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New drop from Notion and frequent production collaborator MTK, with some help from Pac NW neighbors Grynch and Luck-One.
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DOWNLOAD: “Attention!” – DJ Phinisey (feat. John Crown)
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New joint from South Sound stalwarts DJ Phinisey and MC John Crown. #AromaOfTacoma
DOWNLOAD: The Mile Fly Club – The Mile Fly Club
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The Mile Fly Club is Young Goonie, Toon One, AaR, and Mac Shine, a local crew with more personality and ability than your average blunted swag rap posse. Their self-titled debut album doesn’t dwell any deeper than what you’ve come to expect from similarly-minded groups, but that didn’t stop me from enjoying it.
From the easy jazz haze of “The Grind” and “I Just Wanna Ball” to the cloud-rap steez of “Heels” (which directly bites Clams Casino’s “Bass” instrumental), TMFC displays able mic skills and adept — albeit shallow — wordplay. It’s all entertaining in the moment, but if this quartet hopes to make further in-roads locally they’ll have to move beyond the cursory rap archetypes they adopt here, something they clearly have the chops to do. Stay tuned.
THE TRACKMEET: 3.16.12
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Hopeful rappers from The Six are at it again in 2012: swamping the 206UP.COM inbox with requests to be put on. The TrackMeet is here again to meet your needs. Dream big and win one of ’em and find everlasting esteem in the form of the next TrackMeet Mixtape (download last year’s version for free, here). Lose and suffer eternal tedium in nine-to-five purgatory until you die. Your future depends on this moment. No pressure.
LANE 1: “In The Winter” – Ashtin Mott
LANE 2: “Hello World” – J-Key
LANE 3: “Gotta Have Love” – Jay Walker
DOWNLOAD: “Pick Both Sides Of My Brain” – Kingdom Crumbs
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Kingdom Crumbs is the latest incarnation composed of members from the extensive Cloud Nice family tree. KC is: Tay Sean, Jarv Dee, Mikey Nice, and Jerm. The track is “Pick Both Sides Of My Brain” A little more knowledge for your brizzain:
Kingdom Crumbs is a new band comprised of four members … The music created is hip-hop, although the approach is highly experimental, drawing from various forms, be it tribal chants, psychedelic rock, or electro. The group hails from Seattle, WA, a city now widely recognized for its unique brand of avant garde hip-hop.
Click here to download “Pick Both Sides Of My Brain” by Kingdom Crumbs.
DOWNLOAD: “Unfazed” – State Of The Artist (prod. by Aaron The King)
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State Of The Artist play it nonchalant-like on their latest single, “Unfazed” (produced by Aaron The King). Catch SOTA opening for LA’s Dom Kennedy at the Showbox in the Market on April 14th.
VIDEO: “Rammin” – Nacho Picasso
The latest clip from Nacho Picasso. Get Lord of the Fly, here.
(News travels down hill: from Spin to The Stranger to your lowly bottom feeder, 206UP. The circle of blog life.)
DOWNLOAD: “Full Circle” (12″ single) – Source Of Labor
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Hip-hop historian and forever Seattle rap stan Jack Devo shared this on his excellent blog, Bring That Beat Back, about a week ago. “Full Circle” was the first single from Source of Labor’s (Word Sayer, Negus I and Vitamin D) only LP, Stolen Lives (2001). Click on over to BtBB for a lesson in Town rap genealogy and click here to download the single.
DOWNLOAD: Agony & Exstacy – Candidt
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Got a couple “from the vault”-type posts coming today. The first is this new/old drop from Candidt, Agony & Exstacy. Check for dude rapping over tracks by Vitamin D and Kuddie Fresh (before Kuddie was KUDDIE, you know what I mean). The history below:
After the smoke cleared from Candidt’s 1996 hood classic album “Dookiebraid Soul” he found himself at a crossroads. Main DBS producer M.A.S had gone to LA to produce, drummer Davey C was busy playing and touring with numerous bands and K. Boogie plain and simply hit a rough patch in his life. Candidt did not fret, he teamed up with legendary Seattle producer Vitamin D and up and coming producer and Cousin Kuddie Fresh and created “Agony & Exstasy.” A soulful, lyrical, polished, vibed-out, laser-tongued, head-nodding collection of hip hop many considered as yet another Candidt hood classic album. Written and recorded 1998-2000, many would say that A&E is the sound that really stamped a solid footprint in the world of music for Candidt. The entire album is now available for free download! Enjoy, share and vibe-out to Candidt’s “Agony & Exstasy.”
VIDEO: “Curtis Mayfield” – Second Family (dir. by Guad)
Tac-town shit from Element and Noquezt, known in assembly as Second Family. Get the crew’s latest, Gateway Drug, here.
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