Flying Lotus-RobertaFlack (feat. Dolly)
This isn’t my first time mentioning LA based producer Flying Lotus. If you can recall, I mentioned his work with Jose James on a 12” they did together. FlyLo (what he is called by his fans) is the great-newphew and cousin of Alice and Ravi Coltrane, which has a heavy influence on his production. It’s a task in itself trying to explain his genre and type of production. He is a hip hop producer but he is known to experiment with electronica, shoegaze, jazz (of course) and anything he can get his hands on.
In June 2008, FlyLo released his second LP, Los Angeles, a beautifully engineered album filled with spacey beats and soulful features. This track, “RobertaFlack”, is a neo-soul melody with hypnotic strings, soul claps and hip hop drums. Provided with vocals by Dolly, she smoothly rides on the bass line of this track. FlyLo just has a talent that can’t be denied. His production not only entertains the listener but it provokes thought and actually forces the listener to pay close attention to figure out every little detail. This album was received with high praise from music critics and made it clear that FlyLo is the most talented producer in upcoming hip hop.
-michi
