Remember Jai Paul? After having what may-or-may-not be his album leak early and accidentally closing out the summer of 2013 on a soulfully airy note, very little has been heard from Paul's camp. This leak was one of the few "moments" we've had in post-internet music history where you had to be online when the leak happened to understand its gravity, and the fact that the project was never given an official title or track listing just furthers the mystique. Fortunately, artists like Marlon James are keeping the magic alive by breathing new life into Paul's clandestine offerings. With "Mumbai," James covers "Str8 Outta Mumbai" (also known as "Track 2") while wrapping the track in an upbeat electronic blanket and slapping a guitar solo on the tail end of it.The track comes as the first release for Marlon James off his self-titled album coming out this summer, and it conjures a mental scene involving half-pineapples and tiki torches. Hopefully the original songs on the album can rise above the high bar he's set with this Jai Paul cover.
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