Blu & Exile

Miles

#6 of my Top 50 Albums of 2020: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/chode/list/29961/chodes-top-50-albums-of-2020/

In a time such as these, a world with as much racial injustice and uncertainty as the one we’re living in, there will obviously be an influx of records covering these hefty topics. However, very few artists can cover this topic at the same level of nuance and potency that Blu and Exile do on Miles; a one and a half-hour jazz-rap epic rivaling the duo’s best albums, ... read more

If only this was more concise...

If it wasn’t for the runtime, this would possibly be the best rap project of the year. But even as is, while too long, the fantastic jazz-rap production from Exile and great verses from Blu make Miles one of the best rap albums of the year.

Fav Tracks: True & Livin’, Miles Davis, The Feeling, Music Is My Everything, Miles Away, Troubled Water, Roots Of Blue, African Dream, Requiem of Blue, The American Dream, Good Lord, To The Fall, But Not ... read more

It’s albums like this that remind me why I fell In love with hip hop. The beats, the sampling, the scratches, the lyricism, the story telling? Everything that makes a classic hip hop record Is here on full display throughout, and It’s sad cause I know this Isn’t gonna get the attention It deserves. The only thing I can say may possibly hold this back Is probably It’s length, but almost every track Is great so I really can’t complain. This Is truly amazing, and a ... read more

Blu & Exile have been regarded highly for years based on their underground classic Below the Heavens released in 2007. If you ever dig deep into the underground scene typically most listeners focus heavily on those major influential albums from the late 90's and early 2000's that helped shape a hip hop sound that would slowly start to take over a greater role in the genre today. Plenty of people will point to albums from Aesop Rock, Company Flow, El-P, Cannibal Ox, MF Doom and Del the Funky ... read more