专辑简介

Bobby Blain’s first love in music was with percussion. From banging on pots and pans as a kid to hammering away on the desks at school, Blain was always getting into trouble for making noise. He turned that noise into music while he played drums in a rock band called On The Rise through high school. They gigged parties at colleges, venues including places like The Belmont, I-Rock, and Clutch Cargo’s, and recorded a demo at Pro Sound Studios in Flint, MI. Hip-hop sparked Bobby Blain’s interest while he was in the band, and started constructing beats electronically with Fruity Loops as well as writing lyrics. As time went on, more and more focus went into the hip-hop applications. Blain eventually joined a local hip-hop group named “YTP” and began recording in a co-artist’s project studio. YTP played local shows often and created a couple mixtapes, but after two years with the group Bobby Blain made the decision to branch off with his long-time friend and co-artist N’sKrewtable (aka sKrew). They wanted to allow each other the creative input they desired so they formed a duo named Blain & sKrew based out of southeast Michigan. They landed an opening act at a Chip Tha Ripper concert in Toledo, OH, did several shows in the local area, and recorded a 3 song demo at Nation Studios in Southfield between 2009-2011. After years of preparing/researching, an endless effort to construct a project studio materialized, and Bobby Blain began self-recording, mixing, and mastering. Blain & sKrew released their debut mixtape titled 'Mixtape Therapy' in 2013, which is still available for free. They performed many times after the release and still perform together to this day.

Bobby Blain decided to experiment with a solo project shortly after the release of 'Mixtape Therapy', and has worked for the past 2 years on what is now called 'Blain & Simple'. Focusing on making a more personalized package in order to get to know him better, you will hear a lot about his experiences and thoughts about the past. Blain also set out to show his versatility - and proves it with many genre-bending instrumentals and a variety of vocal melodies/rhyme schemes. Blain also put his money where his mouth was and teamed up with several big names, including Jarren Benton and DJ Hoppa (from Funk Volume), Caskey (from YMCMB), and The Jokerr. 'Blain & Simple' is one of the best sounding and looking albums in the local circuit, and even holds it's own up against national independent acts. Sure worth every penny... support great local music and purchase your copy of Blain & Simple today!