Life of Grime Gives Sweet Preview of Nu-Tone Debut

On Chris Lujan's latest Life of Grime drop, boom bap drums give way to an acoustic guitar riff that sounds sampled straight off of an old-school country-blues record. Hammond organ stabs and funk bass round out the tune. Recorded over the course of an afternoon at Lujan's Macro-Tone Recorders, "Frosted Flakes" isn't about the cereal, but a reference from The Roots' song "You Ain't Fly" in which Malik B states that he's "no flake that's frosted".

Life of Grime is Chris Lujan exploring the sounds of 90s boom-bap hip hop, inspired by producers like Prince Paul, Dan the Automator, the Jurassic 5 DJs (Numark and Cut Chemist), and Wu-Tang. Lujan records each track all-analog in his own Macro-Tone Recorders studio, using all live instruments - no samples. 

Dubbed “the hardest working man in soul business”, Lujan has worked alongside Trish Toledo, Peligro Brass, The M-Tet and Andre Cruz, shared stages with Lee Fields, Thee Sacred Souls and Monophonics, and released a wide range of soulful sounds on his own Lugnut Brand Records label. LOG debut 45 "Yeoh / Black Coffee" shook the scene in 2024, with debut LP coming summer 2025 on buzzing rock 'n' soul label Nu-Tone.