It’s snowing buckets in NYC tonight, they’re forecasting over a foot of snow this evening, and I stayed home from work because of the whooping cough. (Hopefully not really, but I did read this.)
The good news: It’s Friday… And, The Physics dropped a new video under the skilled directorial eye of Stephan Gray. Rejoice and drink beer.
Shadow Company affiliate Carey Stacks with a new clip. Directed by the hard-working Detooz Films team.
Rap with no fuss. I like this shit. Title track from The BreakLites latest, available below. #253UP.
Yet another feather in the caps of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. They’re gonna need more caps.
“Hate” is from The Good Sin’s 2012 full-length, The Story of Love x Hate. It features Mario Sweet (The Physics) and the video was directed by Andrew Imanaka.
Every time a new appearance by Mack and RL causes me to think, “Alright, now these dudes have really arrived,” yet another big-time feature re-boots the whole damn thought. What’s next? Saturday Night Live? (If that happens, you heard it here first, by the way.)
LakeHouse Entertainment head Benadrill recently completed his West Coast Trilogy video series. Watch the rapper-skater apply his own particular brand of the DIY ethos to the joints “Light Skin” (which you’ve seen before on this blog), “Ching Ching”, and “Tilted”. The clips were filmed in Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. You can find all three tracks on the MC’s latest, The Burna Supremacy.
J. Bre epitomizes no-frills hip-hop, and that’s a refreshing thing in today’s market which is awash in over-dubs, over-production, and over-saturation. “Can’t Look Back” is the MC’s latest song and video. Go here to download it.
The Le Fresh Perspective collective dropped the latest video by Dave B. “Maple Fudge” is from the MC’s The Coffee EP, coming soon.
A dispatch from one of the Town’s favorite sons, Sol. Here he checks in from Durban, South Africa and informs us that an April return to the Pacific Northwest is imminent. Go here to read more about his recent world travels.
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