Blackalicious Is Always A Work In Progress

Beat magazine of Australia spoke with Chief Xcel of Blackalicious who commented on how quickly they began work on ‘Blazing Arrow’, their follow up to ‘Nia’. “The very first song we wrote for the album was actually the title-track, ‘Blazing Arrow’. And, we actually started working on that probably about three weeks after we left the studio after finishing ‘Nia’,” he explained. “That’s the thing with Gab and I: we’re always writing. I’m always producing, he’s always writing lyrics. There’s always work in progress, and Blackalicious is always a work in progress.”