Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Gabriel Teodros, host of Early on KEXP, is "Wheels Fall Off" by SoulChef & Uptown Swuite, from the 2023 album LUA on SoulSwuite Music.
New Zealand-based artist SoulChef teams up again with west coast MC Uptown Swuite for today's Song of the Day. (We spotlighted the duo last year with another of their singles.)
The latest in their "SoulSwuite" series is titled LUA, or "two" as translated from Samoan. The duo have long used their music to celebrate their shared heritage. As Uptown Swuite told HipHopDX, "We really just wanted to capture the Samoan experience all around via our eyes — whether it be a Samoan living in California, New Zealand. or even the motherland Samoa/American Samoa.”
