) pedigree―like he did when laying down wax on One for All. That said, Love, ...