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G. Love & Special Sauce hail from Philadelphia and have a laid-back, sloppy blues sound that's quite unique, as it encompasses the sound/production of classic R&B and recent rap artists (the Beastie Boys, in particular). G. Love's sound has even been called "schizophrenic", incorporating hip-hip, funk, psychedelia, blues, and soul in equal and ambitious measure. By 2004 and the Hustle LP, G. Love had eased up a little on the kitchen sink approach, offering instead a cohesive, dry groove reminiscent of his earliest efforts. Hustle was also the first G. Love release under Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records banner. It made sense; the two had been pals at least since Philadelphonic, on which Johnson had guested. His move from Sony spawned The Best of G. Love and Special Sauce, but G. Love wasn't done. Special Sauce did a series of shows in 2004 with Johnson and fellow Brushfire artist Donavon Frankenreiter, and the trio also found time to issue a brief live EP before 2006's Lemonade. In the summer 2005, the band was featured (along with the less well known Philly local Chuck Treece of 80’s skate-rock band McRad) in an advertisement for the launch of Coca-Cola Zero, featuring the groups own unique version of the noted Coca-Cola advertising song I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing. The live album A Year and a Night with G. Love and Special Sauce appeared in 2007. The studio album Superhero Brother followed in 2008.