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RJD2 Turns His Face Into a Drum on New Song ‘Through It All’ With Jamie Lidell

RJD2 has enlisted Jamie Lidell for a new song, 'Through It All,' the first single from the producer's next LP, 'Visions Out of Limelight.'

The track (and video) opens with RJD2 flicking his cheeks then using those “mouth water drop sounds” as a jumping off point into a song that blends the soulful and strange. Visions Out of Limelight marks RJD2’s first solo album since 2020’s The Fun Ones, though it also follows his 2022 collaborative record with STS, Escape From Sweet Auburn. The album draws on a variety of influences, from French house to bass-forward hip-hop to TV theme songs from the Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties: “I realized how incredibly composed and skillfully complex many of them were,” he said in a statement.

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