blu continues being a “wtf” artist. after he shuts down his fake (real? what the hell was that?) project ucla, here’s a remix album of the album no one liked with artwork that even more people will hate.
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blu – no york e mo work [album]
-grizzly
these two make a great team, ya know? after blu produced sene’s day late and a dollar short, i’ve looked forward to any collaboration these two muster up. “backboards” comes as a promotional bit for brooklyn night, dropping april 24th.
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-grizzly
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exile drops a new video from 4trk mind. oh hey there, blu.
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blu, keep doin’ your thing — as long as it’s over some soulful ass shit by madlib, exile, etc. great video by aaron is not cool.
-grizzly
this isn’t a typo, folks. blu & exile were hoarding an entire fucking album of collaboration FOR YEARS, as these songs date back to 2009, a mere two years after below the heavens dropped. funny thing is, dropping this in 2009 would’ve caused a ruckus in the hip-hop blogosphere, but it’s in perfect blu fashion to release it when no one’s expecting. while you can stream the entire album for free via bandcamp, you can purchase the release for $15. i’m very excited to sit down with this, as they’re one of the most underrated and elusive duo’s hip-hop’s ever seen.
buy/stream:
blu & exile – give me my flowers while i can smell them [full LP]
-grizzly
blu drops in to drop off a song produced by fuckin’ pete rock on his twitter.
download:
blu – the clean hand [prod. by pete rock]
-grizzly
blu is back at it; this time hoarding an entire album filled with beats by madlib. you might recognize this one, as it’s the “fix up” beat that black star recently came back to.
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-grizzly
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the flylo produced, u-god featured cut from blu’s no york LP gets the video treatment, and it’s probably weirder than what you were expecting. and if you judged the lineup and thought it’d be a fuckin strange experience, you’re probably right. now white out the eyes and explode the color spectrum all over everything.
-grizzly
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cool feature via emtheories.com. and you know i really only care about the blu aspect of all this.
-grizzly
don’t get overly excited yall. new blu, but it’s the production side of things. “godlee barnes” urges you to listen from beginning to end. and while you can’t download it for free, the stream is definitely available.
download:
blu – the norman rockwell [BEAT TAPE]
-grizzly
exile’s 4trkmind is in stores now, and finds the revered producer stepping behind the mic. here’s an obvious highlight on the album, reuniting the below the heavens crew for a soulful cut.
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exile – when nothing’s left [f. blu]
-grizzly
uh, this is a monstrous collection. four discs of pure, unadulterated blu guest verses. i have no clue how and to what capacity of effort this took, but alas, the website name speaks for itself. thanks to real hip hop head for all the work.
download:
blu – the greatest guest features [4 discs]
-grizzly
a lot of blu surfacing as of late, and i don’t have any problems with that. this isn’t technically new, but blu will be taking instrumentals from his open LP (look it up), remastering em and putting vocals to the wax as well. the release is coming september 27th (what ISN’T dropping on that day?!) and you can find the details, written in blu, below the jump. note: blu probably won’t be on these songs.
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blu – parttimesuckas f. fresh daily and chop
-grizzly
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that’s right folks. THE no york! has surfaced, and it’s because blu was passing copies of the record out at his most recent rock the bells show. soul culture has a youtube channel with the entire thing streaming, as well as a download link. if i were you, i’d hurry up and grab them from them. i won’t personally be posting it, as i’m not sure what the legality is here. i’ll let those boys handle it. tracklisting below the jump.
VERY EXCITED AND CAN HARDLY CONTAIN MYSELF!
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blu – no york! [full album stream]
-grizzly
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blu’s first single from no york! hits the internet, in the form of a beautiful music video. no york! is hopefully dropping sooner than later, as i’m sure many of you assholes, myself included, are waiting on this.
-grizzly