VIDEO: “Lettin’ Go” – Nautilus MC
“You Facebook de-friended me / And on my Twitter you clicked “Unfollow.” These are the days and times, my friends. I think Nautilus and I have the same jacket. Also: “Corny as Corn Nuts,” really??. That’s about it on this video. #UnintentionalHumor
VIDEO: “FVCKV9TA5″ – Kung Foo Grip (prod. by Giorgio Mormurda)
The most exciting young hip-hop crew in our region is from the other side of the Lake. Sorry, Seattle, but it’s true. Indigo Children: Tales From The Otha Side, coming soon.
(Thanks to The Stranger’s LineOut for making my job easier.)
DOWNLOAD: Live From The Sin – Logics
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South Puget Sound by way of Las Vegas, MC Logics just dropped his “homecoming mixtape” over at Northwest State Of Mind. Get with that here. Check out the rapper’s recent interview with Go Juice Radio below.
VIDEO: “Phantom Of The Opera” – Nacho Picasso & Blue Sky Black Death
Deserts, death and drugs. Happy Friday, everyone! Get Nacho and BSBD’s latest here:
DOWNLOAD: The Humble Villain – Avatar Young Blaze
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Fresh from the fire: Avatar Young Blaze’s latest, The Humble Villain. Get murked for free, here. 206UP.COM album review coming soon.
VIDEO: “Do You” – EvergreenOne
The first single from EvergreenOne’s upcoming album (due Feb 25). TrussOne on the beat.
VIDEO: “Mission Impossible” – The Good Sin (feat. Blakk Soul, dir. by Detooz Films)
Sinseer up next. The Story of Love x Hate hits the street tomorrow.
VIDEO: “I Just Wanna” – Jarv Dee (prod. by Raised By Wolves)
I heard the Cloud Nice clique has a strict dress code around the office. (Don’t smoke ‘n drive, kids.)
Dopamine presumably coming soon from Jarv Dee.
(Yanked from The Stranger’s LineOut.)
VIDEO: “Cocky Shit!” – BoomBox Massacre (feat. Mic Phenom, Wizdom & Billy Patron)
The Pac NW looks (and sounds) appropriately grimy here. Wizdom performs open heart surgery on the beat.
(Lifted from Northwest State of Mind.)
VIDEO: “Liquor Store” – Sam Lachow (feat. Raz & Ariana DeBoo)
From MC/producer/videographer Sam Lachow (Seattle by way of New York City) and cohorts Raz and Ariana DeBoo.
VIDEO: “Stussy Pack” – Logics (dir. by Detooz Films)
The latest video from Logics, directed by Detooz Films.
VIDEO: “I Think I Love You” – State Of The Artist (feat. Janae Jones)
From SOTA’s Altered State, available here.
VIDEO & DOWNLOAD: “Blue Paper” – Parker & Lace Cadence
Parker (of State Of The Artist) and Lace Cadence (of, well, some things that I wasn’t a huge fan of) have collaborated on an EP called Imagination (due on February 14 from Members Only). It’s a collection of club-ready beats and rhymes (or sing-rhymes in LC’s case) that I imagine will sound something like “Blue Paper,” the album’s first single. Jon Augustavo kept it simple with the video. The helpful and friendly folks at MO provided the download — shout-out to them, as always.
Click here to download “Blue Paper” by Parker & Lace Cadence.
VIDEO & DOWNLOAD: “Make A Way” -Th3rdz
This just in from Th3rdz:
Th3rdz back with a bangin homage to mashin. Mashin is perseverance and diligence. Th3rdz sound and style over this stompin Kuddie Fresh beat is outlined with flow, lyrics, hook and soul. Candidt, Xperience and JFK spit it and pulled off a unique heater over a double break groove.
VIDEO: “Vitiligio” – Art Vandelay
Mark Driscoll wouldn’t like this one. Face Tattoo coming later this year on Unimpressive Records.
DOWNLOAD: Video Games and Blunts Vol. 1 – Keyboard Kid
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Local producer Keyboard Kid is making a name for himself in the based/cloud-rap underground, contributing key tracks to artists like Lil B and Mondre MAN (of Main Attrakionz). This in addition to recent compositions for local collective Lake House Ent (see: Young Dollas’ “Navy Based” video, below.)
The Kid’s Video Games and Blunts Vol. 1 is old by rap standards (it came out in May of last year), but this overworked blogger is just getting to it now. True to its name, the album is flush with 8-bit synth and hypnotic glitch hop. At a walloping 34-tracks long (most of which extend for an entire song’s length), enduring this thing is a bit of a listening marathon, but if you’re late to the producer’s game like I am it’s a good way to get filled in.
The LP is available for free download, here. And his subsequent drop, The Mind Is So Complex When Your #Based, is available for purchase, here.
VIDEO: “Neon Nights” – Brothers From Another (dir. by Zac McConnell)
BFA is kind enough to keep 206UP.COM in the loop with their drops (video and otherwise) — so mad thanks to them! But the crew invariably forgets to include email attachments or links to the subject matter at hand which is always funny (not to mention endearing) to me.
The track “Neon Nights” and its accompanying video accurately finds the homies just trying to find their way home after a (presumably) raucous night out. Anyone who went to college can relate. Hell, I can relate every time I mistakenly get on the subway at 3:00 am heading in the wrong direction. Carefree intoxicated blundering is not strictly reserved for the very young.
Check out Brothers From Another’s excellent 2011 LP, Quality of Living, below:
VIDEO: “Dream Killers” – J. Pinder (feat. Mistah Fab)
From J. Pinder’s upcoming Careless (Fin Records). I’d play this joint on my radio show.
DOWNLOAD & VIDEO: “Swag Treated Treated Swag” – DON’T TALK TO THE COPS!
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Freshly signed to local label Out For Stardom, DON’T TALK TO THE COPS! are marking the occasion with this drop and video, “Swag Treated Treated Swag,” off their upcoming Let’s Quit (2.14.12).
VIDEO: “Rude Pussy” – Sam Lachow (feat. Megan Vice & John Martin)
Retaliation, revenge and get-back. Sort of. Sam Lachow and cohorts seek reprisal from the ex. Off Brand New Bike.
VIDEO: “Vodka & Ayahuasca” – Gangrene
F-ckin’ rock and roll. #OutOfTownMovement
