Boulevards
Under the name Boulevards, Jamil Rashad has put his twist on funk spanning the '60s through the '80s, drawing from the likes of James Brown, Funkadelic, Al Green, and Rick James. Working backward somewhat, the Raleigh native leaned heaviest on polished post-disco R&B for Groove! (2016) and Hurtown, USA (2017), his first two albums, and has dug into deep soul with the grittier Yadig! (2019) and even more expansive -- and Southern-rooted -- Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud (2022). Rashad's lyrics are similarly wide-scoped, covering uncomplicated good times, addiction and recovery, and racism, among other subjects.
The son of a Philly-born jazz radio DJ, Rashad developed an appreciation for many genres by listening to his parents' eclectic record collection. By his teens Rashad was writing his own rap lyrics, as well as attending punk, metal, and hardcore shows. After high school, he attended art school and played in several bands before gravitating back to his love of funk, disco, and '80s house music. Partnered with the Captured Tracks label and producers including Isaac Gálvez and Taste Nasa, Rashad delivered a self-titled EP in 2015. In 2016 he returned with Boulevards' full-length debut, Groove!, featuring the singles "Cold Call" and "Up on Your Love." The self-issued Hurtown, USA arrived the next year with Rashad refining his take on sophisticated, pop-flavored synth funk. Two years later, he returned with Yadig!, a dustier if urgent set made with songwriter/producer Russell Manning. He then linked with new collaborators Blake Rhein (of Durand Jones & the Indications) and Colin Croom (of Twin Peaks) for Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud, issued on Normaltown Records in 2022.
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Discografia
21 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud
Funk - Lançado por Normaltown Records em 11 de fev. de 2022
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Groove!
Electronic - Lançado por Captured Tracks em 1 de abr. de 2016
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Hurtown, USA
Electronic - Lançado por Don't Funk With Me em 8 de dez. de 2017
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What's Real (feat. Laura Reed)
Electronic - Lançado por Don't Funk With Me em 30 de nov. de 2017
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Better Off Dead
Funk - Lançado por Normaltown Records em 18 de nov. de 2021
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Boulevards
Electronic - Lançado por Captured Tracks em 25 de set. de 2015
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Too Far
Funk - Lançado por Do Not Funk with the groove em 2 de abr. de 2020
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Where Is Da Luv?
Funk - Lançado por Normaltown Records em 22 de out. de 2021
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Nu Burn Ave (Intercruise) [feat. Neon Indian]
Electronic - Lançado por Don't Funk With Me em 17 de out. de 2017
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Up On Your Love
Electronic - Lançado por Captured Tracks em 22 de fev. de 2016
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Cold Call
Electronic - Lançado por Captured Tracks em 19 de jan. de 2016
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Got To Go
Electronic - Lançado por Captured Tracks em 5 de ago. de 2015
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Carolina Funk: Barn Burner on Tobacco Road
Soul - Lançamento no dia 28 de jun. de 2024 por Normaltown Records
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo