Last year's Orchard-IODA merger brought a veritable treasure trove of great new music into our system. We've had the very pleasurable opportunity to do a fair bit of exploration over the last 13 months and thought we might share a cross section of highlights. The following playlist includes household names to ...
Three heavyweights in the form of Blu & Exile and Houseshoes are touring around Australia and New Zealand as we speak, and we in Sydney are lucky enough to have them doing there thing this Friday in the house of awesomeness that is Goodgod small club. They are supported by the always killer True Vibenation with Frenzie and myself on Turntable duties. If you haven't copped a ticket yet, stop sleeping it's 25 bones. Here is a quick mix of all things Blu, Exile and House Shoes i knocked up to get everybody in [...]
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I come from the school of thought that says Blu and Exile should make music exclusively as Blu & Exile. They've both made great music in each-other's absence but it never sounded as organic. Despite his new found notoriety, Blu post Below The Heavens didn't sound quite as confident as he did on their debut. Once he hopped on Give Me Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them he seamed to regain his easy going bravado. Exile's beats simply sound tailored for Blu's lax melodic delivery. They've claimed to distain each-other while loving one another's artistic [...]
Blu & Exile are still promoting their second effort Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell. The duo takes it to the high seas for their David M. [...] The post Blu & Exile - "Ease Your Mind" Video appeared first on The Smoking Section .
Check out the new Blu & Exile music video for Ease Your Mind (via OkayPlayer ). You can find it on their latest album entitled Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them . Catch them live at Low End Theory (Los Angeles) on Wednesday March 13, 2013. - Conrad
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Blu & Exile are on a boat, y'all! At least, that's the location of their new video for "Ease Your Mind", a laid-back tune off their sophomore album, Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them . They're joined by frequent collaborator Aloe Blacc, who chills and enjoys the scenery like his hosts. This one might make you wish you, too, were enjoying a vacation, so for now just live vicariously through one of your favorite rap duos. Watch below.
The Rise Of The Ghostface Killah Download audio file (01-The-Rise-Of-The-Ghostface- Killah.mp3) The Sure Shot [parts 1 and 2] Download audio file (01-The-Sure-Shot-parts-1-and- 2.mp3) Last summer I saw one of the most electrifying shows I had ever seen. Mind blown type of schitt. Adrian Younge & his band Venice Dawn KILT the Pagoda & my thoughts were, "It's Wu Tang meets Portishead meets Kill Bill" . I even told that to Mr.Younge [...]
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Y'all should already know what happens when emcee Blu and producer extraordinaire Exile get together. Pure hip-hop magic, is what. Stream the freshly dropped unmixed and unmastered 2009 project, Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them below. Exile, you a fool for that Mr. Rogers sample!
Here's a post for all of you who haven't heard the Below The Heaven's compilation album by Blu & Exile. This album has been sitting around in my iTunes since it came out in 2007, and at first I thought it was just ok, I didn't love it and I didn't hate it, at the time it was just another rap album amongst so many in my music library. This week I decided to give it another go after not listening to it for a year or so and I must admit that it is some good shit. [...]
On a classic Exile beat: perfect use of a sample, complex, but simple enough to give Blu a free canvas to paint his picture, Blu takes 99% of rappers out there to school. Consistently making top notch jams, Blu and his musical muse Exile have been a beautiful combination for years now, the rap ying and ying interlocking seamlessly. This song borders the line between hip hop and poetry, as the best ones do. If you break this song into two levels-with and without the beat-you start to unravel the DNA of the best hip hop-the forever interwining nature [...]
It's easy to fly under the radar in the rap game these days. Tons of fans constantly have their eyes and ears on rappers' day to day matters expecting routine leaks and news like clockwork. Meanwhile, rappers who stay quiet "too long" in internet time make people start wondering if they'll end up on a milk carton. Blu, despite claiming otherwise, has been one of those dudes shying from the limelight since he wowed the e-masses with 20072s Below The Heavens alongside Exile. Perhaps there's a method to the madness since [...]
It never dawned on me that albums ever went out of print until all my CD's were stolen from my dorm room during my freshmen year of college. Between Best Buy and BMG, I didn't have much problem replenishing my stock until I got to a particular infamous album, which played a part in Rawkus Record's demise. And it was going for well over a resonable asking price on Amazon. Now, an industry powerhouse is looking to do something about that. Universal Music Group has partnered with CreateSpace, an Amazon.com company, to release classic [...]
"it's B-L-U and if you see the E drop em" I had the pleasure of meeting Blu, two years ago when he headlined Hip Hop in the Park at People’s Park in Berkeley. In my opinion, he’s probably one of (if not the) dopest emcee(s) to come out of the west in a long ass minute. His 2007 masterpiece, Below the Heavens was solely produced by Exile and is one of my favorite albums of all time. Blu embraces that genuine human-ness that you rarely find in humans these days. He’s not interested in playing the [...]
Another year, another month, another Smorg. Was really missing the old underground radio station WHPK when I made this, so it ended up having one of those old lo-fi-radio-station-recorded-t o-cassette feels to them. I dig it, and I hope that you good people do as well. Tracklist and DL link up under the blouse. Rite on. *PBBT!'S SMORGASBORD JANUARY 2011 [ DOWNLOAD ]
MUSIC VIDEO: “Seasons” - Blu & Exile Blu is one of those guys I just want to put in my pocket and carry around with me all day. Luckily iPods exist these days, so I can do that in some form! He’s the type of rapper whose songs you have to listen to again and again to really catch what he’s saying, because his monotone flow doesn’t allow you to catch all of his witty lines on the first listen. I already adored him, but after seeing this video, [...]
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you might recall our ill-fated interview attempt with the Pack . we still got love for these crazy ass kids. their new LP Wolfpack Party dropped this Tuesday. I went ahead and copped it on iTunes and it's just as expected - schizophrenic tracks that are hella based out. i'll probably write up a review the next few days after i let it...MARINATE (swag swag) a little, but for now here are some of the tracks that have stood out to me after the first listen The Pack - [...]
homey @bryan_payton asked on Twitter 'what CD should I buy this weekend?' at mjf we're strong believers in going out and supporting dope material. Blu & Exile's "Below The Heavens" is the closest to a modern day classic in hip hop since Little Brother's "The Listening." Fashawn's "Boy Meets World" has also stayed heavy in rotation and it's because of Exile's soulful production. Exile & Blu make an even more memorable pairing. Blu, a son of a preacher, is the perfect voice for these beats. I hope they release a follow-up but until then...this [...]
he sounds a lot like Mario Winans (who i loved) but with more authenticity. there's that undeniable soul in his songs that has people anxiously anticipating his debut album on Jive Miguel Jontel -- All I Want Is You (ft J. Cole) this is the single off his album and you can tell why. i've had it on repeat. he kills the hook and j. cole is great in his cameo. perfect track Johnson & Johnson -- In the Building (ft. Miguel Jontel As Jontel Johnson) [...]
Stereolab - Come Play In The Milky Night Stereolab is aaaaaaawesome Hood Internet - Walk In the Park is Over (Drake x Beach House) you know i hate Drake, but this is a cool mashup. word to hood internet Blu & Exile - First Things First (ft. Miguel Jontel) one of my favorite songs off Below the Heavens. Blu is a wild gifted lyricist and Miguel bodies the hook Six Organs of Admittance - Procession Of Cherry Blossom [...]
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