Blu & Exile Live at the Basement

Blu & Exile Live at the Basement Date: Thurs 08 October 2026Venue: Untitled Basement Time: Open 18:00 / Performance 20:00 Ticket: @ Quciket After their acclaimed latest release Time Heals Everything , the due Blu & Exile are back on the perfoming circuit. This time they make a return to SA to perform at the biggest festival in the continent called Back to the City. The due will be gracing Untiled Basement with an intimate pre BTTC performance which promises to be one for the books. Blu and Exile first met in the mid-2000s while Blu was serving as a hype man for various hip-hop groups including Slum Village, Platinum Pied Pipers, and Exile's own group, Emanon.[1] He was personally introduced to Exile through Emanon's other member, Aloe Blacc.[1] In 2007, Blu & Exile released their debut album, Below the Heavens, which was described by XXL as "one of 2007's most celebrated hip-hop releases".[2] In 2012, the duo released their second album, Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them.[3] In 2017, the duo released In the Beginning: Before the Heavens, deleted tracks from Below the Heavens.[4] Their next release, the True & Livin' EP was released May 24, 2019.[5] On July 17, 2020, Blu & Exile released their third album, Miles: From An Interlude Called Life (or Miles for short), coinciding with the 13th anniversary of Below the Heavens. The duo released Time Heals Everything on April 20, 2026