Wednesday, August 4, 2010
In Print
Seu Jorge and Almaz' Samba-Pop, the Trainwreck of Lil B, and EL-P's Independent Mind
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By Ian S. Port
on Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:31 AM
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Seu Jorge and Almaz in São Paulo
What happens when a bunch of skilled musicians get together in a room and just start playing -- with no regard for whether what comes out will be marketable? Check out the gorgeous new collaboration between Seu Jorge and Almaz for an example. For our print edition this week, Phillip Mlynar
spoke to Jorge and found out that the group's album -- which sat on a shelf for two years before being discovered by a label -- was a product of the kind of loving, naïve music-making that is all-too-rare these days.
Berkeley rapper Lil B jokes about being gay, got punched in the face on YouTube, and recently signed a deal with Soulja Boy. But is this clumsily rapping alumni of East Bay outfit the Pack brilliantly chameleonic -- or just searching for a gimmick that will get him exposure? Ben Westoff
explores the strangely appealing trainwreck of Lil B.
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