A preview cypher for Steezie Nasa’s headlining show at Nectar, July 11.
Month: June 2012
VIDEO: “Farewell Sol: The Concert” – Sol & Friends
Girls in wedges and dudes in Chucks showed up for Sol’s “farewell show” at The Showbox on June 16th, an event that, in the course of selling out, placed the MC in good company with a handful of other SEA hip-hop artists (Macklemore and Blue Scholars included) who have done the same.
Dude is now traversing the globe for the next year or so on a post-graduate grant. To be sure, that’s a hefty period of time in music years but a duration that I’m sure will pass in the blink of an eye for the man doing the actual traveling. I’m curious to hear what new directions Sol’s music will take as a result of his trip. Until his return, the rapper can rest assured his peers in the SEA rap community will keep a seat at the table nice and warm for him.
Happy travels from 206UP.
NEW MUSIC: “We Be On” – Brainstorm (prod. by Chase N. Cashe)
When you Google image search “chasing cash” this nugget is returned.
Brainstorm bides his time over a Chase N. Cashe beat off the New Orleans producer’s LOVEnd.
NEW MUSIC: A Plus Collective – Logics
Click album cover to download at Northwest State Of Mind.
Having trouble keeping up with South Sound rhyme animal Logics and his seemingly endless musical output? Me too. DJ B-Mello makes it a little easier for listeners on APlus Collective, a best-of comp available for free over at Northwest State Of Mind. Click through to find it.
And here’s L’s most recent clip for “Serious (Remix)” (featuring Bruce Leroy and directed by Detooz Films).
NEW MUSIC: The Mezzanine Podcast (featuring Keyboard Kid)
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Just a quick re-blog for a local podcast I’ve been digging lately (and you should too). Four Seattle journalists (among other things) who know a lot more about music than I do form like an over-caffeinated Voltron to bring you discussion, meditation and a healthy dose of witty banter over stuff they think you should listen to. This edition features local cloud-rap purveyor Keyboard Kid. Click above and here to download the ‘cast.
NEW MUSIC: Hurt Locker Deluxe – Ripynt
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Ripynt dropped Hurt Locker Deluxe yesterday, a redux of his previously free The Hurt Locker EP (go here for that). New remixes, remastered joints and a new track are available on Deluxe for five clams (no Casino). I recommend at least sampling the wares below and checking out the rapper’s new video for “Shifty” here.
NEW MUSIC: “Look At What The Cat Did” – Dark Time Sunshine feat. Busdriver
I just saw this on Potholes In My Blog and totally stole it. So goes the circle of blog life. Give PiMB another hit, here. And get in line for Dark Time Sunshine’s ANX (dropping July 24).
VIDEO: “Inception” – Fleeta Partee (dir. by The Note)
New video by Fleeta Partee for “Inception,” which I previously hipped you to here. Did you pick up the track yet? Tsk tsk. This one’s produced by Vitamin D off Fleeta’s LifeMuzik EP.
VIDEO: “All Day” – Steezie Nasa (dir. by Detooz Films)
New clip from Steezie Nasa and the Detooz Films collective.
VIDEO: “The Physics x Showbox – 6/16/12” & “A Moment With The Physics”
Two mini-doc featurettes starring The Physics a group that, in my estimation, is making the best hip-hop in Seattle at the moment. The clip above is from Sol’s recent going-away show at The Showbox. And the one below documents the crew as they pack up their old studio at the OK Hotel and move to an “undisclosed location” in SoDo.
[vimeo 43881384]I had the great fortune of sitting down with Thig Nat and Justo for a few minutes last November in New York City. If you missed that click here to catch up.
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