{"id":2564,"date":"2009-11-25T13:33:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T20:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2009-11-25T13:33:55","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T20:33:55","slug":"roc-de-blak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/25\/roc-de-blak\/","title":{"rendered":"Roc de Blak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nobody usually likes to wait but today the adage “good things comes to those who wait” is an apt one for me. While awaiting my lunch order’s completion, I grabbed the latest issue of the Village Voice and in skimming through it, I learned about Blakroc,<\/a> a collaboration between The Black Keys and 11 rappers (such as the RZA, Raekwon, Mos Def, Q-Tip, etc) who were gathered together by Damon Dash.
\nThe Black Keys play music that sounds “old.” By that I mean that I thought they were a late 60’s \/ early 70’s band that I somehow did not know when I first listened to their tunes a few years back. The last time I made a mistake like that was when I heard Lenny Kravitz for the first time. While I haven’t gone to a Black Keys show yet, I would definitely say I’m a fan.
\nI’ve just spent the past 30 odd minutes on the Blakroc site listening to and watching various smokey recording (and other) sessions and boy oh boy would I have loved to have been present while these tunes were being crafted. I love the idea of cross discipline collaboration and it was amazing to see classic Midwest bluesy rock mixing with strong New York styled (Wu-Tang inflected in particular) rhymes.
\nThe Village Voice article about Blakroc<\/a> mentions “Judgment Night” as an example of a Rock \/ Rap crossover which made me think both of that soundtrack and<\/em> movie, something I haven’t done in a long time. I believe that this crossover example will be more critically and commercially successful. It’s probably not going to ascend to the Aerosmith \/ Run DMC “Walk this Way” level but who knows.
\nMy favorite part of the VV article is when Dan Auerbach, the singer\/guitarist of The Black Keys, compares watching Raekwon record to “watching Bob Dylan – just someone who has such a command of their art form.” Raekwon himself says that the Blakroc project “is like brilliant acid.”
\nThe album drops officially on Black Friday (aka the day after T-Day or 11\/27) and I can’t wait to listen to all 11 of the tracks. I’m betting that the album is going to make me a huge fan of some rapper I haven’t heard of before and as new music is always good music, I’m excited for that possibility as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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