Seafood Sam

With his effortless cool and timeless style, the north Long Beach native Seafood Sam defies convention and exact comparison. A blaxploitation icon for the Instagram age, Seafood Sam is a true hero of modernity.

On his full-length album debut, Standing on Giant Shoulders, Sam splits the difference between Snoop Dogg and D’ Angelo, Curren$y and David Ruffin. The songs reveal a forward-thinking sensibility rooted in ancestral soul. He creates spiritual hymns for the streets that tap into universal ideals and irrepressible groove. In an era plagued by short-term thinking, his ambitions reveal a crate-digging depth of music history and a meticulous ear for detail.