Malice & Mario Sweet are Physics related crew. (or the closest thing to it) Although they are not a hip hop group, they provide some ill soul R&B with a little hip hop vibe to it. Dig the vibe and check the EP.
"Get ready to take a private journey aboard a music fueled spaceship to a
place with no borders, rules, or sorrows. Malice and Mario Sweet have
chartered a direct flight to a musical celebration for the open-minded
lover in all of us.
Several genres are visited throughout this commemorative EP while
upbeat, soulful and tangible love rings through each melodic twist and
turn. This married duo have no other intention but to channel your inner
musician and help you let it all go. Happy 2 Year."
In the process of a year Mr. Kinetik has been part of some of the illist ish that has been dropping out of Naptown and in hip hop period. In February he set off the year with The Green Hornet EP alongside one of Indy's sickest emcees Eratic. Then the ATFU/Tornado Alley project/movement began bubbling and taking over. Then in May alongside Rusty Redenbacher from the Mudkids they released a collab effort titled "The Professor and The Hustler," which was once again nothing short of SLAMMIN'!
How do you follow it up? How do you stay consistent? In this day, artists turn out music to keep a buzz going instead of making solid projects. Over the last 8 months, Mr. Kinetik's projects seem to be as dope or doper than the last. So... here we are in August and Mr. Kinetik does it again with his "Sounds of Soul" project which, according to Mr. Kinetik, "has been carefully crafted over a couple of years." (and you can tell) This is NOT a sloppy collection of tracks with no theme like what many mixtapes have become. I could tell from 1st listen that this project was a fine tuned and well oiled machine. A lot of albums have peaks and valleys, but "Sounds of Soul" is nothing but consistent all the way through in the fashion of many classic hip hop albums. Time will only tell, but this LP and artist have the potential to go far.
Pete Marriott dropping "The Champ Is Here" doing some good old fashioned boom bap. Peep this ill joint.
“The Champ Is Here” is the new single from DJ/producer Pete Marriott. The 20+ year hip hop veteran who hails from
Seattle, Washington has hooked up with the Raleigh-Durham, North
Carolina group Full Time Grind to transport listeners back to the Golden
Age of Hip Hop. Sampling the line that Muhammad Ali made famous, “The
Champ Is Here” is as diverse, innovative and influential as hip hop was
in its heyday."
Those of you that were unable to make it out to the High Dive on the 27th... it was a dope show. (period) My man Ryan Fresh was on the 1's & 2's and Just Be picked up the mic again to rock the stage one more time. It felt good to not only be back in Seattle, but to hit the stage here once again.
We were the opening act at The High Dive & despite the placement kept it "top shelf" for the crowd. We blessed the people with tracks from "Basement Sessions," "Dub Styles" and the "TransAtlantic" project. The last time I did a show here in Seattle w/ Just Be it was 2008 & the tracks felt like we hadn't skipped a beat.
The gig was refreshing to connect with new artists in the 206 & to dive back into the scene. (a reintroduction so to speak) Although I've been aware of what's been going on in the scene, things have changed. So, it was nice to see new faces doing what they love on stage and giving it their all. (French Letters, Vice Versus & Token Folk.)
Just Be & Dawhud... From This Moment ON!!!
Although this gig was a homecoming for myself, it's served as a catalyst to spark interest in music for my friends. Does that mean Just Be is going to get back on the mic? I can't answer for him, but it was nice to share the stage with him again and do some of my favorite cuts together. As for Ryan Fresh... I know he said he's interested in doing more shows & that's exactly what I want to do. (more shows)
This gig is just the 1st of many now that I have returned to the land of raindrops.
Your official when you're on a dive bar wall!
Peace to all the people, friends and the artists that came out. French Letters, Vice Versus & Token Folk... ya'll rocked the spot!!!
It's been a while since I've done a post about bad movies and this is a special edition.
I first heard about "The Room" when reading an article about the movie in "Entertainment Weekly." In it they were talking about how it's become the new "so bad it's good" film and a Hollywood insider joke. After reading about it and hearing it supposedly referenced in television and film I had to watch it. If I was in LA, I would have simply gone down and watched it, but alas I had to wait for it to hit DVD. Fast forward to the other day when I was able to get this movie on Netflix.
This... movie... was... EPIC!!! I honestly haven't seen a movie SO bad, but SO awesome in a long time. Where do I start? This film fails on every level... writing, acting, directing, score/music etc. (almost all done by Tommy Wiseau.)
For instance, I give you the flower shop scene. (staring Tommy Wiseau)
The movie in a nutshell is about Johnny, a banker who takes care of his friends. His girlfriend is cheating on him with his best friend. Sounds simple enough that a soap opera could make a decent story arch out of. Well... not here and mixed in with that simple plot are little scenes that make no sense at all and do nothing to help push the story along.
For instance, I give you all of the football scenes in the movie.
Honestly this isn't one of those movies where you're 30 minutes or halfway through the film and you think that it THEN goes downhill, it is one of those movies that goes downhill at the opening scene.
It is a beautiful crash and burn that I honestly would LOVE to see in a theater with a "Rocky Horror" type crowd, throwing footballs, wearing wigs and watching Tommy Wiseau cock his head back and laugh after he says EVERY line.
