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The mezzanine is that particular level in shops reserved for accoutrements and peculiarities that often defy categorization within the context of everything else in the store. Existing somewhere above the bottom but below the uppermost, sometimes the vantage point from the mezzanine is better than anywhere else in the venue. Kingdom Crumbs chills on the mezzanine. No surprise there. Peep their Kickstarter game, here.
New video from Khingz’s Liberation of the Monster. This is my favorite track off that album, those pounding pianos sounding all vintage Dogg Pound circa 1995.
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I’m back, fresh off vacation with a new tan and a head cold. Ain’t no head cold like a Spain-induced one, though, so it’s all good. Excuse me while I get caught up on week-old drops and such…
Members Only’s Thaddeus David stays in our ears with Apprentice, a six-track affair available now for pay-what-you-will. Billed as mellow, laid-back (don’t call ’em) outtakes from the Maven sessions, watch the young SOTA affiliate stay relevant like Marvel well into the Seattle summer.
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By the time you read this your loyal blogger will (hopefully) be reclining in a beach chair, sangria or other adult beverage in-hand, bumping this 2-0-6 mix on his Discma…er…iPod.
I know it’s sad, but your life will be so empty until May 10 or so when I return triumphantly from my traipse around Spain. Until then this meticulously curated and sequenced (not really) fourth volume of SEA rap goodness will tide you over. I now grant you permission to go ahead and read those other blogs while I’m gone, ‘cuz fuck it, I’m on vacation!
Salud, fammo!
(And if you missed past editions of 206UP.COM mixtapes, find ’em here, here, and here. Collect the whole damn set, nerds.)
Sene
Brooklyknight
Plug Research; 2012
Score (Potholes In My Blog scale): 4/5
Click here to read my review of Brooklyknight by Sene, at Potholes In My Blog.
Champagne Champagne might be the biggest SEA hip-hop act in the land right now. (Not named Shabazz or Macklemore, of course). They’re in France. They’re on the Vans Warped Tour. They’re on the phone with your girl right now. Seriously — you better go check.
Shabazz Palaces made their triumphant return to New York City this month, performing two bill’s worth of shows at SOB’s and Brooklyn Bowl. This is an interview and performance clip from the former venue, courtesy of the tastemaker you love to hate, Pitchfork.
The latest video from Kublakai off last summer’s The Basics 2. Kub is soon to be on tour with One Be Lo. Go here to find your town.
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The latest homegrown beat tape from Sabzi. Delridge makes me think of White Center, which makes me think of Zippy’s Burgers, which makes me think damn, yo, I’m hungry.
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206UP.COM missed the 4/20 party yesterday (probably because your dude don’t smoke — ah well). Thanks to MC dr.Oop though for linking me to his hot boxed clip for “Green Butter” (featuring Rogue Venom), released a couple years back on The Grateful Dread LP.
The MC also just made public the follow-up track, “Magic Milk,” which keeps it on the rap-as-recipe tip. Listen closely for how to make magic happen in your kitchen. Both (ahem) joints were produced by the esteemed EarDr.Umz.
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