Maroons = Lateef and Chief Xcel

The "Lat" of "Latyrx" 

Maroons - Best of Me

Maroons - Lester Hayes

Maroons - Beautiful You

In order to get the Hideawayheads ready for the Gift of Gab/Lateef show this Friday I’m gonna drop some more Quannum on ya. To recap, I’ll buy anything Quannum releases whether it’s Blackalicious, DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Lifesavas, Maroons or whatever. Quannum has a quality control like no other label I’ve heard. Their stable of artists slowly grows every year. Check out the website.

If you wanna get a feel for what kind of hip hop you’re could hear at the Patio this Friday night, check out “Best Of Me”. It’s got Gift of Gab on it, so it’ll give you a sample of both rappers. All three of these songs are from The Maroons – Ambush. As these songs show ya, it’s a varied, solid album with stellar production from my man Chief Xcel (producer from Blackalicious). “Lester Hayes” is a crunkalicious number with a nice guitar sample that will have you pumping your fist in tribute to Lester Hayes, the ol’ Oakland Raider. The final tune, “Beautiful You” (Gift of Gab is on this one too) has a beautiful beat, it’s more of a “thinker” and a love song, I suppose. This one’s for the ladies…

I’ll be back with a day o’ Gab tomorrow.