Blue Iverson: Hotep (Dean Blunt) Vinyl LP
While most recent Dean Blunt & Hype Williams-related projects feature Bluntās gruff voice and confrontational persona front and center, Hotep finds Blunt comfortably zooted in the producerās chair instead, directing an ensemble of some of LAās finest studio musicians at the freshly minted Stones Throw Studios in East L.A. This predominantly instrumental session conjures jazzy hip-hop musack and UPN sitcom neo-soul vibes, sporting aĀ cheshire grinĀ but purely genuine at the same time. Despite the ace performances of the session players, the record retains a playful naĆÆvetĆ©, no doubt thanks to Deanās turns on keyboard and drums - instruments which he can hold his own on but probably hasnāt practiced in years... but thatās part of the charm. Imagine your own wide-eyed early Fruity Loops experiments reinterpreted by Ryan Leslie and King Krule.Ā Or the sort of outsider funk obscuritiesĀ PPUĀ digs up. Jennah Bell & Akuaās gorgeous vocalsĀ show up about halfway through (āFake Loathe,ā āHush Money,ā the Isleys-esque āJennaās Interludeā), lending a remarkablyĀ matureĀ aura to a record that is otherwise childlike and playful (we mean that in the best way possible). After quietly surfacing on YouTube and racking up a small legion of sworn devotees, this bafflingly alluring record has finally been made available on vinyl courtesy of Benji Bās Deviation imprint, which is weird, but also sorta makes sense. Highly recommended.
- black vinyl pressing
- music label:Ā Deviation 2017
reviewed byĀ william, shotgun sprayer 02/2018
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Blue Iverson: Hotep (Dean Blunt) Vinyl LP
Blue Iverson: Hotep (Dean Blunt) Vinyl LP
While most recent Dean Blunt & Hype Williams-related projects feature Bluntās gruff voice and confrontational persona front and center, Hotep finds Blunt comfortably zooted in the producerās chair instead, directing an ensemble of some of LAās finest studio musicians at the freshly minted Stones Throw Studios in East L.A. This predominantly instrumental session conjures jazzy hip-hop musack and UPN sitcom neo-soul vibes, sporting aĀ cheshire grinĀ but purely genuine at the same time. Despite the ace performances of the session players, the record retains a playful naĆÆvetĆ©, no doubt thanks to Deanās turns on keyboard and drums - instruments which he can hold his own on but probably hasnāt practiced in years... but thatās part of the charm. Imagine your own wide-eyed early Fruity Loops experiments reinterpreted by Ryan Leslie and King Krule.Ā Or the sort of outsider funk obscuritiesĀ PPUĀ digs up. Jennah Bell & Akuaās gorgeous vocalsĀ show up about halfway through (āFake Loathe,ā āHush Money,ā the Isleys-esque āJennaās Interludeā), lending a remarkablyĀ matureĀ aura to a record that is otherwise childlike and playful (we mean that in the best way possible). After quietly surfacing on YouTube and racking up a small legion of sworn devotees, this bafflingly alluring record has finally been made available on vinyl courtesy of Benji Bās Deviation imprint, which is weird, but also sorta makes sense. Highly recommended.
- black vinyl pressing
- music label:Ā Deviation 2017
reviewed byĀ william, shotgun sprayer 02/2018
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While most recent Dean Blunt & Hype Williams-related projects feature Bluntās gruff voice and confrontational persona front and center, Hotep finds Blunt comfortably zooted in the producerās chair instead, directing an ensemble of some of LAās finest studio musicians at the freshly minted Stones Throw Studios in East L.A. This predominantly instrumental session conjures jazzy hip-hop musack and UPN sitcom neo-soul vibes, sporting aĀ cheshire grinĀ but purely genuine at the same time. Despite the ace performances of the session players, the record retains a playful naĆÆvetĆ©, no doubt thanks to Deanās turns on keyboard and drums - instruments which he can hold his own on but probably hasnāt practiced in years... but thatās part of the charm. Imagine your own wide-eyed early Fruity Loops experiments reinterpreted by Ryan Leslie and King Krule.Ā Or the sort of outsider funk obscuritiesĀ PPUĀ digs up. Jennah Bell & Akuaās gorgeous vocalsĀ show up about halfway through (āFake Loathe,ā āHush Money,ā the Isleys-esque āJennaās Interludeā), lending a remarkablyĀ matureĀ aura to a record that is otherwise childlike and playful (we mean that in the best way possible). After quietly surfacing on YouTube and racking up a small legion of sworn devotees, this bafflingly alluring record has finally been made available on vinyl courtesy of Benji Bās Deviation imprint, which is weird, but also sorta makes sense. Highly recommended.
- black vinyl pressing
- music label:Ā Deviation 2017


















