Fans of the “BTSU” and “Jasmine” creator lost their minds this weekend when an ‘album’ from Jai Paul mysteriously appeared on Bandcamp. After practically crashing servers globally with a perceived legitimate project release, the XL records signed producer and artist took to twitter moments ago to clarify the situation… To confirm: demos on bandcamp were [...]
April 15, 2013
Verse
Music News, Soul/R&B/Alt
Yesterday out of the blue, Jai Paul uploaded what many are dubbing his debut album to his Bandcamp page. The collection of 16 untitled tracks have been made available for you to stream or download for £7, and include the underground classic “BTSU” and a mastered version of ”Jasmine”. No word from Jai Paul or his label XL Records [...]
Here’s “Higher Res“, one of the deluxe edition tracks from Big Boi‘s Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors, which so far has spawned an eclectic mix of musical styles. [...]
December 10, 2012
Sam Gould
Hip Hop, Music, New Music
Since “BTSU” took the blogs by storm over two years ago, we’ve heard just one track from the enigmatic producer and vocalist Jai Paul. Whilst “Jasmine“, which dropped earlier this year, was another promising taste of what he has to offer, the XL Recordings artist followed it with a return to the shadows. Until now… [...]
November 26, 2012
Sam Gould
Music, New Music, Soul/R&B/Alt
One of my favourite (and hopefully yours, too) UK emcees Franklyn Music makes a return to SoulCulture today with a fresh new track, “Jasmine”. This new delivery follows up to the lyric video for “Williams Wordsworth“, and maintains every measure of lyrical integrity from the prior release. Jai Paul‘s original of the same name serves [...]
May 17, 2012
Andy Bustard
Hip Hop, New Music
It’s been a while since we heard from British singer & producer Jai Paul whose name may not be familiar to most, but his sounds definitely are, as his 2010 release “BTSTU” was sampled on both Drake‘s “Dreams Money Can Buy” and Beyonce‘s “End Of Time”. [...]
March 31, 2012
Cheyenne Davis
Music, New Music