Greetings everyone.......The Soul Guru here to talk Gorilllaz ,not Gorillas as much as I love them .
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's virtual art/funk/rap project is one of the most innovative musical/visual projects I've ever seen......truly unique and outstanding . The cartoon characters featured in the videos are are Noodle, 2-D, Murdoc and Russell Hobbs.
" Clint Eastwood " ,Produced by Dan The Automator ,remains a Soul Guru top tune,released in 2001....the video is a classic featuring Del The Funky Homosapien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UclCCFNG9q4
Their debut album " The Gorillaz " was released shortly after featuring " 19-2000 " , another tune I really like with another brilliant video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq7Ovshz1UI
May 2005 saw the release of " Demon Days "....a reallly excellent album featuring " Dirty Harry another great tune with a BRILLIANT video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLnkQAeMbIM
My favourite track is Dare featuring the GREAT Shaun Ryder and this amazing video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAOR6ib95kQ
Then came " Plastic Beach " featuring Snoop Dog,Bobby Womack,Mos Def,Lou Reed ,Mark E Smith,Kano, Bashy,DeLa Soul and more......it's another great album....here's " Welcome To The World Of Plastic Beach " featuring Snoop...he's SO cool !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0OVD0_YJnU
In 2012 Albarn and Hewlett fell out...making the possibilty of new music from The Gorillaz unlikely...but of course never say never in the music biz and today " Humanz " was made available and it has been well worth the wait !
The album features De La Soul,Grace Jones, Rag " n" Bone Man, Vince Staples,Noel Gallagher , Pusha T and more .
The single " Sturnz Bars " featuring Popcaan is really great as is the video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJp6xlKEug
Ascension featuring Vince Staple is equally brilliant :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBA0PUQCvIA
WRITING ABOUT THE GORILLAZ,LISTENING TO THEIR MUSIC AND WATCHING THEIR VIDEOS HAS MADE ME REALISE JUST HOW UNIQUE AND BRILLIANT THEY ARE.....LISTEN TO HUMANZ NOW ON SPOTIFY
The Soul Guru Loves YOU xx