Rome Fortune – Blicka Blicka [Video]

“Blicka Blicka” is a surreal slice of Americana from the uncanny mind of Rome Fortune. Taken from his deeply personal Jerome Raheem Fortune LP on Fool’s Gold, the new, Anthony Supreme-directed clip features Rome rapping from a dreamlike, decrepit trailer park:This is my intuition / and it says I shouldn’t be pigeonholed / they said that this shit would be difficult / to make it I needed a miracle / but I didn’t, I did it without you / what ‘chu think I would amount to? The video’s avant garde styling is matched by two futuristic, bass-heavy “Blicka Blicka” remixes from LA producers C.Z. and Cy Kosis. Listen to the full single package here.

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TrackBlasters Radio: 30.01.17

Da More Fire Monday – The Correct Flava To Start Your Week Host: DJ P.R. Today’s show includes new tracks from the likes of Kehlani, DMX, Alicia Keys, Baauer and The Cool Kids. Press play below and enjoy! Record Of The Day: Kehlani – Not Used To It Playlist Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert – Bad And Boujee **Record Of The Day** Kehlani – Not Used To It DMX feat. Swizz Beatz – Bane Is Back Alicia Keys – That’s What’s Up Baauer – Candy Man **Barclay Crenshaw – Transmission 001** Barclay Crenshaw – Fatal Error Everydayz & Phazz – Almeria (20syl Remix) A Tribe Called Quest – Whateva Will Be Special Ed – I Got It Made Barclay Crenshaw feat. The Cool Kids – U Are In My System Barclay Crenshaw – Stuntin’ Is A Habit What So Not feat. Rome Fortune – Buried (Barclay Crenshaw VIP Remix) Royalston feat. August Storm – Jungle Gone Down French Fries – Vogue (Unreleased DJ Madd 165 Edit) Schlachthofbronx – Don (Barclay Crenshaw Edit) DJ Shadow – Swerve Salva – Drop That Bitch Barclay Crenshaw – The Real X Files (Instrumental) MF Doom – Hoe Cakes J.J. Fad – Supersonic Bleep Bloop – Denial Losco – Wolf Point Point – You Will Never Know Flatbush Zombies – Trade Off Barclay Crenshaw – Artifacts (Instrumental) Doshy – Phases Barclay Crenshaw – The Gene Sequence Deebs – Realize Download here (right click and save as…)

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Rome Fortune – Jerome Raheem Fortune [Album Stream]

In the most cosmic sense of the word, Rome Fortune is Atlanta’s newest star. Green-bearded and crop-topped, 6’5” in cowboy boots, he takes the stage like an eclipse and flips straighforward bars into lunar poetry. But even with such otherworldly swagger, Rome’s music connects with fans because of how powerfully (and sometimes painfully) human it really is. Jerome Raheem Fortune is the true story of this man who fell to earth. Rome’s Beautiful Pimp mixtapes (“rap as motivational speaking, generous and all-inclusive” – Pitchfork) and collaborations with everyone from turn-up trailblazers OG Maco and ILoveMakonnen to Four Tet and Toro Y Moi were merely the prelude to JRF’s nakedly honest storytelling. Over loose, dreamlike tracks from longtime collaborator Cubby, Rome gets extra real about his struggles: his parents, his children, and their mothers… his dreams, his demons, and the drugs that may be fueling both. Even Kaytranada produced single “Dance” is an outlier, an uptempo song about escape rather than elation. Yet nothing on Jerome Raheem Fortune is a drag; over the course of 11 potent tracks, Rome Fortune presents hip hop catharsis at its most compelling. Head towards the outer limits of rap with a guide who is intimately familiar.

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Rome Fortune – Blicka Blicka [Audio]

In the most cosmic sense of the word, Rome Fortune is Atlanta’s newest star. Green-bearded and crop-topped, 6’5” in cowboy boots, he takes the stage like an eclipse and flips straighforward bars into lunar poetry. But even with such otherworldly swagger, Rome’s music connects with fans because of how powerfully (and sometimes painfully) human it really is. Jerome Raheem Fortune (out 2/26 on Fool’s Gold) is the true story of this man who fell to earth. Rome’s Beautiful Pimp mixtapes (“rap as motivational speaking, generous and all-inclusive” – Pitchfork) and collaborations with everyone from turn-up trailblazers OG Maco and ILoveMakonnen to Four Tet and Toro Y Moi were merely the prelude to JRF’s nakedly honest storytelling. Over loose, dreamlike tracks from longtime collaborator Cubby, Rome gets extra real about his struggles: his parents, his children, and their mothers… his dreams, his demons, and the drugs that may be fueling both. Even Kaytranada produced single “Dance” is an outlier, an uptempo song about escape rather than elation. Yet nothing on Jerome Raheem Fortune is a drag; over the course of 11 potent tracks, Rome Fortune presents hip hop catharsis at its most compelling. Head towards the outer limits of rap with a guide who is intimately familiar.

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