Blitz the Ambassador: Record Release

Blitz the Ambassador: Record ReleaseBlitz the Ambassador's Stereotype drops August 4th—and 92YTribeca is where it's all happening. Come celebrate the album release with special guests, d.j.s and a full band performance by Blitz and the Embassy.

It's going to take more than verbal missiles for Hip-Hop to stay in power. Now more than ever, we need diplomats to forge lasting creative alliances, finesse fence-sitters and bridge the gap between warring factions. Blitz the Ambassador has been ready for that job. And Stereotype, the underground king's politically-charged, genre-bending third album, proves it.

"I went for broke with this album," says the Ghana-born MC and producer who counts Fela Kuti, Bjork, Miles Davis, Nina Simone and Rakim among his influences. "I set out to change the way hip-hop approaches live instrumentation, to create synergy between all of the sounds on my personal playlist."

To get the job done, Blitz and longtime co-producer Optiks enlisted a diverse cast of musicians including Chicago's Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, emerging soul singer Rob Murat and indie rock sensation Kate Mattison.

$10 advance, $12 at the door.