Good news for fans of odd collaborations – a honey bunch of rappers are teaming up with the boys from the Black Keys for a hip hop meets rock project they’re calling “Blakroc”. The slate of lyricists set to join the guitar rock heroes includes Mos Def, Pharoah Monch, Q-Tip, Rza, Raekwon, and more. I'm completely geeked about this album.
Mos Def, as we’ve detailed before on this here page, is a personal favorite of TSRE. We caught him live in concert a couple weeks back, and were struck by just how musical his set was –really expanding on the typical beats + rhymes formula to showcase some of his unique talent. In that vein, Blakroc seems like a perfect fit.
The first track to drop from the Blackroc project is one of his - “Hoochie Coo,” a bumper of a track that hints at future potential without giving it all away on the first date. I’m not 100% sold on the collaboration based on this song alone, but I dig the Black Keys’ stylings, and I’m a sucker for good rhymes over rock beats, so I’ll definitely be keeping my ears open for more from Blakroc in the near future. Check out the video at the bottom of this post - hard not to get into something that looks as cool as this.
Blakroc – Hoochie Coo (YSI) (filesavr)
Black Keys – Your Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (YSI) (filesavr)
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