>i was introduced to him via icebird, like a lot of cats were
>i imagine

Loved that album, some of RJ's most accesible work in my opinion

>found his "greatest hits" vol 0 & 1 on bandcamp (in quotes
>because they're more like demos, but whatever, but still some
>standout tracks in there - without love, thanks, i admit)
>
>just found the group he was in previously - The Mean. pretty
>interesting config, switching off lead singing, odd time sigs,
>etc
>2 albums, a lot of varied stuff, some rougher than others, but
>again some dope standouts - Mahalia, Tumblin, Words Like
>These

The Mean also had a track on the soundtrack to a movie called "Life Happens" called Hey Hey- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvUQ2TSFvDE
---good shit.


>features - couple with the roots, couple with RJD2, several
>from Hezekiah's records, one or two other randoms
>
>and of course the most recent thing he dropped was the single
>under the name Son Little, which we all can agree was a
>heater
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny27_Phcwfs
>
>SO - am i missing any chunks of material or history here? any
>news on the son little release? favorite tracks? this guy
>really has been bubbling just below the surface for a long
>time for such an amazing talent.

dunno when the new albums coming out. He had a project with the producer Hot Sugar called Young Vipers... they played at the Roots Picnic a few years back. Dunno what happened to that but one of their songs was the basis for the track "sleep" off the last Roots album

I'm a big fan of this unreleased song of the mean's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBRFVPOOM1Q&list=UUaplvDNdI4s0I8WSS1XT1vA&feature=c4-overview