July 27th, mark your calendars!!!

It is going down at The High Dive in Seattle/Fremont on July 27th.  I will be doing a pseudo homecoming set featuring tracks from "Basement Sessions," "Dub Styles" & possibly the other projects I'm working on.

This will be one to NOT miss.  Just Be will be coming out of retirement for this special show to rock a jammie or two. 

 

Connections (TransAtlantic) by Dawhud

Bo$$ Player!!!

OG tricycle from back in the day.  I'm about to throw some Daytons on this bad boy.

The Physics... don't stop!!!

The Physics are one of Seattle's illest groups, period.  I have been checking them out for a long minute.  Before they released their debut, "Future Talk," I was trying to get them to perform when I was doing a show at Numos Bad Ju Ju lounge.  They weren't ready to start performing their material and had to pass on the gig.  (all good)  In the time that I left Seattle for Indy and came back they have become one of Seattle's hip hop fixtures and I'm SO happy for them because they seriously make some DOPE music. 

They've just released a video for their track "These Moments" and it's another example of how The Physics make solid music.




Don't forget to check their music & their site.

Auntie D: The Chinchilla Strikes Back

Auntie D is back with another vid as Kath and I are house sitting for a friend of ours.  After one vid, she's decided that she wants to become some internet sensation, so expect more from her as time progresses.

Back in E.F.F.E.C.T.

Back in the PNW and it feels SO good.  In the short amount of time I've been back I've been plugging back into the scene, networking and reconnecting with friends and artists. 

A lot has changed since I left and a lot is still the same.  When I left, hip hop in Seattle was starting to turn heads thanks to Blue Scholars, Jake One, The Physics, Vitamin D, Common Market, Grayskull, The Let Go etc.  Now the country and world is looking, but even in that short period of time, the music soundscape has changed.  What's inevitable is that new artists will enter the scene and remold the sonic textures of the city's sound as tastes change.  Charles Mudede from "The Stranger" referred to this by describing the different "waves" and styles of hip hop in Seattle.  Although I was reading about this through 206proof.com or "The Stranger" back in Indy, I was still aware of what was developing in the Seattle scene while I was gone. 

Now I'm back... a lot has changed... do I fit in the soundscape?  Did I ever?  I honestly have no clue and don't give a sh!t.  I DO know I was able to connect with a lot of cats when I was here and in my absence.  Right now it's a time to reconnect and JUST GET DOWN.  I may not have sonically fit with other artists here, but cats respected the art.  (And that's what's up)  My music has ALWAYS been highly influenced on 90s Boom Bap and that honestly has never been Seattle's sound.  It has it's roots but... well... I could go into a long rant on the environment and sound texture of hip hop here, but I wont.  What I will say is if there ISN'T a difference in sound available... then the scene is boring.  I'm glad to be back and I'm glad to bring my music back to the mix here.

SO...

July 27th at the High Dive in Fremont Seattle I will be preforming with Token Folk, Vice Verses & French Letters.  This is going to be a dope show and a return home for me.  As the date approaches I'll keep you all posted.  Keep it locked and don't forget to check out the music from the fellow artists that I will be sharing the stage with.

Rusty Redenbacher & Mr. Kinetik "Cashin In" Video

Not too long ago I posted up the project from Rusty Redenbacher & Mr. Kinetik - "The Professor & The Hustler" project.  Here we are with the FRESH & official video of "Cashin In" from the project.  For those of you not familiar with Indy, this video pretty much sums up a lot of the hip spots.  

Hit the link, check the video and support indie Indy music!!!  (word)


So just ill... till the next episode.

Where the Ladies At?

Dope female emcees seem to be a dying breed.  I miss the days of MC Lyte standing amongst Kane, G Rap and other emcees of the day.  Jean Grae is pretty sick, but it seems that she's having to hold the torch for ALL of the women in hip hop.  I honestly don't count acts like Nicki Minaj that use their image to sell their "pop tart" music as emcees.  (but that's a whole other rant)

Anyway...

I stumbled across this group through my forum on Stones Throw.  One of the members, Taza-One, produced the track and threw the video up to see what people think.  What blew me away when I first started watching the video was the fact that the first verse was not only being done by a female emcee, D-Thraxx, but that she's only 16 years old.  And... she... will... stomp you lyrically.  In this day and age I would expect to see the same type of carbon copy Nicki Minaj flow/style coming from a teenage emcee, but this time we're given a dose of lyrics I honestly didn't think a 16 year old was capable of writing  Maybe it's because of Odd Future/Tyler the Creator getting a lot of spin in the blogsphere... I don't know.  What I DO hope is to see more from this emcee and ish like this period.

On the other side of the spectrum we have Whitney Coleman, who I stumbled across when Eratic was promoting a show at Locals Only in Indy.  I came through and was simply blown away.  Whitney Coleman embodies the Neo Soul movement of the late 90s and early 00s.  I know she will be compared to Lauren Hill no matter what, but that's a good thing.  I have truly missed this sound and I honestly think it's just a matter of time before she's at SXSW and blowing up.