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VIDEO: “The King’s new clothes were made by his own hands (Remix)” – Shabazz Palaces
This is how the magic happens.
Category: Video
VIDEO: “Are We There Yet” – Dumbfoundead
More #OutOfTownMovement for your TGIF’ed ears. Some heavier sh-t from LA-sian MC Dumbfoundead. Get hip to this Project Blowed affiliate if you haven’t yet.
(I can say “LA-sian” because I’m Asian. If you’re not Asian, you can’t say it. That’s just how it works.)
VIDEO: “Reset” – DLRN (feat. Prometheus Brown & Illecism)
DLRN (as in “Delorean”) is Sacramento duo 5th Ave (MC) and Jon Reyes (beats). The 206UP.COM staff has been checking for them for a minute now and you should too. “Reset” is the duo’s latest video and it features Prometheus Brown rocking familiar Seattle snapback.
VIDEO: “212” – Azealia Banks
#OutOfTownMovement. Viewed for the first time at Out For Stardom. I don’t know who Azealia Banks is (that’s either because her thing is brand spankin’ new or because I am not nearly as cool as I think I am), but this track caught my ear. She raps, she sings, she smiles real cute, and she’s from Harlem, USA. The 212 is where I lay my head. The 206 is where I’m from. Something about this joint feels so right. Hence the post.
VIDEO: “Pass You By” – Scribes
From Scribes’ most recent LP, What Was Lost, which you can grab for free here. Jon Jon gets behind the lens again on this clip.
WWL might go down as one of the most overlooked SEA rap albums of the year, so make sure to be cooler than your other friends and check it out.
VIDEO & DOWNLOAD: “#106” – The Physics
Click track artwork to D/L.
The dude Nam, in collaboration with The Physics crew, are responsible for the track “#106” and accompanying video and t-shirt.
Nam pretty much said everything over at his blog so I won’t say much more here other than after living in New York City for the last four years I understand the value of public transportation so much better now. It’s a humble yet socially responsible endeavor that I unfortunately never engaged in when living in Seattle, mostly due to the nature of my work.
The daily pilgrimage becomes mundane after a while, but there’s also something oddly romantic and meditative about having those bus or train routes become so familiar to you. Hopefully someday I’ll get to experience that in my Northwest home.
Grab the track here: “#106” – The Physics
VIDEO: “Miles on the Dash” – Logics
Vegas native turned Seattle spitter Logics rides for his hometown on “Miles on the Dash,” off the Problematic EP available for free here. (Spotted today at Northwest State of Mind.)
VIDEO: “Up Up Down Down Left Left” – GMK
Seattle really lost one when GMK, South End MC and producer of all things “brilly,” up and moved to California a couple of years ago. Local rap cats who make a big go of it in other towns should not be behooved, however — you know what they say about rolling stones…
Peep GMK’s video for “Up Up Down Down Left Left.” Having an extra 30 rap lives is one sure way to guarantee some amount of success.
[UPDATE 9.20.11, 3:10pm: I now have it on good authority that the homie GMK has been back in Town for a few months now. In any case, you can take the rapper out of The Six, but you can never take The Six out of the rapper. Or something.]
VIDEO: “Boogie Man” – Grieves & Budo
New clip from (sometime) hometown heroes Grieves and Budo. From their most recent, Together/Apart.
VIDEO: “Shoot for the Stars” – John Crown
In advance of this month’s forthcoming Coffee and Beats, 253 MC John Crown releases his very first video for “Shoot for the Stars.” Thanks to Thadeacon at Slacks Kids ‘n Beats.
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