More Blu....

For those very very few of you who have kept up with this blog (sorry I don't write that much, school is killing me lately), you know my appreciation for Blu & Exile's incredible album "Below The Heavens." One of the main reasons I loved this CD was b/c of the emergence of a nobody, a rapper who was on Dilla's "Jay Love Japan" but nobody knew who he was....suddenly one of the freshest young rappers - BLU. Well guess what kids, Blu is back, with the leak of the album "Powders & Oils," a collabo between Blu and producer Mainframe. The duo go by the name "Johnson & Jonson." After first listen, this is not the same Blu we grew to love on his collabo with Exile. This album provides a much different listen. It is more under the vein of alternative rap, with wierd beats that Blu experiments with a lot. Although this is not really my type of thing, Blu is good enough to captivate the listener regardless, and there are a few tracks where Blu goes back to the usual and just rips it. He is truly an incredible rapper, and this album is worth the listen just based on his abilities. Check it out....despite it sounding kinda wierd at first, its actually a good album that may grow on you....