If you haven't heard of Blu you neeeeeed to listen to this. Blu is a true lyricist, heralding from Los Angeles, California, he made the XXL freshmen list 09, used to be a hype man for Slum Village back in the daaay, and his mixtapes are just haaaaard. His sound is just mellow, easy flow, charismatic but without all the commercial hype. The beats are just jam, loaaaads of samples, old films, 50s jazz, gospel. I think what keeps his music so good is that he's not trying to crack the mainstream, he's so unconcerned with fitting a stereotype he's created his own future of rap. I'd say this is where Dilla saw rap music going.....
The two main producers he works with are Exile, and Mainstream (under the title Johnson & Jonson), he produces aswell, but the only stuff I've listened to he's produced is with Sene (also worth listening too, equally jam, lacks the charisma of Blu, bit synthier, but has some qualityyyy songs - Just Around the Corner - click link to play - so worth listening to). But Exile & Blu are just the dream team....he's got an album coming this year Her Favourite Colo(u)r same title as his most recent mixtape so I dont know how similar they're gunna be think it might just be remastered but excited anyway.
Dancing in the Rain of his debut album back in.....i think it was 07, Below The Heavens
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