I’m sitting at the back of the Galvanic Campus Rail Jam tour bus, Home Depot parking lot in Reading, California.  The bus still needs some last minute work before we head to the SIA trade show in Las Vegas. I’m getting this feeling, one I used to get while I was a road dog for Nike SPARQ; one that makes me feel like I could be anywhere in the country as if the nation was a lot smaller than it actually is.  If it weren’t for the Kohl’s, Home Depots, and McDonalds all across the country this parking lot might actually feel like California.  Luckily for the weather and the license plates ensure me that it is.  I dig Cali, a lot so I wanted to share with you one of their rising Hip Hop stars, Blu.  I featured one of his songs on my Mixed Tapes 08′ release, why not share the whole thing?

I’m only kind of surprised that L.A. area rapper Blu gets less publicity than Kid Cudi, The Cool Kids, Wale, and B.o.B. Not that they don’t deserve it, but this guy needs some pub please! Aside from dropping three dope albums in the last 365 days working with Exile, Ta’Raach, and Mainframe in the process (see Blu&Exile “BelowTheHeavens” + Blu&TaRaach “C.R.A.C.” + Blu&Mainframe “Johnson&Jonson” respectfully). He’s also been working with one of my favorite upcoming artists Flying Lotus, I can’t say enought about dude, simply amazing, simply dope, simply download this mixtape presented by DJHeat right now and see for youself.

01 Blu - Piece
02 Blu - Git It Now f. Move.Meant & Trek Life
03 Blu - City of Los(t) Ang(e)les f. Co$$
04 Sene - Dope 4 Gold f. Blu
05 Blu - Spanish Winter
06 Blu - My Boy Blu
07 It’s Ok (Part One) f. Myth & Definite
08 Blu - Local Legend (prod. Flying Lotus)
09 Blu - Respect
10 J Dilla - Sun In My Face f. Blu & Jontel
11 Mumbles - Never Ending f. Flora Purim & Blu
12 Blu - Top 5 N Luv (Taking a Little Break)
13 Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel (rmx) f. Joell Ortiz & Blu
14 Blu - Bad News Barnes
15 Blu & Sene are… A Day Late A Dollar Short - Stoopid (prod. Blu)
16 Blu - Mars (rmx)
17 Blu - Fly (Song of Liberation) (prod. Exile)
18 Blu - Maintain f. Donel Smokes, Co$$ & Jontel (prod. Exile)

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