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He has announced that, for the first time on a KRIT project, a bulk of the production for Cadillactica will be done by a producer other than KRIT himself

It was just on his most recent mixtape that he first delegated even a song to another producer, but this is sure to push KRIT into a new lane creatively. He will still handle the majority of the production though, so the signature sound will remain

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KRIT has been touring consistently since April 2013, most recently opening for Macklemore

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KRIT takes a rather liberal approach to releasing his music for free, seeing as he dropped four “free albums" which were certainly high-quality enough to sell for money. But, as he says in “King Pt. 3”:

I don’t care if you paid for mine, I’m just hoping that you listen

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When the Week of KRIT started, it had been nearly a year since KRIT dropped anything proper, with his last release – King Remembered In Time – coming on April 10, 2013

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KRIT spoke to RevoltTV about “Blak and Blu,” his collaboration with Clark, before Clark won his Grammy. KRIT told them:

I think it’s the amount of soul that’s in our music – there’s a kind of humbleness to it. Letting the music speak for itself and being thankful and grateful for what we have. Trying to make the kind of music that people can relate to. That Southern hospitality.

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KRIT continues the buzzard metaphor of the last line: privately, people will be like the nicest of love birds, but when in front of other people – when it counts – they’ll attack you, showing their true colors

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Kendrick Lamar said it best:

I know some rappers using big words to make their similes curve
My simplest shit be more pivotal

Also a play on figurative language as he uses alliteration just prior to stating how he’s not into similes.

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KRIT has been developing an interesting alter ego as a pimp recently, which is interesting when juxtaposed with his more humble, Christian voice

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KRIT uses a phrase popularized by classic Southern group Outkast to ask what makes you special that you won’t turn out like even Caesar, the great general, did?

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