Black Spade's lyrics & chords

Black Spade is an American MC/producer/vocalist from St. Louis. He is one half of the quartet turned duo Hawthrone Headhunters, with singer/songwriter Coultrain. With influences from Prince and J Dilla to Radiohead and fusion-era Miles Davis, Black Spade clearly is not the pop-rap of fellow Gateway City natives Nelly and the St. Lunatics. His musical palette -- warm and trippy synths, gritty hip-hop beats, and falsetto-infused, downtempo neo-soul -- is more in tune with the left-field soul/funk scenes of underground Detroit and L.A. Born and ...read more