A-F-R-O — the Bellflower, California MC born Jamal Gutierrez and long championed by R.A. the Rugged Man — takes on a Jay Dee production with the kind of quiet confidence that comes from knowing exactly how dense his syllabic architecture is. On "MAN 101," his multi-syllable stacking finds a natural home in Dilla's famously loose, off-the-grid drum programming: two approaches to precision that operate from opposite angles, and the friction between them is where the track lives. Proceeds from the release support the J Dilla Foundation, grounding the tribute in something more than reverence.
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