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It started a decade ago as a creative exercise to hype up new projects on social media. These self-produced one-minute freestyles, constructed a few bars at a time without pen or paper, were only meant to be an artistic escape. But the deeply personal stream of consciousness series, "Brother Minutester", developed into a prolific chapter in Brother Ali‘s creative catalog. Brother Ali reminds us that sometimes the most powerful move an artist can make is to slow the world down and speak softly — trusting that the right listeners will lean in. Volume 2; called the Uskudar Sessions features 16 tracks - each one to two-minutes long, and can be streamed below. I'm still a huge fan!