Tag: Bilal

BamaLoveSoul Presents – Looking For The Sun [Download]

Growing up, I was always told that into everyone’s life, a little rain must fall. Given the events that have rocked the music world this month, for audiophiles everywhere, that’s probably a serious contender for understatement of the year.

For me, music is the great equalizer in trying times. It’s helped me though several tough patches. Personal loss, some unforeseen happenstance causing a hardship or just to change my outlook on life. I’d be sorely remiss to think that I alone feel this way about music and the power it wields, so BLS brings to you a small collection of auditory up-lifters that should easily turn your whole mood around.

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Bilal – Robots (Tensei Remix)

It seems like Tensei entered every remix competition that has been announced recently. (Listen Here) We don’t mind, though, because all of their entries have been dope. I must admit I was very disappointed with the other Robots remixes that I checked out (and I know I didn’t hear all of them) but this one definitely stands out. It’s a funky, baroque piece that complements the song and doesn’t get overwhelmed by the vocals and arrangement. They’ve created a cohesive track that sounds like it could have very well been the original. Kudos

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Late Pass #60: Bilal – Soul Sista (Madlib Remix)

As you can probably tell, I’ve been going through my old crates tonight.
Here’s a treat from a rare and hard to find 12″ Madlib put together when he was really putting out a lot of remixes. He completely fonked this one out and adds that trademark Madlib feel to it, all while still keeping it surprisingly sexy. Just a great gem to pop in the deck. Enjoy!

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Daedelus – Overwelmed featuring Bilal

Bespoke is defined as “a term employed to mean an item custom-made to measure.” Darlington explains that “I not only intended it as a reflection of the LP itself, but also an outlook on life.” It’s Daedelus’ way of stating that it’s possible to grow and flourish as a musician without settling for the drab factory pre-sets of genre

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