Armed with little more than his father's extensive record collection of jazz, soul, psychedelic rock, folk, comedy, and a Kurzweil 2000 keyboard, Black Spade's music is a melting pot of sounds hailing from St. Louis by way of NY, Detroit, LA, and everywhere that hip-hop has carved a distinctive and influential sound for itself. Spade's one-man team approach is full of burbling synths and off-kilter drums while his voice slides smoothly over choruses coated in multi-tracked vocals and skipping, roughshod dr...   [ read more ]

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Among most hardcore hip-hop fans, St. Louis has gotten a bad rep. The city to produce Nelly and the St. Lunatics, Da Lou has become synonymous with candy rap -- the most radio-friendly, poppy version of the genre -- as well as the feverish strip-club anthems offered by the likes of Chingy. Black Spade is out to change all that. A former member of Soul Tyde, a St. Louis-based collective whose only release, Hip-Hop and Soulful...Ish, generated a local buzz due to its eclectic incorporation ...   [ read more ]

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Among most hardcore hip-hop fans, St. Louis has gotten a bad rep. The city to produce Nelly and the St. Lunatics, Da Lou has become synonymous with candy rap -- the most radio-friendly, poppy version of the genre -- as well as the feverish strip-club anthems offered by the likes of Chingy. Black Spade is out to change all that. A former member of Soul Tyde, a St. Louis-based collective whose only release, Hip-Hop and Soulful...Ish, generated a local buzz due to its eclectic incorporation ...   [ read more ]

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