This came out a few years ago, but you probably didn’t hear it. I was on a bus with DJ Ese on our way to Boston to open up for Mr. Lif, and he gave me his ear buds and played me this song. I remember telling him that he should try to sign these guys, but it ended up not working out.

E-Dot and Darp Malone are Hero. And back in 2007 they described this as “grown-folk music” (that is, hip hop created by grown folk who understand that their experiences and mature points of view could actually serve as a BENEFIT to the musical and cultural landscape of the music).

This was the direction that adult-oriented hip hop could have taken / could still take (God willing).