Hi-Life Soundsystem just dropped their FREE full-length. I’ll be back with more on this later (stealing time at work to blog — that’s a no-no!). Get it by clicking on the album cover above or with the adorable little Bandcamp widget below.
2-0-6 keep “Bounce”-ing…
A (#LatePass) New Year’s gift from the wily Sonny Bonoho. Hit the linked image above for a pared-down version of Sonny’s 2010 LP, Phonephreak. Click here to read what I had to say about it back in April on SSG Music. And if you missed the hyper-creative video for “Zig Zag” (feat. Money B [!!!]), peep that below.
One of my best friends of all time met Spaceman at a Dyme Def show a few years back. This was before dude had officially “arrived” as one of The Six’s most enigmatic figures in rap. He tried to spit game to her and I’m pretty sure it went something like this:
My Friend: Hey, what’s up?
Space: Spaaaace…Maaaaaannn!!!
(I’m not even joking, that’s what he said. I wonder if he still has her number in his Blackberry?)
Ah, young “Love” by Brothers From Another: “I”m gone, I’m leavin’/Movin’ on, believe it/I’m Lebron, you’re Cleveland…”
Downloaded BFA’s Two Weeks Vacation EP below.
Here’s what you do: 1. Click. 2. Listen. 3. Vote.
A quick recap of past winners:
1.14.11 – “Full Speed” by Living Proof feat. Abstract Rude & Michele Wylen
1.21.11 – “Lock It Down, Sew It Up” by A Day And A Wakeup
1.28.11 – “Got It Like That” by 88.206 feat. JDiGs
And now this week’s competitors…
LANE 1: “Thirst” – Luke Rain f/Mikaela Romero
Click Play to listen to “Thirst” by Luke Rain f/Mikaela Romero. Click here to get Luke Rain’s album, Liquid.
LANE 2: “Verbal Assault II” – J-Pros
Hit Play to listen to “Verbal Assault II” by J-Pros. Click here to download their free album, Pacific Central.
LANE 3: “Everytime I Wake Up” – Lions Ambition
Press Play to listen to “Everytime I Wake Up” by Lions Ambition. Visit the group’s website here.
Click image for D/L link
Hot sh-t. Logics drops his best track yet with (more than) a little help from Prometheus Brown and Adrian Sims. Marcus D hooks the beat up — some of that NY grimy soul sh-t. Remarkable considering dude does his dirt in Auburn. (And I don’t mean the University.) This is essential cold air, hunched-down-in-your-bubblegoose music.
Hit Play to hear “Focused.” Hit the image for the free D/L.
The most recent drop in Dyme Def’s Pay Day series. Brainstorm, SEV and Fearce Villain show their versatility, steeping an understated melody and beat in a concoction of deft lyricism. It’s become clear this crew can basically do anything they want, from straight-up party music to hood-conscious philosophy. Dyme Def is making it impossible for bloggers to put them in a box. And that’s a damn good thing.
Local poet and emcee El Dia (also known as Angela Martinez Dy) contributes this dope blog to the world wide web. I hear an album is also in the works so watch 206UP.COM for more on that. In the meantime, check this video collage of Town landmarks set to her track, “Seattle.”
Portland’s DJ Jacks Green with a brief four-track salute to Northwest hip-hop. Sol, Scribes and Geo provide bars on three of the tracks (previous post: “Kickitwitchu” featuring Sol). It’s FREE, so why wouldn’t you click?
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