If you haven’t been hip to I, Ced, then there isn’t much to say other than “turn in your music lovers card,” y’know? The St. Louis producer who has worked behind-the-scenes with creatives like D?m-Funk, Run The Jewels, Shafiq Husayn and Shuggie Otis is continuing to build upon his stellar career with a new track. Despite it being five years since his debut effort, All In My Mind, I, Ced experiments and excels with his new project, What Are We Looking For? As I, Ced plans on distributing his work through his own company, MoveNext Media, witness as another independent talent becomes the driver behind his own destiny. The dedicated beat-freak offers up to us, “Forever,” as his new album’s first single. Featuring Grammy Award winners Thundercat (To Pimp A Butterfly) and Om’Mas Keith (channel ORANGE) on the cut, I, Ced sings all the arrangements over the deliciously funk-laden track. Doused with Thundercat’s legendary bass thumps, “Forever” is just one of 17 deeply personal track meant to reveal the life + times of I, Ced to the casual listener. Add to the mix, contributions from I, Ced’s extended musical family (14KT, Jimetta Rose, Quelle Chris, to name a few), and What Are We Looking For? aims to be just the right thing to hear + see for audiophiles.
