Black Spade
Old school soul via the hip-hop family tree
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All of my life my father encouraged me to be open to all good music," St. Louis rapper Black Spade sings on the intro to his debut album, To Serve With Love. On his MySpace page, he reaffirms his dad's influence on his genre-defying new work, describing his sound as "like music my old dude would listen to when he used to smoke weed and play chess." As vague as that description is, it captures the spirit of To Serve With Love, a lyrically sentimental but imaginative introduction to Spade's musical taste. On the album we get electronic, synth-fueled tunes ("To Serve With Love, Intro," "Evil Love"), soul tracks ("Actioneer," "As We") and songs which fall more in the realm of traditional hip-hop, like "Good Crazy" and "Where I'm Coming From." One hears the influence of Soul Tyde — the St. Louis crew known for its blend of soul, rap, and R&B which Spade was a part of for years — as well as the Kraftwerk, Radiohead and J Dilla he was listening to while he honed his production talents. Spade, in fact, made all the beats here, and they're compelling to a one. Surely, his dad can dig that.
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