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THE TRACKMEET: 3.8.13
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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
NEW MUSIC: “Protected Investments” – Thaddeus David (prod. by SAT Beats)
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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.
NEW MUSIC: “First Time” – Jarrell Perry (feat. Nacho Picasso, Torae & Locksmith)
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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).
VIDEO: “All The Soldiers” – Spekulation (feat. Okanomode; dir. by. Chris Volckmann)
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.
NEW MUSIC: “Mister Rogers (Remix)” – Grynch (feat. Slug & Bambu; prod. by Jake One)
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The King of Ballard enlists the help of some famous friends for a remix to “Mister Rogers”. Slug, Bam and Jake on the track is one of the most formidable lineups in recent Seattle rap memory. (And Bam expressing his concern over getting got in one of the Town’s most affable ‘hoods is worth a hearty chuckle.)
For real though, shout-out to the good folks at La Carta de Oaxaca, still one of my favorite restaurants in Seattle. And the mighty Than Brothers on Market. And the Majestic Bay Theatres, still the comfiest place to catch a flick in the Six. And the stylish but vastly overpriced Blackbird whose employees were mad helpful to my girl when she was tryna order me a dope Filson joint. Shit, man, Ballard is kinda filthy.
VIDEO: “Potential Fans” – Aaron Cohen
In which Aaron Cohen and crew cavort through Sunnyside, Queens. I looked at a few apartments in that neighborhood a couple years ago, this after New York magazine named it the third most liveable community in New York. Not with those hooligans roaming the streets.
NEW MUSIC: “Secrets” – The Good Sin (feat. Blakk Soul, prod. by B Roc)
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Yet another entry in The Good Sin’s #FallBackSeason campaign. One track a week is a helluva pace. dunny.
NEW MUSIC: “All The Soldiers” – Spekulation (feat. Okanomode)
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Amid all the Bitter Barista drama, Spekulation still found time to drop a single from his upcoming EP, Truth Be Told. “All The Soldiers” is a politically-charged lament concerning America’s obsession with violence. Let the holier-than-thou snark police at Sprudge find something wrong with this.
NEW MUSIC: Miracle Music – Nissim
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Ballard’s Fin Records has added to its hip-hop lineup with the signing of Nissim (formerly Sportn’ Life recording artist D. Black). Miracle Music is the free kickoff to the new partnership with a full-length due from Nissim this summer.
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