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Hot off the internets: Jarv Dee’s long-awaited full-length, Dopamine. Haven’t listened yet, but I expect the Cloud Nice affiliate has given club heads and space cadets everything they hoped for and more. Get it free above and below.
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“For The Birds,” the latest drop from Cloud Nice formation Kingdom Crumbs, “explores the possibility of flight and astral travel.” So yeah, watch the skies, fam.
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Kingdom Crumbs is the latest incarnation composed of members from the extensive Cloud Nice family tree. KC is: Tay Sean, Jarv Dee, Mikey Nice, and Jerm. The track is “Pick Both Sides Of My Brain” A little more knowledge for your brizzain:
Kingdom Crumbs is a new band comprised of four members … The music created is hip-hop, although the approach is highly experimental, drawing from various forms, be it tribal chants, psychedelic rock, or electro. The group hails from Seattle, WA, a city now widely recognized for its unique brand of avant garde hip-hop.
Click here to download “Pick Both Sides Of My Brain” by Kingdom Crumbs.
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I saw Worf in the club geeking out to this last night. Seriously. Worf.
I heard the Cloud Nice clique has a strict dress code around the office. (Don’t smoke ‘n drive, kids.)
Dopamine presumably coming soon from Jarv Dee.
(Yanked from The Stranger’s LineOut.)
I like to think of Nacho Picasso hunched over his vintage typewriter, plunking away at his latest nard-core (that’s “nerd” + “hard”) gangsta tome. Something like the Black Hunter S, shroomed-up and isolated, but ready for whatever the next day’s sun illuminates. Welcome to the underground rap life.
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Pok Pok just opened a Manhattan location in the Lower East Side, so that is where I’m going. Right. Now. But before I tighten the velcro on my ProWings, here’s Nacho Picasso’s latest, Lord of the Fly, with production cohorts Blue Sky Black Death. Peep that album cover. Looks like a regular Wednesday night for Nacho. Have a great weekend everyone!
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Sax G is the latest cat to emerge from the ubiquitous Cloud Nice crew. Watch for his forthcoming Pootey Brown is… to drop. In the meantime, check how he and fellow CN participant (and Pitchfork darling) Nacho Picasso get spaced-out and raunchy on this highly enjoyable one-off, produced by Raised By Wolves.
I rarely toot my own blog horn over here, but a few relevant posts ago I called Nacho Picasso “[Possibly] Seattle rap’s Next Big Thing.” That was here. This is now. After a big look today on Pitchfork, not to mention the previous not-quite-as-huge “Mixtape of the Week” selection over at Stereogum, it’s become quite clear that the Cloud Nice affiliate may soon turn my humble presage into a cold hard reality.
No matter. Dude (like this blogger) seems content to just do his thing, replying to my congratulatory Tweet today with this blushing response: “bro I’m in awe my damn self I aint even smoke yet I’m just high right now?lol” That reaction seems at odds with his often hostile demeanor on the album in question, For The Glory (which you can still grab for free here — I’d hurry if I were you). On FTG, Nacho moves predominantly in shadows, showing glimpses of revealing humor and pathos, but generally perpetuating an air of sociopathic deviancy (peep his latest clip above, “Moor Gang,” for a visual sample). Judging from today’s developments, however, the rapper must learn rather quickly that even the most expert night predators can’t exist solely in the darkness forever.
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Hella Proper is the, er, proper debut EP from BadAssYellowBoyz member (by way of Cloud Nice, of course), Steezie Nasa. Dude rocks what I like to call a “question mark flow,” lacing the ends of his bars with arching inflections, regardless of whether or not his smart-ass statement was an inquiry. HP‘s nine tracks are dressed down in the familiar orchestral trap that BAYB fans will find comforting unless (as Steezie puts it) they’re too “yopped up,” in which case they might find the rapid-fire high-hats unsettling. I certainly enjoyed it.
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