{"id":91953,"date":"2015-07-20T18:14:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=91953"},"modified":"2015-07-20T18:14:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T16:14:18","slug":"video-blu-the-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-blu-the-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Blu &#8211; The Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-blu-the-return\/untitled-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?fit=1920%2C1082&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1082\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Untitled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?fit=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?fit=640%2C361&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?fit=640%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?resize=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled3.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enigmatic L.A. wordsmith <strong>Blu<\/strong> recently released <em>The Return<\/em>, a limited-edition vinyl + digital EP highlighting a standout track from his most recent album <em>Good To Be Home<\/em>. To celebrate the EP&#8217;s release, <strong>Blu<\/strong> is now debuting the official music video for <em>The Return<\/em>, complete with remixed audio and a new beat from <strong>Bombay<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p>Appropriately drenched in Cali sunshine, the video provides the perfect compliment to <strong>Bombay&#8217;s<\/strong> soulful soundbed and <strong>Blu&#8217;s<\/strong> intricate, heartfelt wordplay. <strong>Blu&#8217;s<\/strong> new EP features not only <em>The Return<\/em>, but a remix of the <em>Good To Be Home<\/em> standout <em>Rap Dope<\/em> by <strong>Haz Solo<\/strong>, assorted instrumentals, and the exclusive non-album bonus track <em>Thriller<\/em> (and the remix <em>Triller<\/em>).  <em>Thriller<\/em> features appearances from frequent <strong>Blu<\/strong> collaborators <strong>Sene, Definite<\/strong>, and <strong>Cashus King<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Order the EP now from <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/id1010788176\">iTunes<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/store.nature-sounds.net\/site\/shop\/blu-the-return\/\">Nature Sounds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E2GV7ErWNPo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enigmatic L.A. wordsmith Blu recently released The Return, a limited-edition vinyl + digital EP highlighting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"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":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-nV7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91953","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}