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DOWNLOAD: “Kings & Comics EP” (Rockwell Powers & DJ Phinisey)

Tacoma emcee Rockwell Powers likes to switch up his collaborative partners on each of his projects. From the straight-forward confident boom-bap of the Kids in the Back LP (with producer Ill Pill), to live party-rocking instrumentation with funk band 10th and Commerce, to the electronic/hip-hop hybrid experimentation of the Pocket Full of Stones EP (with Viper Creek Club), Rockwell is establishing himself as an artist of many tastes.

For his latest project, the Kings & Comics EP, DJ Phinisey is assigned production duties. K&C is Rockwell’s most traditional hip-hop album since Kids, and yet another feather in the cap for the burgeoning 2-5-3 scene. Hit the album cover below for the FREE download link.

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DOWNLOAD: “Blue EP” (Akrish)

The Blue EP is a promising 5-track freebie from 4-2-5 rapper Akrish (“Real name, no gimmicks,” as Obie Trice says). All songs are produced by Brainstorm with guest bars courtesy Spaceman, Grynch, Chev, and Tunji, among others.

The highlight here is “Let’s Talk” a certified Grade-A Banger of a posse cut that Ak, Space and Brain rip into like starved lions. (Is that a Queen sample I hear?) Click below and get hip before everyone else does.

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VIDEO: “Dear Friends” (Sol)

Visuals by Jon Augustavo, a director on his grind as of late. (Next up: The Physics’ “I Just Wanna Beat.”)

Download Sol’s Dear Friends EP series, here.

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DOWNLOAD: “I Wonder” (Rockwell Powers & DJ Phinisey f/Tunji)

Rockwell Powers’ new track, “I Wonder” confirms the following: a) Dude is the best emcee currently putting it down for the South Sound (word to Fice), b) Tunji is one bad motherf*cker on the mic. Click here to download “I Wonder,” from Rockwell and DJ Phinisey’s Kings and Comics EP, dropping this Friday (8/20). Album art and tracklist below.

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DOWNLOAD: “Stuck in the Trees” (Token Folk)

Token Folk are emcees IFTHEN and Uncle Shredded Wheat. Their new album, Stuck in the Trees, can be had for the price of breathing over at the group’s Bandcamp page. More DIY hip-hop from the Northwest. The underground wouldn’t have it any other way!

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DOWNLOAD: “Can You Stand the Reign (Snow Lights Remix)” (Mash Hall & Viper Creek Club)

Viper Creek Club take Mash Hall’s “Can You Stand the Reign” and submerge the original 90’s-loving nostalgia in an electronic wash of turbulent synth and voltaic thump. It’s equal parts unlikely and pleasing. Mat Wisner and company are crazy for this one.

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Go get Mash Hall, here.

Go get VCC’s debut album, Letters, here.

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DOWNLOAD: “Thank You” & “So What” (Brainstorm)

Brainstorm, Dyme Def’s sensitive sh-t talker, goes out of his way to say “Thank you,” to the fans and “F-ck you,” to the haters. With so many free drops, the Renton homie seems to be on his restless grind these days.

Click here for Brain’s “Thank you.” (Download “Thank You.”)

Click here for Brain’s “F-ck you.” (Download “So What.”)

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VIDEO: “Three Words” (J. Pinder)

Some slick accompanying visuals for J. Pinder’s ode to the L-word. Download the Code Red EP for free here.

(Directed by Jon Augustavo.)

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DOWNLOAD: “Be Who You Are” (Dopkwe)

Game Soulo and BeanOne are Dopkwe. Download the under-appreciated, Heroe’s Theme Music for free, here. And the latest track, “Be Who You Are” below. Bean’s production rarely stumbles and it’s damn near impossible for G. Soulo to come off anything but positive. Both of these attributes are what keep this collaborative endeavor fresh.

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DOWNLOAD: “Pho99 Mixtape” (Khingz)

Pho Vietnamese soup is a Seattle culinary institution. Rapper Khingz is a Seattle hip-hop institution. They go together like cream and coffee, rain and Gortex, beats and rhymes. Download the free ‘tape below.

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(Shout-out to my favorite pho spot, Than Brothers in Ballard and North Seattle!)

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