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Brooklyn-basedProducer/MC J.Bless and Oakland, California-based front-man MC/SingerSeasunz combine production and vocal talents to create a unique brandof jazz, soul and reggae influenced hip-hop in their firstcollaborative album. J.Bless has produced and recorded extensively withthe Maspyke crew [Bukarance Records]. J.Bless’ work has also beenfeatured on various compilations, including the recent track “SpeakingWith Rhymes (Dub)” off Basement Soul – Volume 1 [UniqueUncut Records,England], which is currently being charted on various radio shows inthe US and Europe. Frontman emcee and vocalist Seasunz is also part ofthe acclaimed Bay Area hip-hop/reggae group, the Wisdom Creations Band[Wisdom Creations], which tours extensively throughout the West Coast,performing with the likes of KRS-One and VP Records reggae artistsAnthony B. and Warrior King. Seasunz has also collaborated with BayArea breaks DJ and Producer Lorin Bassnectar on various recordings andperformances. Guest spots on the album include Tableek of Maspyke[Bukarance Records], Emilio Rojas a/k/a Raks One [Wax Reform], WesRestless of the Chicago-based group Dynamic Vibrations, andmulti-instrumentalist Gordon Rubin on sax and flute.

Whenone sees the phrase hip-hop hybrid, the question arises: "what's theother half?" For J. Bless & Seasunz, it's soul music, so one mighthear a bit of Mos Def, Slum Village, The Roots, The Pharcyde, or NubianM.O.B. in their style. Together, they go by the name Solar Stereo, andwith tracks such as "Song For Artists", "Break Silence", and "LongRoad", they're a group that play around with the concept of duality.One MC comes from Oakland, the other from Brooklyn, so that's anotherhybrid to add to their mix. They talk about life, true life, not amanufactured Hollywood motion picture, and in terms of metaphors, theseguys got it like New Kids. You want to worship the notebooks they writein, but one feels a bit intimidated by doing so. They are easy going,don't mind slapping people around subliminally, and the listener wantsto pack a few things to be able to follow their paths of rhythm. Thealbum is formatted well, never any B.S. or fluff, just pure, qualityhip-hop.