253 Rocks Well

Earlier in the year, Rockwell Powers and producer Ill Pill dropped, Kids in The Back, an album that will probably end up being the best release out of Tacoma in 2009. It’s a surprisingly polished and confident piece of underground hip-hop that deserves more burn than it’s gotten.

Now, Rockwell has released another collaborative effort, the Pocket Full of Stones EP, produced by Mat Wisner of the Viper Creek Club collective. Pocket is an eclectic exploration of hip-hop’s recent trend toward electronic and dance music; an updated version of disco for the 21st century. P Smoov is doing it locally. Kanye is doing it nationally. Some of it hits, some of it misses. Count Pocket Full of Stones as one that hits the mark, most of the time.

It’s available for free download. Click the album cover below for the link.

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VIDEO: “Big or Small” (Fresh Espresso)

Fresh Espresso’s first music video ever! A worthy effort. Nice job, fellas!

A few observations:

1. I miss being able to buy wine at 7-Eleven.

2. For a song that’s about women of all shapes and sizes, this video is curiously devoid of women of all shapes and sizes.

3. A night at the club would be more interesting if things actually moved in slow-motion.

4. Nice chest hair, Rik.

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More of That Dirty Glamour…

…courtesy of local Mad-man, P Smoov. Download his free Face Scrunchers mixtape here. It’s 39 minutes of aural hip-hop/dance candy for that ass.

(P.S. Yo, Smoov, can we be Twitter friends again? Pleeeeze?? I’m sorry for what I said about you and Rik being out-of-control philandering rock stars! Can we squash it like Q and Bishop??)

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VIDEO: “Something New (Remix)” (Fresh Espresso ft. Grynch, Macklemore & Gatsby)

My LOVE/hate relationship with Fresh Espresso continues! Hooray!

Check out this post on Winners Circle (Blah Blog) for the download links to “Something New (Remix)” and a brand NEW Fresh Espresso track, “Bedroom”. P Smoov and Rik Rude (aka Fresh Espresso, aka The Boys I Love to Hate) made some more fire — damn, man.

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