Artist's albums
Blue Blade Piranha
2023 · album
Tie Me Up
2023 · single
Commando
2023 · single
Joy Ryde
2022 · single
Go Steady
2022 · single
I Can't Believe It
2022 · single
Get It Together
2022 · single
Daydreaming
2022 · single
Chrome Springs Eternal
2022 · album
You Not Me (Remix)
2022 · single
Transistor Lover (XL Middleton Remix)
2022 · single
80's Boogie
2022 · single
Like We Used To Do
2021 · single
Who Is That Girl (XL Middleton Remix)
2021 · single
All The Way Up (XL Middleton Remix)
2021 · single
Roses
2021 · single
Love Me Right (XL Middleton Remix)
2021 · single
Can't Get Away From Your Love
2021 · single
XL Middleton & Delmar Xavier VII
2021 · album
Rock Juice (Inkswel Remix)
2021 · single
Where You Get Your Funk From
2021 · single
Eternal Ridin' (XL Middleton Remix)
2020 · EP
Rose Bowl Motel
2020 · EP
Blue Man Down
2020 · single
Jam Likely
2020 · single
The Fonk Vibes
2020 · album
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Biography
Based out of Pasadena, California, producer/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Matthew Hudgins began prolific work as XL Middleton in the early 2000s. Leaning heavily on the influence of icons of West Coast funk and hip-hop as well as hints of Deep South rap, Hudgins developed a laid-back, sometimes blues-tinged style with lots of melody and upbeat production. He formed his own label, Crown City Entertainment, and immediately began releasing his own albums, beginning when he was still a part of the rap clique Crown City Kings, and performing under different monikers before settling on XL Middleton. His 2004 album, Music 4 a Drunken Evening, included the G-funk-indebted hit "Feel So West Coast," and he quickly found himself frequently touring and releasing albums in Japan, where his California sound caught on just as strongly as it had in his homeland. Playing keyboards on his own tracks became a signature of his sound, and his playing graced the hooks of albums such as 2007's Barliament Drunkadelic and 2012's Bright Lights Palm Trees. In 2013 he launched the MoFunk label with friend Eddy Funkster, first issuing some limited-edition funk 7"s and later releasing his 2015 album, Tap Water, on the imprint. Shortly afterwards he rebranded his Crown City Entertainment label as Cavi Sounds, using the label as an outlet for some of his various aliases. In 2017 he released the full-length Things Are Happening. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi