Mojoe
Classic.Ghetto.Soul
Music World
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The Lone Star State is something like a Petri dish, culturing a duo of super soulful MCs that comprise the group Mojoe. With the release of Classic.Ghetto.Soul, Easy Lee and Tre along with the Mojoe Family Band issue an album chock full of soul, jazz, blues, funk and hip-hop. The group presents an incorporated musical experience, where all of those individual genres blend together. It’s as down home as Uncle Ben’s when you just add water. But in this case, you just gotta hit play.
It would be easy to expound upon the phenomenal sounds of Mojoe’s music and pick apart the duo’s lyrical content. But Easy Lee and Tre prove they can flip their flows just as easily as they can croon their hooks. Their songs hold depth, like the message behind “True Jewels.” It brings home the idea that these cats are not in this for the stardom, and work hard to hone their craft. In their words, “While you shine, I’ll grind.”
In their press biography, Mojoe are described as “the Roots meet OutKast over dinner with Marvin Gaye at D’Angelo’s house.” However, comparing Mojoe with such musical monoliths at this stage in their career might be a bit premature. The “Ghetto.Soul” part of the title holds true, but time will tell whether or not the album is a classic. In the meantime take Classic.Ghetto.Soul as Mojoe intended, and enjoy it.
— James O’Connor
