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"Gary Clark Jr. is offering a new spin on his 2012 album Blak and Blu, revisiting the tracks on a mixtape with help from Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli and others.\r\nGary Clark Jr.: The Chosen One\r\nThe blues-rock guitar hero offered the first glimpse of&amp;#xA0;Blak and Blu: The Mixtape&amp;#xA0;a few months ago when he released Big K.R.I.T&amp;apos;.&amp;apos;s remix of the title track. The full mixtape, presented by DJ and producer D-Nice, also features an additional Big K.R.I.T. remix of &amp;quot;When My Train Pulls Up,&amp;quot; a remix of &amp;quot;The Life&amp;quot; by jazz pianist and producer Robert Glasper, a reworking of &amp;quot;Bright Lights&amp;quot; featuring Talib Kweli, a version of &amp;quot;Numb&amp;quot; with Bilal and &amp;quot;Please Come Home&amp;quot; with vocals by singer-songwriter Alice Smith. There&amp;apos;s also a new track called &amp;quot;Soul.&amp;quot;\r\nWith Blak and Blu: The Mixtape, Clark is upping the ante on the diverse array of sounds and influences that were already present on Blak and Blu.&amp;quot;If it were up to everybody else, I would do Hendrix covers all the time,&amp;quot; Clark told Rolling Stone last year as he defended the directions he took on the album. &amp;quot;I saw this comment from somebody online the other day, saying, &amp;apos;We need you to play more Chicago or Louisiana blues &amp;#x2013; we want the raw shit.&amp;apos; Well, I&amp;apos;m not from Chicago or from Louisiana. I&amp;apos;m not from that time period. . . . So why am I going to pretend? I&amp;apos;m not some poor kid who grew up in the middle of nothing.&amp;quot;\r\nYou can download or stream the mixtape here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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