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206UP EXCLUSIVE PREMIER: “The Bizness” – Kublakai

Fresh for your viewing pleasure — and purely exclusive here on 206UP — is the premier of Kublakai’s new music video for his track, “The Bizness”, directed by Eric Burritt.

Sometimes the rap game reminds me of the…garage sale game? The fleecing of artists at all levels of the “industry” is based on the same damn principles. Kubi goes in against it with characteristic levity over a Bean One slapper.

Go grab Kubi’s Kubi Zoo for this song and other rap excursions by one of Seattle’s underground favorites.

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VIDEO: “No Sleep (From The Streets)” – Sneak Guapo

Moor Gang hustle builder SneakGuapo with a new clip for his track “No Sleep (From The Streets)” off his Lighthouse On Jupiter EP. Ralph Dozer on the beat.

 

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VIDEO: “Play It Off” – The Physics (dir. by Stephan Gray)

The Physics’ Digital Wildlife was 206UP’s top Seattle hip hop album of 2013, and the slick “Play It Off” was one of the major reasons why. Now, director Stephan Gray has blessed the track with an equally lubricious video. Thig Nat (and his stunning co-star) look like the major players from a Michael Mann film.

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VIDEO: “Until Death & Forever” – Caz Greez

“Drug life made me better.” Caz Greez celebrates the harmony and dissension wrought by pills and powder with his Underworld Dust Funk brethren. Watch for a UDF joint album project coming soon.

 

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VIDEO: “LEFTOVA” – UGLYFRANK (dir. by Noah Porter)

UGLYFRANK is one third of Tacoma cool kids ILLFIGHTYOU (you already know). “LEFTOVA” appears on Frank’s solo Bobby Hill EP, which you can stream below. It’s bouncy and sticky, just like those Fruit Loops he spills everywhere. Directed by Noah Porter and produced by Kream Team.

Also, catch ILLFIGHTYOU at this year’s edition of Bumbershoot.

 

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VIDEO: “8 Rangs” – Raz Simone

The best riding music off Raz Simone’s Cognitive Dissonance now has a slick video to accompany it. “8 Rangs” rattles your cage like a fucking thunderclap.

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SHOW & TICKET GIVEAWAY: Don’t Talk To The Cops! at Chop Suey – Friday, May 9

DtttC POSTERDon’t Talk To The Cops! have reserved a special place in our hearts with the way resident b-boy, producer and selector djblesOne grinds new wave, punk, hip hop, and (especially) ’90s R&B cuts into a glorious concoction. It’s both nutritional and danceable — like a Vitamix for your ear holes. DtttC! are threatening to perform one final show with a grip of their talented friends Friday night at Chop Suey. Catch blesOne (it’s also his birthday!) and his DtttC! teammates Emecks, El Mizell and Goldbones on us!

To enter to win a pair of tickets to this show, do one of two things: Send us an email at 206upblog(at)gmail(dot)com, OR a tweet to @206upBlog, with the words “TONIGHT DtttC! WILL SAVE MY LIFE!” somewhere in the body of the transmission. We’ll select one name at random and put your name on the list with a plus one. You have nothing to lose except maybe the best night of your life.

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VIDEO: “Anyways” – Aaron Cohen

Seattle rapper — by way of Queens, NY — Aaron Cohen looks and sounds hella gloomy in his new video, “Anyways”. Dude, you’re in Paris — you should be getting fucked up like Jay and Ye! Anyway (see what I did there) we like this cut for Aaron’s don’t-give-a-fuck mentality and the heavy, plodding beat. If you’re in New York, check for the promising MC live at SOB’s tomorrow night.

 

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VIDEO: “Save Time” – Thaddeus David

Thaddeus David gets the “Scandal” lens treatment for his latest clip, “Save Time”, a track off the rapper’s 2013 album, None The Less. Fellow Moor Gang programmer Rob Skeetz on the beat, and Motzo behind the lens.

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VIDEO: “IDK” – Avatar Darko (dir. by Ralph Madison)

Avatar Darko looks right at home on Coney Island in his new clip for “IDK” (from the rapper’s forthcoming Soviet Goonion 3). Av has converted himself into Seattle’s most unlikely rap renaissance man, from his earlier relentlessly thugged-out mixtapes, to a post-college SoCal-based grimy glamour life, to the nihilistic emo trap stylings of his recent albums, it’s always done with a hearty nod to his Russian roots. Unbiased and unfiltered, Av is always refreshing in a mouth swilled-with-Vodka sort of way. “IDK” was directed by Seattle native and now NYC resident, Ralph Madison.

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