Blood Orange "Essex Honey" 2024-10-25 DJ Quik is a giant

DJ Quik is a giant of West Coast hip-hop

1st Time On Vinyl

except this time the venues were huge and mostly sold-out

"Everything is way personal

It chronicles Mellencamp's historic free tour in 2000 when he performed on street corners and in public parks across the country

Blood Orange "Essex Honey" 2024-10-25 DJ Quik is a giantThe new album is titled Essex Honey. It explores themes of family grief, England, and the healing, communal power of music throughout a lifetime. Lyrically, the album is diaristic yet communal, existing in the haze of memory that often follows a loss. Musically, this is reflected sonically through analog recordings, recurring cello motifs, nods to earlier Blood Orange projects, and various musical interpolations from Hynes' youth. Sonically, the album