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Blu (15 Apr 1983 - )

Male Person - United States US rapper Johnson Barnes, of Blu & Exile

 Also known as (1)

Releases (40)

Official

Album

  1. California Soul 01 Jan 2003
  2. Open 02 Jan 2009
  3. God Is Good 01 Jan 2010
  4. Good GOD (The Bonus Songs) 03 Jan 2010
  5. The GODlee Barnes Instrumentals 03 Jan 2010
  6. TheGODleeBarnesLP Jan 2010
  7. Jesus 26 Jul 2011 (as B)
  8. NoYork! 24 Aug 2011
  9. York (Remixes) 04 Jan 2013
  10. Good to Be Home 19 May 2014
  11. The Original Color Blu(e) (Demos) 13 Jun 2021 (as blu)
  12. Other Shades of Blu(e) 14 Jun 2021
  13. The Color Blu(e) 24 Sep 2021
  14. Best Lyricist Underground (2007–2022) 07 Jan 2024 (as blu)
  15. Royal Blu 09 Feb 2024
  16. Out Of The Blue 29 Mar 2024

Album - Mixtape/Street

  1. Soul Amazing, Part Two 02 Feb 2014
  2. Soul Amazing (Part Five) 01 Jan 2015
  3. Soul Amazing (Part One) 01 Aug 2016
  4. Soul Amazing (Part Three) 03 Aug 2016
  5. Soul Amazing (Part Four) 04 Aug 2016
  6. Soul Amazing (Part Seven) 01 Aug 2017
  7. The DS Dumb Style Mixtape 01 Jan 2018

Album - Remix / Mixtape/Street

  1. No York E Mo Work (rmx Z 1.3) 17 Mar 2012

EP

  1. The Narrow Path 07 Aug 2007 (as blu)
  2. NoSleepForADay 26 Aug 2009
  3. Amnesia 14 Feb 2011
  4. HerFavoriteColo(u)r 19 Apr 2011
  5. The Clean Hand 27 Aug 2013
  6. The Return 22 Jun 2015
  7. Just a Trip 25 Sep 2020 (as blu)
  8. Notso Spooky 29 Oct 2020 (as blu)
  9. BLÜ DREAMS 11 Jan 2022 (as blu)
  10. Dreams. 15 Mar 2023 (as blu)
  11. Lifted

Promotion

Album - Mixtape/Street

  1. Lifted: The C.O.R.E. Mixtape 2006
  2. So(ul) Amazing, Part 2 08 Jan 2009

EP - Mixtape/Street

  1. HerFavoriteColo(u)r. 14 Feb 2009 unmastered

Bootleg

Album - Mixtape/Street

  1. So(ul) Amazing 04 Apr 2008
  2. UCLA 19 Feb 2012

Relationships (5)

Collaborator On

  1. Patch Adams
  2. Johnson&Jonson
  3. C.R.A.C.

Member Of

  1. All City Chess Club
  2. Blu & Exile

Recordings by (301)

  1. Intro 1:51 (01 Jan 2003)
  2. Feel Good Music 5:29 (01 Jan 2003)
  3. Hold Up 4:06 (01 Jan 2003)
  4. I Used to Love Her Too 4:57 (01 Jan 2003)
  5. Somebody Else 4:54 (01 Jan 2003)
  6. U Make Me Wanna 3:40 (2003)
  7. Wake Up Show Freestyle Exclusive 1:37 (09 Aug 2005)
  8. Pearly Gates ?:?? (2006)
  9. Another Day ?:?? (2006)
  10. The Soul Provider ?:?? (2006)
  11. Back to Basic's Hip Hop's Alarm Clock (Wake Up Show interview May 2005) ?:?? (2006)
  12. Stress Off the Chest ?:?? (2006)
  13. Sun in My Face ?:?? (2006)
  14. The Narrow Path 5:11 (07 Aug 2007)
  15. Party of 2 3:22 (07 Aug 2007)
  16. The Narrow Path (clean) 4:43 (07 Aug 2007)
  17. Party of 2 (clean) 3:22 (07 Aug 2007)
  18. The Narrow Path (instrumental) 4:43 (07 Aug 2007)
  19. Party of 2 (instrumental) 3:23 (07 Aug 2007)
  20. Mars (remix) 3:40 (01 Nov 2007)
  21. Blu Checks In 0:18 (2007)
  22. The Only Way (Hip Hop Dock-Trine exclusive) 2:13 (2007)
  23. Piece 3:17 (04 Apr 2008)
  24. Spanish Winter 3:21 (04 Apr 2008)
  25. My Boy Blu 3:45 (04 Apr 2008)
  26. Local Legends 2:20 (04 Apr 2008)
  27. Respect 2:54 (04 Apr 2008)
  28. Top5NLuv (Taking a Little Break) 1:12 (04 Apr 2008)
  29. Bad News Barnes 2:36 (04 Apr 2008)
  30. Fly (Song of Liberation) 4:09 (04 Apr 2008)
  31. All the Kings Men f. TiRon 2:48 (03 Sep 2008)
  32. Mars 2:17 (15 Dec 2008)
  33. SteelRemains(Raw) 3:12 (02 Jan 2009)
  34. Blu 1:44 (02 Jan 2009)
  35. Wake Up 4:28 (08 Jan 2009)
  36. Never Be Another Me 2:42 (08 Jan 2009)
  37. The Classy Man 3:21 (08 Jan 2009)
  38. We Got You 3:12 (08 Jan 2009)
  39. I’m Gonna Need You 3:24 (08 Jan 2009)
  40. Change (Ya World) 2:31 (08 Jan 2009)
  41. Gone 3:29 (08 Jan 2009)
  42. Nuts Hang 1:36 (08 Jan 2009)
  43. Mars (original) 2:17 (08 Jan 2009)
  44. Love 2:49 (14 Feb 2009) unmastered
  45. Amnesia 2:58 (14 Feb 2009) unmastered
  46. Since 2:28 (14 Feb 2009) unmastered
  47. Morning 2:53 (14 Feb 2009) unmastered
  48. Melo 1:20 (14 Feb 2009) unmastered
  49. Wind(terludeOne) 1:56 (14 Feb 2009) unmastered
  50. When(terludeTwo) 1:16 (14 Feb 2009) unmastered
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On Recordings (23)

Performer

  1. Ghetto Infection 3:40 L’s, Ras Kass, Daz Dillinger, Blu & Sin (07 Jun 2005)
  2. Old Souls 4:11 The Grouch & Eligh feat. Blu (21 Apr 2009)
  3. Therapy 5:22 The Alchemist feat. Evidence, Blu, Talib Kweli & Kid Cudi (07 Jul 2009)
  4. PAID 2:31 14KT feat. Blu (27 Aug 2013)
  5. The Return 2017 5:08 L’s feat. Mona Lisa & Blu (07 Feb 2017)

Vocals

  1. Mars (remix) 3:40 Blu (01 Nov 2007)
  2. Sun in My Face 3:14 J Dilla feat. Blu & Jontel (2007) guest
  3. Vibrate 4:00 Dela feat. Blu (03 Sep 2008) guest
  4. Mars 2:17 Blu (15 Dec 2008)
  5. Changes of Atmosphere 14:58 Dela (2008) guest
  6. Smoke 2:08 J Dilla feat. Blu (02 Jun 2009)
  7. The Day 3:44 The Roots feat. Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash (21 Jun 2010) guest
  8. Radio Daze 4:16 The Roots feat. Blu, Porn & Dice Raw (21 Jun 2010) guest
  9. Lucy’s & Looseleafs 5:32 Dela feat. Blu (30 Mar 2011)
  10. WhatUWanna (remix) 5:20 Dela feat. Blu (30 Mar 2011)
  11. WhatUWanna (DJ Spinna remix) 3:58 Dela feat. Blu (30 Mar 2011)
  12. Alone 3:28 L’Orange feat. Blu (25 Nov 2012) guest, lead vocals
  13. The Morning 3:49 CunninLynguists feat. Blu & Psalm One (01 Apr 2014) guest
  14. Loads 3:09 Homeboy Sandman (02 Sep 2014) guest
  15. This New World 3:29 L’Orange & Kool Keith feat. Blu, Montage One & DJ Trackstar (24 Jul 2015) guest

Produced

  1. Atlantis 2:28 Homeboy Sandman (03 Jun 2014)
  2. Crack Party 2:41 Fatlip & Blu feat. J-Ro, Akil the MC, Money-B, Opio & Del the Funky Homosapien (29 Apr 2022)
  3. The Fronts 0:42 Fatlip & Blu (29 Apr 2022)

Credited as (723)

  1. Blu
  2. Blu & Exile
  3. Blu, Freddie Gibbs & Homeboy Sandman
  4. Sene & Blu
  5. 9th Wonder feat. Blu & Sundown
  6. Gonjasufi feat. Blu
  7. The Roots feat. Blu, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
  8. The Roots feat. Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash
  9. Gonjasufi With Blu
  10. Exile feat. Blu
  11. Roc C feat. Rapper Big Pooh & Blu
  12. Blu & Sene
  13. TheEnd
  14. Sepalot feat. Blu
  15. Move.Meant feat. Blu & Trek Life
  16. The Alchemist feat. Evidence, Blu, Talib Kweli & Kid Cudi
  17. MED feat. Blu
  18. Bilal feat. Blu
  19. Evidence feat. Phonte, Blu & will.i.am
  20. Blu feat. MED & Jimetta Rose
  21. Blu feat. MED & Jack Spade
  22. Blu feat. Bub Watts, Swheatpee & Lil Stoney
  23. Blu feat. Co$$
  24. Blu feat. MeLa Machinko
  25. María José feat. Blu
  26. The Roots feat. Blu, Porn & Dice Raw
  27. Blu feat. Sa-Ra & Nola Darling
  28. Blu feat. U‐God
  29. Blu feat. Jack Davey
  30. Blu feat. Suzi Analogue
  31. Blu feat. Chop, Cherry Pop & Tiombe Lockhart
  32. Blu feat. Exile
  33. Blu feat. Jimetta Rose
  34. Blu feat. Nia Andrews
  35. Blu feat. Andy Allo
  36. Blu feat. Edan
  37. J. Period feat. J Dilla, Blu, Porn & Black Thought
  38. J. Period feat. Blu & The Roots
  39. Miss Jack Davey & Blu
  40. Polyester, Miss Jack Davey, Diz Gibran, Dom Kennedy, Blu & Shawn Chrystopher
  41. Flying Lotus feat. Blu
  42. Keelay and Zaire feat. Blu, Fortilive, & Nino Moschella
  43. Oh No feat. Blu & MED
  44. Danny! feat. Lil B & Blu
  45. Blu feat. Chop, Brooker T & Tiombe Lockhart
  46. Sene b/w Blu
  47. Sene with Blu
  48. kidkanevil feat. Kissey Asplund & Blu
  49. Talib Kweli feat. Joell Ortiz, Nina Sky and Blu
  50. Blu feat. Move.meant & Trek Life
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Works (11)

Wrote

  1. Radio Daze
  2. The Day

Lyrics

  1. WhatUWanna (remix)
  2. Vibrate
  3. Vibrate (remix)
  4. Mars (remix)
  5. Mars
  6. Lucy’s & Looseleafs
  7. WhatUWanna
  8. WhatUWanna (DJ Spinna remix)
  9. The Morning

Links (16)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011162328
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/blu_f1
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1082524808
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011162328

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Blu

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/106109

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1235274
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/80569

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002329860

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/187128937

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885529

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/375382
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KeJhR0ENFviw187pD4LPT

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3882319

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blu/22457324399

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/herfavcolor