{"id":155408,"date":"2021-08-31T09:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T07:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=155408"},"modified":"2021-08-31T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T07:05:45","slug":"gift-of-gab-vice-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/gift-of-gab-vice-grip\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Of Gab &#8211; Vice Grip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VB9efKGppqY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When iconic emcee <strong>Gift of Gab <\/strong>passed away on June 18, 2021, he left behind not only an impressive legacy of music as one-half of <strong>Blackalicious<\/strong> and his own solo material but also a wealth of unreleased music, which includes <em>Finding Inspiration Somehow<\/em>, an album originally scheduled for release this summer but was moved to September 10, 2021 due to his untimely death. <em>Vice Grip<\/em> is the first single from this posthumous album via<strong> Nature Sounds Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"155409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/gift-of-gab-vice-grip\/screenshot-2021-08-31-at-10-03-58\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-10.03.58.png?fit=1430%2C986&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1430,986\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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