Seafood Sam // Standing On Giant Shoulders LP [COLOR] / CD / TAPE

アメリカ・LAのヒップホップ作家Seafood Samが、2024年4月に同国NYのヒップホップレーベルdrink sum wtrからリリースしたレコードです。

レイドバックなヒップホップ15曲を収録。

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Available on 12" forest green vinyl, CD in digipack or cassette in norelco case.

Tracklist:

1. Saylo 03:18
2. Can’t Take the Hood to Heaven 04:16
3. Attack of the Dreadlocks (feat. Rae Khalil) 02:11
4. Lynn’s Lullaby (Interlude) 02:15
5. Brownskin Cinnamon 02:41
6. Grey Seas (feat. Reaper Mook) 03:18
7. Cowboy Leather (feat. Pink Siifu) 02:50
8. Overseas Sam 03:08
9. Bullets from a Butterfly 03:17
10. Pearly Gates Playlist 02:48
11. Grandma Once Said 02:40
12. Bygones 01:23
13. Lagonda (feat. Goya Gumbani) 03:04
14. The Card Players (feat. Jayellz) 03:29
15. When I Met Rose 02:02

Text excerpt by drink sum wtr:

"Seafood Sam is a futuristic artifact. If that description might sound confusing at first, it matches the eclectic dualities found in true originals. With his effortless cool and timeless style, the North Long Beach native defies convention and exact comparison. He’s a virtuosic rapper and a symphonic producer. Welcome to the lavish life of a laid-back transcontinental man of mystery, rolling in old school Cadillacs, eating caviar with a blade in his pocket, and making plays in vintage Pelle Pelle gear. A blaxploitation icon for the Instagram age, blessed with the bars of a ‘90s legend and 23rd century swagger. Seafood Sam is a true hero of modernity.

On his full-length album debut for up-and-coming label drink sum wtr (Kari Faux,Deem Spencer, Aja Monet), Standing on Giant Shoulders, Sam splits the difference between Snoop Dogg and D’ Angelo, Curren$y and David Ruffin. The songs reveal a forward-thinking sensibility rooted in ancestral soul. He creates spiritual hymns for the streets that tap into universal ideals and irrepressible groove. In an era plagued by short-term thinking, his ambitions reveal a crate-digging depth of music history and a meticulous ear for detail.

The giant shoulders in the album’s title refer to James Brown, Bobby Brown, and Miles Davis – the holy trinity who inspired Sam’s process. From the Godfather of Soul, Sam took a perfectionist’s rigor and focus. The example of Bobby Brown lent an unshakeable confidence and self-belief. While the constant artistic left turns of the trumpeter that birthed Cool offered an aspirational archetype.

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These are uplifting tales of classic cars and eternal prayers for a better future, odes to gorgeous women with cinnamon complexion and the importance of listening to the wisdom of the elders. It reveals an artist dedicated to creating three-dimensional quality music in a microwave world. A gentleman and a scholar. A rebirth of cool from someone secure in their own skin. A student of the classics ready to stand shoulder-to-shoulder alongside giants. This is Seafood Sam’s time. We’re just living in it."

Artist : Seafood Sam

Label : drink sum wtr

CAT No: DSW008