Namir Blade
Nashville-based musician Namir Blade makes self-reflective yet surrealist hip-hop that draws from his own experiences as well as science fiction and video games. He first received national attention for his mellow, introspective 2020 release Aphelion's Traveling Circus, then collaborated with producer L'Orange on the following year's bluesy, psychedelic Imaginary Everything. The complex, dystopian Metropolis arrived in 2022.
Namir Blade was born in Milwaukee and raised in Nashville. He started experimenting with music-making as a child, forming a rap crew by the time he was in middle school in addition to making video game-inspired beats, and later learning guitar and making lo-fi indie folk. Eventually he circled back to hip-hop, releasing the 2013 mixtape ScatterbRAIN under the moniker Rain before going by his own name. His subsequent output included house tracks, the imaginary video game soundtrack O.S.T Worlds and Dreams, Vol. 1 (2018), Flying Lotus-inspired instrumental hip-hop, and futuristic R&B. Aphelion's Traveling Circus, a self-produced full-length mixing introspection with dystopian fantasy, was released by Mello Music Group in 2020. Blade then collaborated with elusive beatmaker L'Orange, resulting in the raw, trippy Imaginary Everything. The album appeared in May 2021, with guest features by Quelle Chris, Fly Anakin, and Jordan Webb. Blade's self-produced, home-recorded Metropolis was released in 2022, blending introspective lyrics with cyberpunk-inspired imagery.
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Discographie
12 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Imaginary Everything
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Mello Music Group le 7 mai 2021
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Aphelion's Traveling Circus
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Mello Music Group le 18 sept. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Corner Store Scandal
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Mello Music Group le 16 mars 2021
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Imaginary Everything
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Mello Music Group le 21 avr. 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Point to Point (feat. Quelle Chris)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Mello Music Group le 6 avr. 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mephisto
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Mello Music Group le 12 mai 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Head
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Mello Music Group le 20 août 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Doing Well, Fuck Your Life
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Mello Music Group le 25 août 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo