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Eddie Romero

by Sulu and Excelsior

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Luckystar8 If Marvin were Latino (and still alive), he'd have much to fear from Sr. Mallorca. Sulu and Excelsior have a silky smooth sound and a ground groove, reminiscent of Gaye's and Hathaway's later years. The rap breakdown adds a modern twist. Too bad I was only able to get the 45, but I eagerly await the next release. Favorite track: Misery Luv.
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Noah Wilson A refined, unique, and sophisticated mix of soul, jazz, pop, and hip hop. There are truly no other albums like this on Bandcamp. One-of-a-kind. Vinyl, please! Favorite track: Going Rouge.
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I met a girl who always played a part of the silver screen She’d always feign she’s startled And when she’d cut, she’d ask directions for her scene “What does it mean?” Shall I croon or shall I spit Shall I make them all swoon With all the rhymes that I commit And if the lines I will forget I can take it off the top Even for a little bit Shall I spit or shall I croon My mind is saying later But my heart is saying soon Set my phrases on stun The listener's in peril The cinematic flair Eddie Romero
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VERSE 1 Gone my love? Is that a possibility? I’m not amazed that you gave up so easily. Lost our way? Not a kiss found the one. It’s not a plan, but am I secondhand to none? CHORUS I considered that first. But it may be up to you to make it worse. I considered that first. But it may be up to you to make it hurt. VERSE 2 Listen to them run. Let ‘em run, fly away. It’s all made from what you meant to really say. All I want, maybe stuff, maybe love. It’s not a plan, but I’m the man you’re thinking of. VERSE 3 Four octaves pass and I never mind I'm the bass you're the treble and you even might find That I’m gonna stick around whether high or low. And the bliss you dismiss cuz it’s kinda slow. So now I think it’s up to you tell me how it works I’m a masochist fixed when it comes the knix quirks. So I stick around town until you moving on. Tell me if you need directions. END VAMP By the haze of neon lights, faults of memories in your eyes and baby when you realize, your mind will let it go.
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Chorus I just made the news today it seems that we've passed our way Lives aren't made to be forgotten Lies aren't what we are We've all done better things than make mistakes on our watch. Verse 1 I tend to pretend that my pretense is a grievance when I turn around and look in disbelievement Cuz the eulogy is premature So I'm sure I don't believe in this bereavement So don't bury me Found a new clarity Say it with sincerity I'm back Fact- Sulu take the conn Got my own starship, the microphone is on. Let me take you to the set yell "action" but I'm never playing the factions and fractions all about division taking the Excelsior to 60s television Precision's gonna make it Set the navigation, got the go, can't fake it. Instead of making marks they're making bios ready-made obituary, time to hit dials. Chorus Verse 2 Binary outlook on my life has got me hesitant no matter what is evident Rocking older lyrics, shout to the past cause the past is setting precedent We never want to forget so I turn to go get the obit People gonna sweat so the try to omit the stuff that don't fit now the narrative's legit But the truth is gonna find you hide and seek engine always will remind you If I liked a lyric that I heard once Gonna hear it again and you're knowing that the hunt's never called off, so you've gotta keep searching set the course try to be a sound merchant for meaning, life can be demeaning write my own story with a truth in the dreaming Chorus Bridge I don't pay these fools no heed Find the way in what in what I bleed Shine a light on what I say don't let 'em make me news Chorus
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Dam Foos 04:02 video
The farther we go, it’s harder to see whether we made decisions honestly. Your mother told same lies. Father did too. Got out of hand and out of sight too. Damn me. Damn you. Damn fools. The night that we reap, we might have to sow How can we make our loving honestly Now that it’s our time. Now that it’s on Making it worth a lot more than us. Damn me. Damn you. Damn fools. Could it be I’m to the last to the place Ride to the door and ask to her face Pass on the left the only way to stop, drive to the point last in the race. Had to have a taste. Chaste and I watch. Head to the road in haste and we’re lost. Can we ever seize what passed? Fast in velocity, can’t grasp. So we kiss. Can it hide the pain? Sorta like a wince masked in the brain try not to think that we can get caught fought the whole time still we get taught absolutely nothing in a way hesitation has really funny way take us on a crazy pipe dream strange universe, amazing life seems Get far. Keep going. Getting close, who’s knowing when we ever make a pitstop, only way we’re ever gonna get stopped. road never ends, fuel’s never not you just pretend, who’d ever thought too close to ever get so far heading to the sunset’s so far Blame it on me 'cause I have to go. Maybe it’s easier to leave in peace. But I can’t escape you. Nor can you me. Chained up indeed now that I’ve seen. Damn me. Damn you. Damn fools. Damn fools, don't try.
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Away Home 04:37
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Misery Luv 04:17
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Memory Bank 03:53
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Anonymity 03:54
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Nada Man 03:58
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Going Rouge 05:08
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Shall I croon or shall I spit Shall I make them all swoon With all the rhymes that I commit And if the lines I will forget I can take it off the top Even for a little bit Shall I spit or shall I croon My mind is saying later But my heart is saying soon Set my phrases on stun The listener's in peril The cinematic flair Eddie Romero Open up the scene on a tight shot of eyes On a baby realize that its sulu and he isn't making cries A surprise- he's rocking both sides of the mic And he's making all the decibels spike temporal mechanics - rhyme about the feat of time travel on a b-movie set I watch the plot unravel and all that matters is that you got keep creating teeny bop to Pam Grier Manila celebrating output creative, always play the prequel black and white mama rock the twilight to the people even Q and Rob Rod sweat the style, that’s influence teach to the student serving rhymes and never serving truants I’m calling to the engineer to find another story of a hard-fought battle of the people that’s before me. Collar that’s blue rise the ranks to the bridge and a story that can never be abridged. Ever since the days of Augusta Boulevard the west side chi had a luster All because the Non blood familial cluster Found Saint Ane's and they fought off the bluster Of second City winter brain drain waves as the only way to enter a land where you're viewed as competition Feeling like an alien upon the expedition face the Extradition Beaming up a family petitioned Listen malfunction is gonna happen with the warp drive gift of the gab never stopping the apartheid rolling up on these shores hope your kids will see more learn the new speak ditch the old and you’ll be more a to the double s i “am I elated” a flawed way of processing the data and it’s weighted translator droid always needed for the matters and the diplomatic chatters seek an apparatus to spit or to croon, might love you might fight set coordinates excelsior’s upon a night flight shade’s always thrown when standing in a bright light New waver to the York and I’ma burn the mic right hit the bank of the memory, the past to the future put it on a chip, I sew it up with a suture Excelsior launch, universe never sterile. Rock the cinematic flair Eddie Romero
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"A fantastic debut from Sulu & Excelsior, who have this really unique way of blending together old soul modes with a contemporary hip hop crackle! There's a sweet soul vocal style to many of the lyrics – in keeping with the vibe of the cover image – but the instrumentation is often built from programs and samples – all nice and warm, and very soulful, but quite different than if the record was served up by a live combo! Some moments almost recall the best production work by Adrian Younge – especially in the way that classic and current resonate at once – but these guys are also very much their own act lyrically, with songs that really stand out from the pack." - Dusty Groove

"A really fantastic little single – the kind of cut that should become a classic, if there was any justice at all in the world! "Up To You" has these romping drums throughout, balanced by a nicely dipping bassline – while sweet soul lyrics soar over the top of the song with a hook that's completely compelling!" - Dusty Groove

"The soulfulness of Sulu and Excelsior will be what envelops you initially but then it’s the groove that will have your head nodding along with the track, or have you shaking that ass....The end result would become Sulu and Excelsior’s album Eddie Romero...which will force listeners to hit that repeat button over and over again." - Ghettoblaster Magazine

"The genius hand of Steve Mallorca... he sings and plays every instrument - and channels "What's Going On?" era Marvin Gaye along with early 90's hip-hop for a truly unique album blending gorgeous melodies with some funky boom-bap and rough edge flow underneath...Check it out - highly recommended!" - Total Sonic Media

"The track “Up To You” has Sulu crooning over serious upbeat soul drums with haunting organ behind and a driving bass line that will no doubt get them dancing. Harmonies all around, Sulu has some influences near and dear to him, and when he drops the mic to spit a rhyme, you see the extent of his musical abilities. The horn stabs are killer too, Mr. Sulu plays the hell of that trumpet as well. This is definitely fresh, genre bending long player no doubt." - Flea Market Funk

Voted in Top 10 Albums of 2016 by Il Manifesto, The Witzard.

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released October 14, 2016

Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by Steven E. Mallorca
All vocals and instruments performed by Steven E. Mallorca

Album Art by John Wong

Recorded and mixed at Slow Jam King Uptown Studios, New York, NY by Steven E. Mallorca
Mastered at Total Sonic Media, Austin TX by Steve Berson

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SULU AND EXCELSIOR is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist/rapper/singer Steven E. Mallorca, aka Sulu, who plays all the instruments and vocal performances with influences that span 40s and 50s jazz, 60s and 70s soul, and 80s and 90s hip-hop.

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