Grieves gets his Jack London on in his new video for “Shreds”, the first single from the rapper’s upcoming Winter & The Wolves due March 25. Pre-order that shit here and get some exclusive swag with your advance commitment.
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EVENT: The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop at the Museum of History and Industry
Much thanks to Aaron Walker-Loud of Big World Breaks (and many other artistic Town endeavors) for hipping 206UP to this event. The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop is being billed as “an active exploration of culture, history and justice through interactive performance, film, a community panel discussion, art and other hands-on activities”. Learn more about the event here, and go here to watch the 50 Next: Seattle Hip-Hop Worldwide documentary which will screen publicly for the first time.
Whew. And if that wasn’t enough, peep a video below by one of the event’s featured performers: “The Hood Ain’t The Same” by Draze.
VIDEO: “Life On Deck” – Mackned (prod. by SAT Beatz)
Mackned’s profane and introspective — dichotomy alert! — clip for “Life On Deck” from the Moor Gang affiliate’s new Alice Gla$$ LP. Grab that for your own choosing below.
VIDEO: “Marvelous” – Nu Era (dir. by Jack Leonard)
Nu Era’s latest single, “Marvelous”, gets a suitably gripping video treatment, directed by Jack Leonard. Grab the track here.
VIDEO: “Clap Yo Hands” – Kublakai (feat. Symmetry)
Kublakai reaches into the vaults (at least six years, by my estimation) and unearths the track “Clap Yo Hands” (from his The Basics LP) for this fresh, self-directed clip co-starring Symmetry and a quartet of fly dancers.
VIDEO: “DIRTYRUGZ” – Fleeta Partee (dir. by Notework)
P. Greens is the down-and-out, knowledge-dropping, hustler alter-ego to the Central District’s Fleeta Partee. Click here for the often hilarious, low-key poignant antics of P. Greens. “DIRTYRUGZ” is the new clip from Fleeta/Greens, directed by the Notework. In which the subject wakes up on a park bench in Bed-Stuy and promptly drinks from a mug emblazoned with the American flag… Somethin’ poisonous in that cup, though.
VIDEO: “House Keys” – Ricky & Mark
Ricky Pharoe keeps getting locked out of his house (typical). Best to squat in an abandoned roller rink, he supposes. Lots to unpack here, psychologically, but I’m not a shrink and neither should you be. Why don’t we just enjoy the song, yes?
This is a new track from Ricky and Mark — where “Mark” is Gajamagic, who you already know from Champagne Champagne because you’re soooo fucking cool, aren’t you? — and “Ricky” is Ricky Pharoe formerly (currently?) of Art Vandelay. (Nice homage paid to that group with the exterior shot of Tom’s Diner in Morningside Heights, New York… Now who’s the cool one, jackass?)
THE SIX: Featuring Malice & Mario Sweet
Photo courtesy of the artists’ Facebook page.
THE SIX is a regular interview feature on 206UP.COM with a simple format: One member of the local hip hop community and six questions. For past editions click here.
The Physics had the best Seattle hip hop album of 2013 — by this website’s estimation, anyway — with Digital Wildlife. And that record wouldn’t have come together as well as it did without the musical talents of the group’s two vocalists: real-life couple Malice (given name: Crystal) and Mario Sweet. Their R&B harmonies with The Physics generally act as subtle but vital backdrops to the crew’s deep hip hop roots, and the natural chemistry they share with rappers Thig Nat and Monk Wordsmith, and producer/rapper Justo, makes for the most appealing collaborations in Seattle rap.
Malice and Mario stepped out on their own with 2011’s Happy 2 Year, a celebration of both their love for music and second wedding anniversary. H2Y was followed in July of 2013 by Enjoy Like Love, an upbeat collection of original songs unapologetically inspired by R&B/soul from the ’80s and ’90s, as well as pop culture touchstones from those decades. For those of us born in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Enjoy Like Love feels like an audio love letter written just for us.
Malice and Mario jumped on THE SIX to answer questions about their backgrounds in music, what it’s like performing and touring as The Physics, and what their musical futures might hold.
VIDEO: “Lights” – Nottus Tre (feat. Fatal Lucciauno)
West Seattleite Nottus Tre’s flow is a slow burn. His The Methadone Musical doesn’t wreck your senses at first listen. Its effect grabs you more like a slowly turning vice grip; the python of recent Seattle hip hop records. “Lights” (featuring Sportn’ Life’s Fatal Lucciauno) is the rapper’s latest video.
VIDEO: “Still Mobbin” – Raz Simone (feat. Ariana DeBoo)
300’s first hip hop signatory Raz Simone with a fresh clip: “Still Mobbin” featuring vocalist Ariana DeBoo and directed by Raz and Andrew Imanaka. This is mobbin’ as a way of life. I chuckle at the number of white people who likely crossed the street to avoid Raz and his boisterous video mob.
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