There are few musicians in hip-hop that actually get me excited. Zo! is one of those musicians. Catching me completely by surprise this evening, Zo! dropped this wonderful EP of covers, featuring FE homies like Yahzarah, Carlitta Durand, Phonte, Sy Smith and Darien Brockington. This serves as a perfect teaser to hold us over until the summer when Zo drops his LP, SunStorm. Give it a spin and share some thoughts after the skip!
As long as The Foreign Exchange is performing, no one can ever even think about showmanship being dead. The eight-piece band that took the stage of B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grille on Oct. 23 moved the crowd in a way that few acts are capable. And it all started at 1 a.m. As such, you would think a show starting that late would lend itself to a somewhat less-than-energetic audience. But that was simply not the case – I mean, this is New York City we’re talking about.
The Foreign Exchange’s smooth, lush, and flat-out fantastic Leave It All Behind was easily one of 2008’s best records. It might have put someConnected fans off at first for the lack of rapping, but it quickly picked up critical and fan acclaim. And why not? Phonte’s crooning and songwriting proved he can basically do it all while Nicolay continued to pummel us all with gorgeous production. Here we have the album’s second single in “Take Off The Blues”, one of my favorite joints off Leave It All Behind. There’s also an added bonus, but I won’t spoil it for you. Just let us know what you think and be sure to hit up the Foreign Exchange on Twitter.
There are few musicians in hip-hop that actually get me excited. Zo! is one of those musicians. Catching me completely by surprise this evening, Zo! dropped this wonderful EP of covers, featuring FE homies like Yahzarah, Carlitta Durand, Phonte, Sy Smith and Darien Brockington. This serves as a perfect teaser to hold us over until the summer when Zo drops his LP, SunStorm. Give it a spin and share some thoughts after the skip!
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