UGLYFRANK is one third of Tacoma cool kids ILLFIGHTYOU (you already know). “LEFTOVA” appears on Frank’s solo Bobby Hill EP, which you can stream below. It’s bouncy and sticky, just like those Fruit Loops he spills everywhere. Directed by Noah Porter and produced by Kream Team.
Also, catch ILLFIGHTYOU at this year’s edition of Bumbershoot.
The best riding music off Raz Simone’s Cognitive Dissonance now has a slick video to accompany it. “8 Rangs” rattles your cage like a fucking thunderclap.
Sol’s public service announcement. For your penis. Happy Friday!
Don’t Talk To The Cops! have reserved a special place in our hearts with the way resident b-boy, producer and selector djblesOne grinds new wave, punk, hip hop, and (especially) ’90s R&B cuts into a glorious concoction. It’s both nutritional and danceable — like a Vitamix for your ear holes. DtttC! are threatening to perform one final show with a grip of their talented friends Friday night at Chop Suey. Catch blesOne (it’s also his birthday!) and his DtttC! teammates Emecks, El Mizell and Goldbones on us!
To enter to win a pair of tickets to this show, do one of two things: Send us an email at 206upblog(at)gmail(dot)com, OR a tweet to @206upBlog, with the words “TONIGHT DtttC! WILL SAVE MY LIFE!” somewhere in the body of the transmission. We’ll select one name at random and put your name on the list with a plus one. You have nothing to lose except maybe the best night of your life.
Seattle rapper — by way of Queens, NY — Aaron Cohen looks and sounds hella gloomy in his new video, “Anyways”. Dude, you’re in Paris — you should be getting fucked up like Jay and Ye! Anyway (see what I did there) we like this cut for Aaron’s don’t-give-a-fuck mentality and the heavy, plodding beat. If you’re in New York, check for the promising MC live at SOB’s tomorrow night.
We here at 206UP do our best to also stay up on the rap happenings in the South Puget Sound. Tacoma’s Second Family have been one of the blog’s favorite crews for a minute from that region. “Everyday” is the first drop from the duo’s upcoming Grit City which is scheduled for a June release.
New sounds from Shabazz Palaces means a necessary re-ordering of your earhole understanding. “They Come In Gold” is the shimmering new sample from SP’s upcoming Lese Majesty (due stateside July 29), a “7 suite, 18 track sonic mythmap of new black wave and ghetto psychedelics”. Easy for you to say, press release. “They Come In Gold” can be both a question and a statement. Adjust your cognizance accordingly.
Lese Majesty tracklist below is courtesy of our friends at Sub Pop, and more info is available here via Pitchfork.
Suite 1: “The Phasing Shift”:
1. “Dawn In Luxor”
2. “Forerunner Foray”
3. “They Come In Gold”
Suite 2: “Touch & Agree”:
4. “Solemn Swears”
5. “Harem Aria”
6. “Noetic Noiromantics”
7. “The Ballad of Lt. Major Winnings”
Suite 3: “Palace War Council Meeting”:
8. “Soundview”
9. “Ishmael”
10. “Down 155th In The MCM Snorkel”
Suite 4: “Pleasure Milieu”:
11. “Divine Of Form”
12. “#Cake”
Suite 5: “Federal Bureau Boys”:
13. “Colluding Oligarchs”
14. “Suspicion Of A Shape”
Suite 6: “High Climb To The Gallows”
15. “Mind Glitch Keytar Theme”
16. “Motion Sickness”
Suite 7: “Murkings On The Oxblood Starway”:
17. “New Black Wave”
18. “Sonic Myth Map For The Trip Back”
Thaddeus David gets the “Scandal” lens treatment for his latest clip, “Save Time”, a track off the rapper’s 2013 album, None The Less. Fellow Moor Gang programmer Rob Skeetz on the beat, and Motzo behind the lens.
Gabriel Teodros met producer AirMe while on a 24-hour layover on his way from Seattle to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — the MC’s mother’s homeland. Their newly released collaboration, Children Of The Dragon, was the product of that serendipitous encounter. You can pre-purchase and preview the album below via Bandcamp and an animated video production of traffic footage on the streets of Addis Ababa.
Better yet, catch GT and Air at an album release party this Wednesday, May 7, at Jaam Rek (aka. the old Hidmo building).
Grynch is ten years, four albums, and a grip of mixtapes deep into a rap career that has seen the proclaimed King of Ballard garner worldwide fans and a copious amount of Seattle rap leverage. Street Lights (released today) is his most recent offering, and it contains more of the same reflective yet self-assured raps as his past work. SL boasts production from a VIP list of 206 board operators (Jake One, MTK, Trox, and Justo among them) and a straight-up awesome cameo from California’s legendary G-funk hook man, Kokane. A full album review is coming soon right here.
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