On September 4, Southern Californias Blu & Exile return to their collaborative origins with the release of “Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them,” the long-anticipated followup to the duos landmark debut, Below the Heavens. Featuring Fashawn, Homeboy Sandman, Johaz of Dag Savage, Black Spade of Hawthorne Headhunters, and ADAD, the new album on Dirty Science / Fat Beats is both an evolution from and complement to their first: a cohesive, kicked back collection of hip-hop buoyed by Blus gymnastic wordplay and Exiles soulful, sample-driven beats. While Blus penchant for introspection and analysis remains intact, his perspective ebbs from the sun-soaked nostalgia of Below the Heavens to a more playful realm where raps about lost love and forgotten dreams find equal footing with those about Gondry films and delivery cheesecake. Together Blu & Exile have taken the raw materials of rap and crafted charmingly idiosyncratic, album-minded music that transcends coasts and continents alike.
Tracklist;
01 01:36 A Letter
02 04:29 Ease Your Mind
03 03:56 Maybe One Day Ft. Black Spade
04 03:14 I Am Jean
05 03:20 O Heaven
06 03:54 More Out Of Life Ft. Jasmine Mitchell
07 03:35 The Only One Ft. Jimetta Rose
08 02:49 Money
09 01:54 Mask Your Soul
10 02:05 Good Morning Neighbor
11 04:09 Growing Pains Ft. Johaz (Dag Savage) & Fashawn
12 03:33 Dont Be Jelly
13 02:10 Berries & Juices
14 03:16 The Great Escape Ft. Homeboy Sandman & ADAD
15 02:41 Seasons
16 04:31 A Man
17 03:12 Cent From Heaven

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