Bilal

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2010

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Bilal is a jazz and soul singer based in New York. His second album, Airtight's Revenge, was just released. He's worked with artists from Jay-Z and Dr. Dre to Common and DJ Premier.

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0:58.1	My guest is the Soul and Jazz singer, Palau.
1:01.2	His first album came out almost 10 years ago, but when artists like Jay-Z and Dr. Dre
1:06.0	are looking for that perfect classic soul voice, something with a little bit of the lightness
1:12.2	and agility of jazz, but also the torn emotional qualities of soul.
1:18.7	They call Palau.
1:20.4	After years of label problems, Palau has finally followed up his first record with a new one
1:26.0	called Air Tights Revenge.
1:28.2	Before I talk to Palau, let's hear his hit record, Soul Sista, from his first album,
1:33.0	First Born Second.
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