I don’t know whether to clown this or obsessively click repeat and stare at it. Heather Gin is the artist, Vitamin D the producer, and The Note the man behind the lens. A lot of talent there. I guess that’s it.
Category: Video
VIDEO: “Writer’s Block” – Brother Ali (prod. by JakeOne)
Those drums…Damn. I don’t know if they originally belonged to Jake or not, but Brother Ali lays his words down on ’em and claims them for his own. Check the one minute mark when the sample falls away and all that’s left is the hook and the spare beauty of the rhythm.
(Spotted at Members Only.)
VIDEO: “All For You” – The Good Sin & 10.4 Rog (dir. by Sam Lachow)
The Good Sin has one of the most promising voices in area rap and this track highlights why. That deep baritone hovers over producer 10.4 Rog’s uncluttered atmospherics like a cumulus cloud over shimmering Lake Washington. Check out why this blog called their Late one of the area code’s best albums of 2011.
VIDEO: “Fly High” – Avatar Young Blaze (dir. by Jon Augustavo)
Avatar Young Blaze dropped this video over the Holidays. Beat by AraabMuzik. Direction by Jon Jon. Hustle and flow courtesy the Central. District, that is.
VIDEO: “24 Hours” – Q Dot
New clip from Q Dot, Seattle’s very own Grammy-nominated producer. Peep game.
VIDEO: “Undun” – The Roots
The full cut of The Roots’ visual summation of their recent cautionary tale, Undun. A masterwork of hip-hop drama by the only band capable of doing it.
VIDEO: “The Crown” – The Good Sin & 10.4 Rog (dir. by Detooz Films)
Late, the EP collaboration between MC The Good Sin and producer 10.4 Rog, is one of the best local releases of the year. It’s a type of musical awakening for these two artists, both highly-respected within the area code but relatively little known outside of its tight-knit community.
It’s only right then that the video for “The Crown” moves beyond the SEA. Here we see Sinseer on a trip to Southern California, going to rock with Blue Scholars and Bambu on their recently concluded tour. As fellow performers (The Physics, Brothers From Another) endeavor to keep an exhausted Sinseer from dozing off, it’s a young girl from the ubiquitous Occupy movement that gets in the final word — a nice touch of immediacy from the ever-improving John Harry Baluran of Detooz Films.
VIDEO: “Def Yoda Pt. 3” – Kung Foo Grip (dir. by A.K. Romero)
The two cats from Kirkland’s Kung Foo Grip (Greg Cypher and F is H) are both under the age of 20, but got-damn if this ain’t some old hip-hop-soul music. Their Capitalize is available for streaming and download right here:
VIDEO: The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project (feat. Blue Scholars)
It’s fairly clear from this clip that Sabzi should be the (un)official third host of The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project, a semi-regular comedic freestyle session that occasionally features prominent guests (like Blue Scholars, for example).
For the uninitiated: Hari Kondabolu is an up-and-coming (sorry, I hate that term) comedian who has roots and connections in Seattle. Check out his steez, here. His brother, Ashok, is the third member of Das Racist; and if you don’t know who that is, well then why are you even reading this? Get out of here. Now. I’m serious.
(Via Blue Scholars’ tumblr.)
VIDEO: “Go Far” – J. Pinder (dir. by Jon Augustavo)
The official video for the track, “Go Far,” off J. Pinder’s Code Red.
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