I dig Blu but I haven't really listened to any of his albums front to back yet. He's released a bunch of music over the last few years. What are your two or three favorite albums or the best places to start in his catalogue?

Co-sign all three.

J&J took a a few listens and now I love it. Particularly "Wow" "A perfect Picture" "Long Time Gone" and "The Oath" (one of my favorite hip-hop songs period)

The GODlee Barnes LP. And in spite of the horrible sound quality, I liked it enough to go back and check Below the Heavens w/ Exile. I think either would be a good starting point, but if you begin at BTH, you can follow the progression naturally.

I've yet to hear No York or the joint they just took off of bandcamp (procrastination...!!)

1. Crac Knuckles
2. NoYork!
3. Johnson&Jonson

Weird Blu works better for me Beneath The Heavens Blu.

1. Below the Heavens
2. NoYork
3. And If you see em drop em mixtape

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each release is significantly different from another and there is no "progression" so it doesn't really matter.

1) Below the Heavens
2) No York
3) J&J

though I'd almost say give Johnson&Jonson and NoYork! a shot first because people who go with the soulful Blu first can't really get with the cutting loose Blu for some reason.


1. NoYork!: 8.78
2. Below the Heavens: 8.19
3. Johnson&Jonson: 7.32
4. HerFavoriteColo(u)r : 6.46

(for me anything over a 6 is worth a good look so I don't think he's put out a bad product yet.)

I was really slacking on his 2011 stuff though, like Madlib just a ton of stuff and I felt like I needed to find a time when I could just sit with it all and absorb it, which hasn't come yet.

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