What retirement? D. Black is back (this time with B. Brown) with The Blackest Brown EP, dropping Tuesday, 8/31. As it was on Ali’yah, positivity is the rule of the day on these three advanced tracks, but don’t expect anything soft. True, the beats are soulful, but they still knock hard. And Black’s ringing demand for a positive uprising in his community is more vigorous than ever. Hip-hop in Seattle needs D. Black — let’s hope he delays that early retirement.

Download “Special” (featuring Fatal Lucciauno), here.

Download “You’re The Light” (featuring SK), here.

Download “On The Go,” here.

Celebrate the release of The Blackest Brown EP at Neumos, on August 29th.