“Comfy In The Truck” is the latest single and documentary from Closed Sessions Vol. 2, released by Chicago indie label Closed Sessions. The song features Blu, who visited Chicago in February of 2011, and hit SoundScape Studio on the cusp of releasing No York!, his major label debut. The song is produced by DJ Babu, [cont.]

Blu & Exile’s official follow up to their critically acclaimed 2007 album, Below the Heavens, is out now. Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them was officially released September 4th, via Fat Beats / Dirty Science. The album is fully mixed and mastered and features exclusive tracks not on the previous leak, [cont.]

Free download for the song “A Man” from Blu & Exile’s “Maybe One Day” EP Out now via Dirty Science / Fat Beats. “A Man” is a brand new track, not on Blu’s premature leak of Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them, and featured on the EP and the upcoming September [cont.]

Here’s an outtake from the Russian Roulette sessions, that won’t make the final tracklist. Al’s new album is in stores July 17th on Decon.

Blu & Exile will officially release their album “Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them” on September 4th via Dirty Science / Fat Beats. Although some folks may have caught the premature album that Blu leaked late 2011, this official release is newly mixed and mastered, with added instrumentation, guest features and [cont.]

Blu delivers a new video from his 2011 project of the same name, directed by AaronIsNotCool.

In 2007, Blu dropped an underground classic with producer Exile called Below The Heavens. Almost a perfect hip-hop record, this was almost the album that closed the book on the indie hip-hop movement. The Fat Beats vinyl era was coming to an end, while the digital blog-hop movement was just beginning. A large part of [cont.]

Recorded in 2009, Blu and Exile release this project via Bandcamp, which you can stream below and purchase if you like it. give me my flowers while i can smell them by exile & blu

All due respect to Roc C, despite the album cover making our “Worst Album Art of 2011″ list. Here’s another dope cut from the Stoned Genius. Download

New music from Blu with Pete Rock on the track, released tonight via B’s Twitter. Download  

Blu serves up this track from an as-of-yet-unreleased collabo LP w/ Madlib entitled UCLA. This track uses the same beat as Black Star’s recent “Rise Up” single. Download  

We’re one step closer to a Blu and Exile reunion album. But first, here’s something from Exile’s 4TRK Mind, in stores today. LISTEN: Exile – “When Nothing’s Left” (feat. Blu)

The second of two vocal tracks on Blu’s Open instrumental LP, hitting Sept. 27th. LISTEN: Blu – “Avenge Of The Cheap” (feat. Sene)

Blu will be releasing is Open instrumental project via Nature Sounds on September 27th. This track is a vocal version of “OpenChopShop”. LISTEN: Blu – “Part Time Suckas” (feat. Fresh Daily & Chop) Blu – “Part Time Suckas” (feat. Fresh Daily & Chop)

Blu released an independent classic with Exile on Below The Heavens a few years back, and since then has struggled to match the acclaim of that release. Or, perhaps he is indifferent to it, as many of his consecutive releases have been solid, but not quite as game-changing. Jesus is his latest, another self-released LP, [cont.]

Blu’s Jesus is on Itunes now, and his NoYork! LP is on the way. This comes from the latter. Produced by Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra), directed by AaronIsNotCool.

Blu, under the initial “B.”, has just released his new project Jesus on Itunes. Here’s a taste: LISTEN: Blu – “Doo Whop” (feat. Planet Asia + Killa Ben; prod. Alchemist)

Here’s the first single from Blu’s upcoming Nature Sounds project, Jesus, which hits on August 30th. Collabos include 9th Wonder, Madlib, Alchemist, and more. Apparently he’s being called “B” for this release. LISTEN: Blu – “Lucky” Tracklist: 1. N e w s h i t 2. W h a t i f i w a [cont.]

Los Angeles emcee Blu stepped on the scene with one of the strongest indie albums of the last five years with his classic Below The Heavens, with producer Exile. Since then he’s gone on to release other collaborative projects such as Jonson and Johnson and The Piece Talks, both being strong, but note quite living [cont.]

Arguably the best indie album of the last five years, Blu and Exile’s scarce classic is reissued and available now via UGHH. What are you waiting for?