The Physics Wish You Were Here Album Release Party (w/Brothers From Another, Otieno Terry, Malice & Mario Sweet, & DJ Beeba | Neumos | May 29, 2015
Words by Emery Desper. Photos by Shakir Rodriguez.
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VIDEO: “Black Northface” – Donte Peace (dir. by Sk8God)
Donte Peace (only partially his real name) with a new video. “Black Northface” is from the rapper’s Locals Only EP which arrived last summer.
ALBUM REVIEW: Wish You Were Here – The Physics
Town favorite the Physics dropped a new EP today. Wish You Were Here is an exercise in refined, grown-man B.I. with the type of fully-formed music production values we’ve come to expect from the trio. I wrote a review of the album for City Arts magazine which you can read here.
Check out three of the EP’s six tracks below, purchase the whole damn thing at this location, and get yourself to the album release party tonight at Neumos.
AUDIO: “Bus Stop” – Silas Blak (prod. by Kjell Nelson)
Area MC Silas Blak (formerly of Black Stax and the Silent Lambs Project) with a new drop in his Blak Friday series: “Bus Stop” finds the rapper everyday politicin’ with his girl and his iPhone while waiting for the “car of the people.” Watch for the Blak Friday mixtape coming June 26.
AUDIO: “(Dancing in My Own) Personal Sunlight” – SassyBlack
SassyBlack — aka. Catherine Harris-White of ethereal hip-hop/soul duo THEESatisfaction — has a solo project coming out this summer called Personal Sunlight. “(Dancing in My Own) Personal Sunlight” is the latest sneak peak.
LIVE COVERAGE: Seattle Hip-Hop at Sasquatch! 2015
Sasquatch! | The Gorge | May 22-25, 2015
Photos by Rafael Ochoa.
Armed with a press pass for the weekend, 206UP sent our intrepid photographer Rafael Ochoa into the Sasquatch! fray. He emerged exhausted and sunburned, but triumphant in his efforts to grab some dope shots of Seattle hip-hop artists doing their thing. Check it out below.
AUDIO: “Sleeping Alone” – The Physics (feat. Dave B)
The Physics are gearing up for the release of their new EP, Wish You Were Here, set to drop May 29. Catch them performing at Food & Sh*t’s special pop-up dinner at Pot in Los Angeles this Sunday, 5/24. Cop tickets to the WYWH album release party at Neumos on 5/29. And peep the latest drop from the album, “Sleeping Alone” (featuring Dave B), which rides and slides along like Jodeci circa 1993.
VIDEO: “Live From the Hood, Vol 3. (Intro)” – D Valley (dir. by Olu Beats)
D Valley arrived today with a new video, “Live From the Hood, Vol. 3 (Intro),” from the album of the same name. Is this as real as it gets?
AUDIO: The Witchtape – Nacho Picasso & 88 Ultra
From the depths of electro-goth rap despair comes The Witchtape, the latest collaboration between Nacho Picasso and Blue Sky Black Death co-maestro 88 Ultra. The supporting cast on this particular descent includes Avatar Darko, Child Actor and Steezie Nasa, among others.
VIDEO: “The Classic” – The Loop (dir. by Notework)
The first of four videos from the classically-minded trio The Loop. “The Classic” was directed by Notework, a track pulled from the crew’s excellent Dead End Streets.
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