Following Blue Scholars’ triumphant New York City performance last month, multimedia impresario Tone sat down with SEA’s chosen hip-hop sons, Geo and Sabzi, to discuss matters of creativity, what it means to stay true to your art, and what we can expect from the duo’s forthcoming Spring 2011 release, Cinematropolis. Click the image below for the video link at www.photobytone.com.
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“Big Bank Hank” is the latest free drop from Blue Scholars. It’s catchy. It’s freewheeling. And, unlike ninety-nine percent of all other Blue Scholars tracks, it’s mostly underwhelming. For such an uber-intelligent rap crew like the aforementioned duo, the purpose of a track like “Big Bank Hank” falls somewhere between, “Let’s keep momentum going until our next full-length drops (Cinematropolis, coming in 2011)” and, “This is the rap equivalent of a tune-up at Jiffy Lube.” As an appetizer to a forthcoming main course, the Scholars faithful could do much worse than “Big Bank Hank.”
At the very least, the write-up on the group’s website offers amusing insight into their creative process. Read about it and download the fruits of their brainstorm session, here.
The name of Blue Scholars’ upcoming LP is Cinematropolis (set for release in Spring 2011). If the title is indicative of the album’s conceptual bent, then we may be in for a sort of film/music amalgamation, which wouldn’t be surprising given Geo’s love (and talent for) movie criticism and Sabzi’s own interest in visual media (check out the DJ/producer’s recently launched multimedia project, Townfolk.)
On the group’s recent drop, “Lumiere,” Sabzi samples The xx track to great cinematic effect. Geo’s vocals are understated and would probably win an emo rap battle, if there were such a thing. Click the image below for the D/L link.
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