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As JEMS! Oakland s Elujay and Baltimore s J.Robb stretch outside the expectations of their respective projects prioritizing looseness and immediacy the jam above all. Their chemistry comes from years of collaborating performing refining ideas and tastes shared contrasting and complimenting from old school R B and hip hop to Lovers Rock and dancehall to contemporary indie ambient and the many innovative styles they ve encountered in the UK. while J.Robb s pedigree for future beats anchors their sound and Elujay writes and handles the mic the two musicians come together on the production. Songs often begin as shells that one brings to the other. As songs formed they embraced a Caribbean influence J.Robb is Bajan Elujay is Trinidadian listening to old dancehall mixtapes on YouTube and mapped out a stable of collaborators and players that skew UK based. We have a strong affinity for the UK scene they have the best artists. We ve been able to test songs out there live getting a reaction from people in London was huge Elujay adds. Not everyone has a platform to do different stuff they might be locked into one sound as a solo artist. But with this project we see it as a platform to reach out to our friends people who are fans of what we do and people we re fans of here we can showcase collaboration. With all the voices modes and colors of GEMS IN THE CORNERSTORE II the show remains distinctly Elujay and J.Robb s two artists casually making great music It s not that deep jokes J.Robb. When it comes to jams they don t overthink it.

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