GRAMMY-nominated alternative blues/hip-hop artist G. Love has released his new album Philadelphia Mississippi via Philadelphonic Records/Thirty Tigers. Produced by North Mississippi All-Stars’ Luther Dickinson (son of Jim Dickinson who produced G. Love’s sophomore album Coast to Coast Motel), this melting pot of a record bridges both sides of G. Love’s eclectic career, mixing old school Hill Country and Delta Blues with new school hip-hop and funk.

G. Love’s new album Philadelphia Mississippi has already garnered critical acclaim from American Songwriter, Guitar Player, Relix, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Rock and Blues Muse, who raved, “From start to finish, the album is an exuberant celebration of music and friendship that crosses the boundaries of both genre and generation,” while adding, “Whether you’re a traditionalist or a revolutionary, Philadelphia Mississippi deserves a spot in your record collection.”

Highlights from the record include the intoxicating blues number “Mississippi (feat. Speech, Alvin Youngblood Hart and R.L. Boyce), the playful “Laughing In The Sunshine” and “Love From Philly” (feat. Schoolly D, Chuck Treece and Trenton Ayers), a signature dose of hip-hop and the blues. These 13 songs are loose, spontaneous and written on the fly in the studio during improvisatory fits of inspiration. The freewheeling performances bring together a slew of special guests from blues torchbearers like Alvin Youngblood Hart, Cam Kimbrough, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jontavious Willis, R.L. Boyce and Trenton Ayers, rap icons Schoolly D, Freddie Foxx and Speech from Arrested Development, to ace musicians such as fifemaster Sharde Thomas and GRAMMY-nominated Southern Avenue drummer/singer Tikyra Jackson.

Philadelphia Mississippi is also available as a limited edition NFT. After purchasing the initial “Origin” NFT, token holders will be airdropped a second NFT which unlocks both a downloadable and streaming version of the new record, as well as a 180-gram vinyl. A limited number of token holders will be randomly selected to win special edition vinyl pressings, ticket bundles, and more. Recently, G. Love stopped by Bringin’ It Backwards and Pop Dust’s It’s Real With Jordan and Demi to discuss venturing into the NFT space and share insight on his new music.

G. Love will be touring throughout the year as a solo performer, with a new rotating cast of players called The Juice, or with his longtime trio G. Love and Special Sauce. Beginning on July 15, he will hit the road solo for a national tour supporting O.A.R. and Dispatch.