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Hey, there’s a street date for TH3RDZ’s debut album, This, That & Th3RDZ, and it’s June 18! Chyeah! In the meantime, get hyped to their new song, “On Your Block.” Hooray for rap super-groups of the Pacific Northwest!
Insert coffee to begin.
VIDEO: “Growing Up In The Future” – Kung Foo Grip (dir. by Paul Erlandson)
Our favorite Eastside crew Kung Foo Grip dropped a video for the title track to their most recent endeavor, Growing Up In The Future. Among a bevy of rap groups trying to find room in the local pool, KFG is essential.
VIDEO: “Hometown” – Raz Simone
Raz is on a campaign to get back to the SEA. Read about his unfortunate situation here.
VIDEO: “Tis The Season” – Thaddeus David (dir. by Gator Vision)
Thaddeus David’s “Tis The Season” gets the high-def treatment by Gator Vision Productions. From Thad’s Trapital Trill EP.
VIDEO: “Iridescent Asteroid Mists” – Vox Mod (feat. Palaceer Lazaro)
And while we’re on a Palaceer Lazaro cameo trip…
This here is the video for “Iridescent Asteroid Mists,” the opening track to Vox Mod’s recent Syn-Aesthetic which you can spin below. The track is full of bright synth and electronic thump, perfect for your at-home or work commute headphone space. The Palaceer lends a fresh old school flow to the proceedings.
VM reaches for the cosmic and metaphysical in the descriptions for each of Syn-Aesthetic‘s tracks, and for this particular joint he has this to say: “Ishmael Butler aka Palaceer Lazaro of Shabazz Palaces describes multidimensional celestial visions.”
NEW MUSIC: “A Toast to Frame and Ro” – Chimurenga Renaissance (feat. Palaceer Lazaro)
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Chimurenga Renaissance is a side project of Tendai Maraire’s who you already know as one part of Shabazz Palaces. Do a little light internet digging to find the meaning of “chimurenga” and you’re on your way toward enlightenment. Listen to CR’s Pungwe mixtape (which actually dropped last fall) to take another step.
“A Toast to Frame and Ro” features Tendai’s SP partner, Palaceer Lazaro, and it might be the hardest, most beautifulest thing in Seattle rap this year.
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NEW MUSIC: Truth Be Told – Spekulation
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Spekulation probably doesn’t want to be known as the Seattle rap game Sean Connery (ie. forever attached to a starring role he made famous), so I won’t mention Spek’s recent 15 minutes of fame save for linking here in case you don’t watch Good Morning America or read major Seattle newspapers.
In any case, the man dropped his new EP, Truth Be Told, three days ago and it contains the usual care and attention to boom-bap detail that Spek is coming to be known for. Give the album a spin below and go here to see about the MC/producer’s extracurricular activities.
VIDEO: “My Backpack” – The MC Type & Prof
An anonymous reader once told me that he met a local DJ/producer on the street whose reputation as a true school hip-hop representative was often called into question. That is until said DJ pulled from his magical backpack a copy of A Tribe Called Quest’s People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. And a vinyl one at that! Hallelujah! All doubts erased!
The situation described above might be what The MC Type is goofing on in his hilarious video for “My Backpack.” Because, after all, a stethoscope does not a doctor make.
VIDEO: “True God Flow” – Mega Evers
Mega Evers is a Central District alum who this blog has been slow to come around to. The video for “True God Flow” dropped in mid-January and the mixtape on which it appears, No Concept, followed in late February. Both are here for your listening and viewing pleasure. Synth and rapid-fire hi-hats abound, so if you’re into that sorta thing I expect you’ll love it.
REVIEW: Czarface – Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric
Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric
Czarface
Brick Records; 2013
Score (Beats Per Minute scale): 80 / 100
On island life in the Golden Era. Click here to read my review of Czarface written for Beats Per Minute.
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