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Although Exile had currently made a name for himself in the remaining coast hip-hop picture, both within the duo Emanon (with Aloe Blacc) and by producing tracks for Jurassic 5, Kardinal Offishall, and Mobb Deep, amongst others, it wasn’t before release of his 2007 album with rapper Blu, called Below …

Delivered to Panamanian parents in LA in 1979, E. Nathaniel Dawkins (aka Aloe Blacc) initial started playing trumpet in primary school, and continuing with the device throughout senior high school. There he also separately released Imaginary Close friends, made by DJ Exile, with whom he’d go on to create the …