Do D.A.T.'s Duke Ellington-themed album Oakland In Blue is about to piss on your misconceptions of what jazz and hip-hop can be. This isn't Jazzmatazz or 808-powered elevator music, this is Oakland In Blue–a dynamic reinterpretation of The Town through the lens of a master.
Do D.A.T.'s latest effort is unified by a dual focus on Oakland and Ellington. Both muses fuse a myriad of influences and are, in turn, extremely influential themselves. Oakland is nationally notorious for it's violence, but there are other facets that need to be recognized. Thankfully D.A.T. puts on for his city in a holistic manner many don't have the insight to.
Oakland In Blue features a raw and rollicking mash-up of hip-hop and swing that back Do D.A.T.'s dope delivery. D.A.T. is at the epicenter of an Oakland renaissance these days. If you only follow the Town's turf tale-tellers, then you might now be up on him, but if you've been tuned in to the East Bay's underground scene for the last 5 or 6 years then you know the wile wordsmith well.
With "Dat Dat Dat," the first single off OIB, D.A.T. creeps along a walking bassline before gassing over accelerating brass blasts and snare hits. His flow blitzes and breaks as 1-O.a.k.'s production pivots and crescendos into a anthemic hook.
Take a listen and check out D.A.T. discussing the project below. A complete album review will be coming in the next week
DL: Do D.A.T.: "Dat Dat Dat" (prod. by 1-O.a.k.)
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