"This is A&Rville." Perhaps because that sounds so foreign to K.R.I.T., he builds a world here that mines familiar territory: Otis Redding songs, Ray Charles live recordings, Erykah Badu's more plaintive runs. "You're in the mainstream," the man who finds him says. The title track closes with a sketch in which our hero crash-lands somewhere strange. addresses his move from the world of entrepreneurship to the roster of a multinational company early on. It's all stoked hopes for Live From the Underground, his major-label debut. Bun B and Ludacris," landed him radio play. Wuz Here, turned critics' heads, while a remix of one of its songs, "Country S- Feat. Many of his elders have supported him, appearing on tracks and publicly expressing their fandom. The lineage to which he lays claim - OutKast, UGK, 8-Ball & MJG - is one over which most rap fans still linger. K.R.I.T.'s by-the-bootstraps backstory lends the man born Justin Scott the sort of all-American appeal many seek in a rap musician. And he didn't emerge from one of the usual Third Coast rap incubators, like Atlanta, Houston or Memphis he's from Meridian, Miss. He crafts it all by himself - he's the most recent rapper given a healthy helping of credit for both producing his beats and writing his rhymes. makes thick, melodic hip-hop with a Southern twang. Big K.R.I.T.'s new album, Live From the Underground, comes out June 5.Īudio for this feature is no longer available.īig K.R.I.T.
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