Yasiin Bey’s 2009 The Ecstatic has a deluxe reissue with additional music. The eclectic album with production from Madlib, J.Dilla, The Neptunes, and more with a global sonic footprint is being reintroduced 17 years later. He even snuck Slick Rick in for an appearance. Bey’s fourth solo album was embraced by hisContinue Reading
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Lion Babe’s reworking of Yasiin Bey’s “Umi Says” is a fun ride inspired by the duo’s admiration for NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill. The proceeds from the first two million streams of the song will go to the Legal Defense Fund. The duo made a statement about theirContinue Reading
