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Not really averse to ignoring hip-hop conventions, LA upstart MC Blu (Johnson Barnes) and offbeat maker/rapper Ta’Raach (Terrell McMathis), a Detroit-to-L.A. transplant, started collaborating as C.R.A.C (pronounced “crass”) in 2005. Blu and Ta’Raach had been both labelmates at L.A. indie Sound In Color and fulfilled while documenting their respective tasks. …

A veteran MC and beatsmith of Detroit’s hip-hop underground, Ta’Raach (aka Does not have) devote a whole lot of function during the period of the ’90s and early 2000s, producing and executing on countless paths which have become uncommon niceties due to market politics in his hometown. Although he was …

Along with his cool-headed SoCal demeanor and everyman charisma, Blu was championed in the onset of his documenting career when he collaborated with Emanon DJ/producer Exile for the highly acclaimed LP Below the Heavens (2007). Created Johnson Barnes in Inglewood, California, Blu, whose stepfather was a pastor, was affected by …