RA Scion, the most professorial MC in Town, has a new full-length coming out soon called Adding to the Extra (March 19). It’s produced entirely by City Hall’s Todd Sykes and is a sample-based, boom-bap affair that trends toward ’90s traditionalism (Golden Era enthusiasm?). “Guttersnipe Bridge” is the first video from the new shit.
206UP.COM is always excited for a new Kung Foo Grip drop. “The Wave” is off their Growing Up In The Future EP which you can download for free here.
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206UP.COM’s The TrackMeet is a regular feature here on the blog that pits three relatively new or up-and-coming local hip-hop artists against each other in a battle-of-the-songs style competition. It’s easy to participate if you’re a reader: Just listen to the three featured tracks and then vote for your favorite in the online poll below. Voting lasts for one week. Each winning entrant will be featured on an upcoming TrackMeet Mixtape (the first edition of which you can download here). If you’re an artist looking to submit for an upcoming competition, click here for submission guidelines.
Here are this week’s contestants:
LANE 1: “How We Livin'” – Minority Report
LANE 2: “Roll of the Dice” – BioLogic
LANE 3: “Young and Restless” – Campana
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Thaddeus David dropped “Protected Investments” this morning, the first leak from his new album Treat Yourself, Don’t Cheat Yourself. Looking for something to do tonight? Catch TH and his Moor Gang family at Neumos.
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Los Angeles-based singer Jarell Perry teams with Seattle indie darling Nacho Picasso, Duck Down soldier Torae, and the Bay Area’s Locksmith for this track off his upcoming Simple Things (March 18).
Spekulation dropped “All The Solders”, the first single from his upcoming Truth Be Told EP, last week, and followed it up with the visuals above. From the press:
Like the song, the video takes a personal look at the problem of violence in our society. The film focuses on a handful of people living in fear of the violence that has become a part of American life. It is a subtle film that poses powerful questions about how we choose to live our lives in the face of fear and uncertainty.
Kingdom Crumb’s eponymous debut was a hair’s width away from being my favorite Seattle rap album of 2012. This clip for “Red Cups” captures the party cool vibe of the track perfectly: ’80s synth stretched out like the truck the crew stunts in. Stephan Gray on his high-def shit again.
The M.A.D. Northwest collective has released the official trailer to their Seattle hip-hop documentary The Otherside. There’s no official release date yet, and I can only imagine the crew is frantically collecting footage from Mack and RL’s recent adventures down under and on SNL. Really looking forward to this.
Dark Time Sunshine had the best Seattle rap album of 2012 — by this blogger’s estimate, anyway — with their moody-as-fuck but still addicting ANX. “Take My Hand” was one of the best entries from that collection and it now has its own video treatment courtesy of Beats Rhymes Films.
Catch DTS on the road now with guests Void Pedal and Moody Black, including the SxSW thing in a week’s time.
“Sometimes I Don’t” is the most recent single from Raz’s upcoming Solomon Samuel Simone (due March 19). The track features frequent collaborator Sam Lachow who does his own good dirt on both coasts (NYC x SEA).
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