It Puts the Billy Lotion in the iPod

G:TB previously told you about Aloe Blacc. You're a fool if you continue to deprive yourself of his modern take on classic soul. Go get "Good Things" immediately. If you're not careful you might get yourself laid.

Willie Evans Jr., possibly the best MC to ever come out of Jacksonville, apparently reads our posts as he recently made a (free!) album using only samples from "Good Things." He called it "Billy Lotion." I suggest you give it a listen.



My favorite track is "Rap Games," for which Evans made a video based on the Aloe Blacc video based on my TR/FD lovechild post. I would characterize it as bangin' to quite bangin'.



If this isn't enough for you, here's Willie's explanation of the story behind the origin of "Billy Lotion":

The good people over at High Water Music asked me to stop playing Tekken 6 long enough to explain/talk about Billy Lotion. Billy Lotion is essentially the product of Sucio Smash letting me hear Aloe Blacc’s most recent album and then saying “What if you made a beat cd out of this album?” After listening to (and being blown away by) the album I sat down, partook of the shrubbery and made beats. It’s pretty much that simple. This is basically a pet project that, through the magic of the ‘SucioPrism’ is now in your hard drive and hopefully on your phone/ipod/pad/blah. Please enjoy. And buy 1000 copies of my next album. I’m obligated to say that. But do it though. – Willie Evans Jr.

I only play to buy one copy of Willie's next album, "Introducin,’" which comes out on July 19th, but I think he won't mind.