TSB on executive producing J Hus’s B.A.B.Y., and just what the hell an executive producer does
thefader.comIn an era of the social media drip of snippets and IG Live previews, big ticket album releases right now can feel like the full stop on a conversation that began months (or maybe even years) prior.
J Hus is different, though. Through a combination of lengthy absences from the spotlight and a refreshing musical unpredictability, his albums still feel like events that demand more discussion.
His 2017 debut Common Sense marked the arrival of a thoroughly modern artist, one capable of filtering the diasporic sounds of his London upbringing, including Afrobeats, drill, and grime, into something unique and bespoke.
Big Conspiracy arrived three years later and offered an insight into the mind of an artist who had achieved musical success (Common Sense went top 10 in the U.K.
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