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CMU Approved
Approved: Spooky Black
By Aly Barchi | Published on Wednesday 21 May 2014
So who is hip hop phantom Spooky Black, the shy-voiced hood martyr of snowy Minnesota? I have no idea who he is, to be honest, but I know who he’s like. He’s like the odd-looking misfit kid in the playground that some are laughing at, some look straight through, and more than would like to admit are fascinated with. And any which way, they’re all sneaking glances.
Hey, he’s even made it to the Popjustice thread, splitting its members, who think he’s both “terrifying” and “like a mini The Weeknd”. And for another thing, Spooky, for one, is taking this shit seriously (look how seriously), so it’s only right to give him a shot.
In the hope that you’ll go along with that last bit, hear Spooky done three ways; singing against Bobby Raps on caramel ‘sadwave’ jam ‘Ready’, stemmed and strimmed to devastating effect by remixer Eric Dingus (Dingus, I know), and chilling on his own in ‘Without You’, the dark heart of his ‘Black Silk’ EP (which is still available to play online), via the relevant links. And PS, he has a new EP on its way as well, which was previewed this week in ‘Interlude’.
And this is ‘Without You’:
