Monsieur Leroc

Monsieur's a cold German from Stuttgart, but that doesn't stop the funk from flowing through his veins. Residing in Sugar Hill, NYC might have rubbed off, but hosting AWOL One, 2 Mex and Courtney Mace as album guests doesn't hurt. Neo-soul, Money Mark trickery, crooning Quincey Jones R&B and Ella Fitzgerald jazz collide on Leroc's third pastiche release, a lilting deconstruction of multiple music forms that's extra smooth. Somewhere between the sampladelic