Thursday, January 13, 2011

Blitz the Ambassador blends distinctly African sounds like highlife and Afrobeat with the boom-bap of classic hip hop

Ghanaian-American artist Blitz the Ambassador blends distinctly African sounds like highlife and Afrobeat with the boom-bap of classic hip hop, making him a genuine, genre-bending innovator.

Blitz's six-piece, brass-heavy band, Embassy Ensemble, provides the unmistakable sonic backbone. Grammy Award-winning J. Ivy, hip hop poet par excellence, adds the verbal pyrotechnics throughout the APOLLO MUSIC CAFÉ performance.

Click here for a new released sample of Blitz the Ambassador. After reading his biography, scroll down for genuine hip hop.