blakrocPairing hip-hop with rock and roll dates as far back at least to Run DMC and Aerosmith’s “Walk this Way” but presently the idea runs the risk of turning into something akin to the Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock school of rap-rock, which mercifully appears to have run its course in popular music. Thankfully, that’s not at all the case with Blakroc because The Black Keys truly transform into a tight, aggressive and authentic hip-hop session band rather than a rock band trying to fake its way through a forced genre shift.

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