Dinner at the Thompson’s featuring Guilty Simpson – Rice N’ Beans

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Steaming hot jazz, chopped full of hip-hop, soul, funk, afro-beat, and electro-influenced beats. That’s what Dinner At The Thompson’s has cooking on the stove-top, and the France-American duo comprised of singer Lucille Tee and producer/multi-instrumentalist Fablive know its getting tough for fans to fight off the hunger pains as the May 17th release date approaches for their sophomore album, Off The Grid. So, as they continue to prep the main course, DATT is dropping off a nice little appetizer for fans with “Rice N’ Beans,” the latest single from the album featuring Detroit emcee Guilty Simpson.

The track was “inspired by a desire to bring an afro-beat influence into a rap beat,” says Lucille. “The lyrics are a sort of modern tale between a man and a woman, and they speak about what each can expect and give to each other. ‘Rice N’ Beans’ is a metaphor for the essential – the nutrients, the basic needs in a relationship.” Trumpet and saxophone players Ernesto Sanchez and Sam McStuff, both jazzmen heavily influenced by afro-beat, are perfect added ingredients to Fablive’s low-down, dirty, and funky vibe, while Guilty Simpson’s gruff vocals fill out the track, complementing Lucille’s sultry sassiness. “I’m giving you all that class, you asking me more for much,” she sings. “I’m giving you Rice ‘N’ Beans/ Your honey, your loving, and all those things.”

Dinner At The Thompson’s Off The Grid will be released May 17th on Earth At Work Records via FB Distribution.