{"id":227328,"date":"2026-05-15T10:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=227328"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:11:20","slug":"valid-kool-keith-release-once-in-a-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/valid-kool-keith-release-once-in-a-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Valid &#038; Kool Keith release &#8220;Once In A Blue&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aqYfv8TwNFo?si=5tnXJRgPvWWMIQKT\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Detroit\u2019s own <strong>Valid<\/strong> links up with the legendary<strong> Kool Keith<\/strong> \u2014 Black Elvis, Ultramagnetic MC, Dr. Octagon, hip-hop\u2019s most unpredictable mind \u2014 for a laid-back anthem made for the occasional toker. <strong>The Simple Cuts<\/strong> production breathes, giving both MCs room to shine in their own lane. Roll one up, press play, and let it ride.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"227329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/valid-kool-keith-release-once-in-a-blue\/valid-kool-keith-once-in-a-blue-artwork\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Valid-Kool-Keith-Once-In-A-Blue-Artwork.jpg?fit=2183%2C2183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2183,2183\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Valid &amp;#038; Kool Keith &amp;#8211; Once In A Blue Artwork\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Valid-Kool-Keith-Once-In-A-Blue-Artwork.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-227329\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Valid-Kool-Keith-Once-In-A-Blue-Artwork.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Detroit\u2019s own Valid links up with the legendary Kool Keith \u2014 Black Elvis, Ultramagnetic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-X8A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227330,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227328\/revisions\/227330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}