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SoulChef & Uptown Swuite - Bless The Child a 2022 single on SoulSwuite Music.

New Zealand-based rapper SoulChef has been churning out soul and jazz-inspired hip-hop for well over a decade now, starting with 2010\\u2019s Escapism. He focuses on invoking serenity through his thoughtful lyricism, meticulous productions, and head-bopping beats. He\\u2019s also an endeared collaborator.

For one of his latest singles, \\u201cBless The Child,\\u201d SoulChef teams up with Bay Area-bred rapper and member of the Digital Martyrs collective Uptown Swuite, for a breezy jam steeped in nostalgia. In the song, the rappers forgive their former adolescent selves for their mistakes since it\\u2019s not their fault they were products of broken homes.

This isn\\u2019t the first time the two have worked together. In 2020 the duo dropped the collaborative album SoulSwuite. At the time, Uptown Swuite told HipHopDX this about their relationship:

\\u201cSoul Chef and I are of Samoan descent. Although I reside in California and Chef lives in New Zealand, New Zealand is like my second home. I used to live there and have real strong roots in the music/Hip Hop community of New Zealand. With this album, we really just wanted to capture the Samoan experience all around via our eyes \\u2014 whether it be a Samoan living in California, New Zealand or even the motherland Samoa/American Samoa.\\u201d

Watch the video for \\u201cBless the Child,\\u201d directed by Digital Martyrs, and read the full post at KEXP.org.

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