About Boulevards
Artist Biography
Under the name Boulevards, Jamil Rashad puts his twist on funk spanning the '60s through the '80s, drawing from the likes of James Brown, Funkadelic, Al Green, and Rick James. Working backward somewhat, the Raleigh native leaned heaviest on polished post-disco R&B for Groove! (2016) and Hurtown, USA (2017), his first two albums, and dug into deep soul with the grittier Yadig! (2019), followed by the more expansive and Southern-rooted LPs Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud (2022) and Carolina Funk: Barn Burner on Tobacco Road (2024). Rashad's lyrics are similarly wide in scope, covering uncomplicated good times, addiction and recovery, and racism, among other subjects.
Hometown
Raleigh, NC, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul
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