WORTH A LISTEN (Buried Treasure Edition): Shad - Out of Love

Pretty much everything off underground Canadian rapper Shad's When This Is Over (2005) is fairly exceptional. Both years ahead of and much superior to the onslaught of nerd-rap in 2007 (think Gym Class Heroes), Shad is unpretentious, humble, honest and clever as all hell. Too bad his follow-up, 2007's The Old Prince, already saw a gifted man's talents turning rusty.