This was the sweet spot for the collaboration. And Little Brother is still a rap show very much worth seeing live fwiw.
I'm currently watching some PDX homies do a streaming pdx jazzfest gig with Brian Jackson of Gil Scott Heron collaboration fame *tearsemoji*
Saadiq is definitely a legend. Yall didn't even mention Lucy Pearl. Also re: Tip I like how you've left super lefty Kamaal the Abstract out
Q is an elite digger, no doubt about it. Ali Shaheed is doing some incredible stuff right now with Adrian Younge. Have had some fantastic releases the last year.
Deep cut product of the Philly black Lilly scene (think The Roots, Jill, etc) They'd eventually end up gracing each of the Roots records with background vocals.
Yep I've caught Midnight Hour live. The youngin they have with them Angela Munoz is wild talented (Loren Oden is nice too)
lol that single cracks me up. She's gonna make way better shit before too long imo Buy anything you find with this name on it and if she performs live near you (you know, in another reality) GO
SZA is amazing and Ctrl is such a good album. Looking forward to what she does next but it’s like wishing on a star to get new music from TDE.
I posted didn'tchaknow for the 2nd time ln before realizing I had done it on the first page- good thing I caught myself
we’re doing gospel too right i listen to this on Sunday instead of going to church. be careful it’s FUNKY
his keyboard player is a fairly big deal in Portland. Super good dude too. Also his S/O is kinda dope ... I just remembered they've relocated to LA as of some months ago.
"You Got Me" was co-written by Scott and initially meant to feature her before MCA pulled industry shit and we ended up with Badu. A similar version to this one appears on the Homegrown compilation
I hope that Mars/Paak album is a more low key effort. My biggest fear has been Paak turning into Bruno
Syl Johnson - Is it Because I’m Black One of my favorites. Popularized the phrase. You probably recognize one of his sons Spoiler