J.S.O.U.L. & Ab-Rock present The J ROCK Project

Ab-Rock's full-length album The Mid Midlife Crisis is still forthcoming later this year, but he's been pretty busy since the last mixtape from him that I wrote about. He was a recently featured guest on Bmore Original Radio, he shot a video (which there is a teaser for on YouTube now), and The J Rock Project, his collaboration with R&B singer J.S.O.U.L., recently released an internet mixtape and will be performing at the J Dilla tribute @ the Turntable Club this Friday. The mix is just a short 26-minute EP, a nice little low key listen with both of them rapping and singing, respectively, on every track, and and you can download the whole thing for free here. I like Ab-Rock, the way he raps kinda reminds me of the way Denzel Washington talks, if that makes any sense, just comes across really relaxed, which makes this collab sound less forced than hip hop/R&B duos usually feel.

Ab-Rock and J.S.O.U.L. - "RockMcs" (mp3)
This has always been one of my favorite Ab-Rock stracks, I love that herky jerky groove of the beat.

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