Ezra Collective Further Their Jazz-Grime Experiments With Novelist-Assisted "More Than A Hustler"

Ezra Collective Further Their Jazz-Grime Experiments With Novelist-Assisted "More Than A Hustler"


December 10, 2021

Ezra Collective have become a powerful force within the UK's jazz community and their recent integrations of grime elements are proof of their limitless creativity. Taking their hypnotic jazz-grime concoctions a step further, they've recruited Novelist for new track "More Than A Hustler".

It opens with an isolated drum pattern, which is then met with mystical horns before making way for the bass line to introduce the groove. Shortly after, Novelist's brand of conscious lyrics, blended with street wit and delivered with a steady hand throughout, gather pace and power as he fires off lines like "success is action met with best intentions" to help us over the final hurdles of the year.

On how the track came together, band leader Femi Koleoso says: "The marriage of grime and jazz started for us when we'd play covers of Jme instrumentals. That journey continued with 'Quest For Coin II', and this latest instalment features an MC who, like us, has a deep love for pushing the boundaries of music. 'More Than A Hustler' is the tale of how we are consistently on the quest for greatness, and how we are more than just that journey—way more."




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