The vibe is heavenly as musician and producer Junius Bervine takes flight with the likes of James Poyser, Common and others on "Logical Concepts". Junius is known for lending his musical gift to industry heavyweights such as @common, @musiqsoulchild, @kendricklamar, @nerd & @pharrell. On these two standouts from the album, he displays beauty with a perspective of Jazz Fusion that is pleasant as a fantasy.
From D’Angelo and Erykah Badu to The Roots: The Philly producer legend, Soulquarian, and keys virtuoso shares his story plus progressive sounds of Soul on his instrumental project "Sessions Vol. 1".
"You know the story if you know Maimouna Youssef: She performed with rap duo dead prez at Dave Chappelle's block party. In 2006, she sang on The Roots' "Don't Feel Right," the lead single from the group's Game Theory album. "I Got a Man," the lead single from Youssef's The Blooming, was produced by DJ Jazzy Jeff. Most recently, she went on tour with Common as a background singer and MC.
When she was 18, Youssef recorded a track with two other Soulquarians: J Dilla—yes, that J Dilla—and producer James Poyser on a song called "We Could Be," that's just now seeing the light of day. It's one of the first songs Youssef recorded without a rap group. The beat sounds like Dilla circa 2000, during Common's Like Water for Chocolate sessions (in fact, just skip to the 4:02 mark here to see what I mean).
Clearly, this song was influenced by the prevalent neo-soul music of that time. It's carefree and easygoing, not as heavy as what she's doing now. And while it's light on depth, it's still summery and affable. Makes you wonder how a Dilla/Youssef EP would have sounded."
Spotted at Washington City Paper
Jazz-Hop takes on a new refreshing and epic vibe as the lovely vocals of Moonchild meet the powerful head-nod rhythm and piano chords of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Soulquarian Jazz musician James Poyser. This brilliant fusion combine to create a song which is very smooth and uplifting, giving the sound of Moonchild a new edge of boom-bap which retains the trio's unique identity of smooth Jazz.
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