New Blu Songs, Mixtapes & Videos
Shuko ft. Blu - Be Yourself [Stream]
Fans of Blu’s lyrically-driven style were (judging from the Booth reviews) caught a little off-guard by his last album, York, which found him exploring electronic sounds. Those fans need not be scared, though, as the artist... Read More
Blu x Lee Bannon - VEX’D [Stream]
Fresh off the late-March release of his long-awaited York LP, Blu returns to our pages with VEX’D, a freshly-remixed version of album inclusion SLNGNBNGR. In place of Dibiase‘s eight-bit synths, Sacramento-repping... Read More
M.i ft. Blu - Church West Texas [Stream]
Last we heard from M.i, on the inaugural leak off his forthcoming mixtape, he was looking forward to his Imminent takeover of the game, with all the money, power and fame that entails. Much as the artist plans on enjoying his... Read More
Blu - York [Album]
Los Angeles emcee/producer Blu's much talked about album, York, which has seemingly been delayed for years, has finally arrived. The 14-track LP, which was formerly known as NoYork, is now available for digital purchase,... Read More
Co$$ ft. Kemizt & Blu - Heroin [Stream & Download]
Don’t worry, readers: Golden State veteran Co$$ hasn’t (as far as I’m aware) developed a taste for opiates. After giving Heroin a couple spins, the only connection I’m able to draw to the titular... Read More
Blu & Exile ft. Andy Allo - Ease Your Mind [Stream]
Worried that you were going to have to wait forever and a day for another collaborative feature from West Coast mainstays Blu and Exile? Well, the arrival of this freshly-minted video single should Ease Your Mind. Part of the... Read More
Realm Reality - Blu & Fred The Godson - I Just Want to Be There [Stream]
Sometimes, family disagreements can’t be resolved simply by talking it out. That’s when you queue up a dope beat and lay out your side of the story in rhyme. Realm Reality, the L.A.-by-way-of-B.K. emcee who... Read More
Blu ft. R.A. The Rugged Man & Tristate - Thelonius King [Stream]
With dark undertones and a bass driven beat by producer Bombay, new release Thelonius King is exactly the type of introspective track that Nature Sound‘s top emcees Blu, Tristate and R.A. The Rugged Man rip to shreds.... Read More
Oh No feat. Blu & MED - Jones’s [Stream]
In addition to plenty of fresh instrumentals, Oh No‘s next solo album is slated to include collaborations with some of his most talented mic-rocking colleagues. A foretaste of the dopeness to come, new single... Read More
Arima Ederra ft. Blu - Questions [Stream & Download]
Who is this girl? How come I have never heard of her before and where can I hear more? These might be some questions you have after listening to the first DJBooth feature for Arima Ederra. It’s a good thing I can help with... Read More
Pac Div ft. Blu & Kendrick Lamar - Cross-Trainers [Stream]
Pac Div have their Cross Trainers laced up, and they’re ready to run sh*t. Following previously-featured album inclusions Truth and Black Acura, this jam finds the well-heeled crew consolidating their power over the... Read More
MHz Legacy ft. Blu - Yellow + Blue [Stream & Download]
Time for a pop quiz: what do you get when you mix Yellow + Blue? As anyone who’s seen the inside of an elementary school classroom should probably know, the answer is “green.” Question number two: what do you get... Read More
Danny! ft. Lil B & Blu - Misunderstood [Stream & Download]
Much of Danny!‘s recorded output is directly concerned with the experience of being Misunderstood in the music game—in fact, the conceptual narrative underpinning his latest album is an allegory for his travails in... Read More
Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, Blu & More to Play “Through the Mic” Tonight in L.A.! [Feature ]
Legendary emcee Murs has joined forces with L.A. museum LACMA and Cashmere Agency for their new Through the Mic concert series, which will explore contemporary Los Angeles hip hop, with an emphasis on the diversity of... Read More
Blu & Exile ft. Homeboy Sandman & MC ADaD - The Great Escape [Stream & Download]
After releasing their acclaimed single, A Man earlier this summer, Blu and Exile are back with their latest release, The Great Escape. A standout selection off of their recently released project, Give Me Flowers While I Can... Read More
Blu - Rap Dope [Stream]
Though Blu‘s product is a little more sophisticated than what many of his peers in the game are pushing, the Cali rapper/producer bears no illusions about his role: whatever else you seek to accomplish with your music,... Read More
Blu x Exile - A Man [Stream & Download]
The last time we heard some collaborative work from Blu and Exile it was last October and we were all bumping When Nothing’s Left. That hiatus ends today with the previously unreleased A Man, a deeply contemplative cut... Read More
Sene ft. Blu - backboards. [Stream]
Fresh off bringing us the inaugural leak and title track off his next project, Sene returns with a video off the project. On Backboards., Sene’s own string-sampled grooves set the stage for ambitious, intricately woven... Read More
Blu ft. Mela Machinko - Kiss the Sky [Stream]
Not featured on the solo tip since this past December, when he stepped into the Booth with The Clean Hand, Blu makes his triumphant return to our pages with Kiss the Sky, a fresh promo single inspired by the famous line from... Read More
ANTHM ft. Blu - Polaris [Stream & Download]
Every big dreamer has one or more idols, who guide their efforts and exemplify what they wish to become. ANTHM‘s just so happens to be a flaming ball of gas, not another rapper. Determined to “...shine like the... Read More
ScienZe x King I Divine ft. Sene, Blu & Britain Parker - Happiness Is [Stream & Download]
Last heard getting ready for an evening out on inaugural mixtape leak Enjoy Tonight, ScienZ continues in that cut’s positive vein on follow-up Happiness Is. Here, project collaborator King I Divine crafts a sampled beat... Read More
Roc C ft. Rapper Big Pooh & Blu - Styllions [Stream & Download]
Fresh off the release of his latest full-length, Roc C returns to our pages with a freshly-released standout cut. On Styllions, the Oxnard, California underground mainstay goes toe-to-toe with Little Brother alum Rapper Big... Read More
Blu - The Clean Hand [Stream & Download]
When industry vet Pete Rock personally passes you a fresh beat, what is there to do but blaze it and share the finished product with the world? That’s exactly what Blu did—and the result, The Clean Hand, is... Read More
Exile ft. Blu - When Nothing’s Left [Stream]
Already a DJBooth fave thanks to his production work on featured records by West Coast phenom Fashawn and many others, Exile steps out from behind the boards to make his Booth debut as a rapper on new single When... Read More
Blu ft. Sene - Avenge Of The Cheap [Stream & Download]
Contrary to Forrest Gump’s assertion that “life is like a box of chocolates” (…because you never know what you’re gonna get.), surprises and shakeups are more often than not separated by long stretches of... Read More
Jesse Abraham ft. Blu - Words Past The Margin [Stream & Download]
For single number two from his newly-released album One Day, emcee Jesse Abraham rolls out a feature from Blu over an !llmind beat, culminating in Words Past The Margin. On the production tip !ll unleashes a beat filled with... Read More
Blu ft. Pac Div, U-N-I, J*DaVeY, TiRon & Ayomari - Doin’ Something [Stream & Download]
On his latest leak Doin’ Something, L.A. native Blu keeps with his gritty underground edge, calling on the help of a few friends: Pac Div, U-N-I, J*Davey, TiRon and Ayomari. Producer Flying Lotus provides a scratchy beat... Read More
Bilal ft. Blu - Robots (Remy LBO Remix) [Stream & Download]
A standout track off 2010’s Airtight’s Revenge LP, Robots found neo-soul stalwart Bilal serving up the kind of hard-hitting social commentary usually reserved for underground emcees. Today, the track is back in... Read More
MED ft. Blu - Your Life [Stream & Download]
On his last featured cut, MED schooled heads on “Where [He’s] From,” rhapsodizing in detail about the sights, sounds and surrounds of his formative years. Well aware that nostalgia for the past shouldn’t be... Read More
Blu ft. Jack Davey - Everything’sOK [Stream & Download]
If you, like me, flipped on the news this morning, odds are you were assaulted by a barrage of footage detailing global-scale tumult. For those overwhelmed by the chaos in Japan, Libya and elsewhere, here’s my... Read More
Lupe Fiasco ft. All City Chess Club - I’m Beamin’ (Remix) [Stream]
As Mohandas Gandhi once said, “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history finally get Lasers a freaking release date.” Having won, with the help of... Read More
Andy Allo ft. Blu - DreamLand [Stream]
What does it mean to be Unfresh? Well, in a recent interview, first-time Booth featuree Andy Allo explains that it’s all about “...being original, not conforming, and being yourself.” So it’s kinda like being... Read More
Fashawn ft. Blu - Samsonite Man [Stream]
In my review of Fashawn’s dope new album Boy Meets World I wrote that the Cali-based emcee finds hip-hop hope in a world that can often feel devoid of it. Case in point: Samsonite Man, the third single off the album. Exile,... Read More
Definite ft. Blu & Myth - It’s Okay [Stream]
Times are tough. There are two wars raging, swine flu is sweeping the world and the economy is tanking harder than Heidi Montag’s singing career. Lucky for us we’ve found the remedy for troubled times with Definite and... Read More
Tanya Morgan ft. Blu - Morgan Blu [Stream]
All of the summery music in the Booth today has got me thinking of one of my favorite warm-weather pastimes: playing the ponies at Canterbury Park, of course! Brooklyn threesome Tanya Morgan seem to have a similar idea, as... Read More
Big Tone ft. Blu - A Song Called Triumph [Stream]
Like most good things in life, musical success requires a superhuman level of dedication, but the moments of triumph, when one can sit back and reflect on the achievement of a goal that once seemed so distant, more than make... Read More
Blu Drops “HerFavoriteColo(u)r” Mixtape [Free Download] [Feature ]
Los Angeles, CA -- Blu, the underground emcee who made his solo Booth debut with the reader-acclaimed "Vanity(DeathOfAStar)ptOne," has just released his HerFavoriteColo(u)r mixtape. The brand new street album, produced... Read More
Blu - Vanity(DeathOfAStar)ptOne [Stream]
In the swag-centric world of mainstream hip-hop, it often seems as though an artist’s chances of success hinge on his being able to project a cocky, impossibly confident persona. Bombast and braggadocio certainly... Read More
The Alchemist ft. KiD CuDi, Evidence & Blu - Therapy [Stream]
To whet fans’ appetites for his sophomore album, Chemical Warfare, set to be released on February 10, veteran producer The Alchemist has dropped a preview EP entitled The Alchemist’s Cookbook. Hoping to... Read More
Evidence ft. Phonte, Blu & will.i.am - For Whom The Bell Tolls [Stream]
Last year, while on tour with Little Brother, Evidence had an epiphany. Instead of just crafting a 5-song “side project” with friend and producer Khrysis, the Dilated Peoples member decided to spin a simple,... Read More
Talib Kweli ft. Joell Ortiz & Blu - Hostile Gospel (Remix) [Stream]
On the fourth single from his third solo album Eardrum, Talib Kweli preaches the Hostile Gospel; a request for deliverance from our surrounding community’s crises. Evidently, Kweli’s message is vibin’ through... Read More