Myka 9 & Blu, God Takes Care Of Babies & Fools

PRE ORDER => 2025 10 24
1LP - NATURE SOUNDS
2025

- Blu’s music has been championed by outlets like XXL, Pitchfork, Okayplayer, Vice, HipHopDX, NPR, and more. In recent years, he has been interviewed by Billboard, Complex, LA Weekly, Noisey, Red Bull Music Academy, and more. His music has also been featured on popular playlists like Spotify’s Jazz Rap, High Lights, and AlternaRap, and Apple Music’s BARS and Flowetry.
- Myka 9 is a member of iconic hip-hop group Freestyle Fellowship. He also is one-third of trailblazing independent trio Haiku d’Etat alongside Aceyalone and Abstract Rude, and has collaborated with artists like Talib Kweli, Cut Chemist, Prefuse 73, Busdriver, Open Mike Eagle, Pigeon John, R.A.P. Ferreira, Blueprint, Moka Only, and more.
- Blu has collaborated with prominent artists like The Roots, Logic, Miguel, Madlib, Roc Marciano, Alchemist, MF DOOM, Anderson .Paak, Kota The Friend, Aloe Blacc, Slum Village, Evidence, Flying Lotus, Kurupt, Asher Roth, and more.
- God Takes Care Of Babies & Fools is entirely produced by NYC beatsmith Mono En Stereo, who has produced tracks for De La Soul, Action Bronson, Mos Def, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Your Old Droog, Homeboy Sandman, Aesop Rock, Kurious, Fly Anakin, C-Rayz Walz, and more.
- God Takes Care Of Babies & Fools features guest appearances by Freestyle Fellowship, The Pharcyde, Planet Asia, Abstract Rude, Exile, A-F-R-O, and more.

TRACKLIST
1. Free
2. LA CA
3. B-Boys (feat. Ellay Khule)
4. Bronze Arm & Hammer (feat. Planet Asia)
5. Growing Up In L.A.
6. Crack (feat. Self Jupiter and Abstract Rude)
7. Park Bench
8. Ma’at (feat. Medusa)
9. Illohim
10. Babies & Fools (feat. A-F-R-O)
11. The Whole Universe
12. Gang Bang (feat. The Pharcyde and Freestyle Fellowship)
13. Happy (feat. Exile)
14. Battle

DESCRIPTION
A true innovator who elevated the art of rhyme to new levels of complexity, Myka 9 emerged in the early 1990s with influential Los Angeles collective Freestyle Fellowship. After the group sparked California’s underground hip-hop movement with dazzling jazz-inflected flows on two classic albums, Myka launched an ambitious solo career, further developing his singular style while working with Talib Kweli, Cut Chemist, Prefuse 73, Busdriver, Open Mike Eagle, and more. Blu took inspiration from pioneers like Freestyle Fellowship in crafting the next generation of electric lyricism, becoming a remarkably consistent presence in the modern L.A. rap scene. The talented emcee’s deep catalog includes four classics with Exile, albums produced by Evidence, Madlib, Nottz, Oh No, and more, plus collaborations with The Roots, Logic, J Dilla, Alchemist, Miguel, Kota The Friend, Roc Marciano, and others. Now, Myka 9 and Blu are joining forces for the new album God Takes Care Of Babies & Fools. “Working with my idols is always the highest honor,” Blu explains. “Myka is the God. He is so untouchable lyrically, and he can do it all because he has done it all.” The collection is entirely produced by Mono En Stereo, a renowned NYC beatmaker who has crafted music for De La Soul, Action Bronson, Mos Def, Your Old Droog, Homeboy Sandman, and more. With Mono’s organic sampler concoctions providing an ideal canvas, Blu and Myka’s rapid-fire linguistics explode into vibrant technicolor, animated by a consistent spiritual undercurrent. With an epic posse cut uniting Freestyle Fellowship and The Pharcyde plus appearances by Planet Asia, Abstract Rude, Exile, and A-F-R-O, God Takes Care Of Babies & Fools is an exhilarating collage of rap brilliance.