Brooklynati is invading NYC tonight. First, Tanya Morgan is hitting up Fat Beats (406 6th Ave, 2nd Floor near 8th Street) for a free in-store performance at 7:00. ML we be there keeping an eye out for shoplifters.
After that, you can head over to Sutra (16 1st Ave at 1st Street) at 10:00 for their official release party.
GW Radio’s Funkadelic Freestyles airs it semester finale tonight at 9pm, which you can stream at gwradio.com. If you aren’t farmilar with the show, it’s pretty much has become the go-to radio show of anything dope going on in DC area’s underground hip hop scene. One of the hosts happens to be the always hilarious Jay Promo, who was in the building alongside Wale & ML for that infamous Capitals game. ML is scheduled to bum-rush the broadcast, so tune in.
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Jamie Radford is an Atlanta-based rapper and producer. He reached out to me about his new album, released under the pseudonym Dino & Bride (awesome album cover pictured above). It’s an excellent electronica-influenced hip hop album composed mostly of instrumentals, with two vocal features which you can check out below. I hear a lot of Prefuse 73 and Dabrye in his music – Jamie’s instrumentals are spacey and crispy, with thin, stiff drums and airy synthesizers. Makes for great late night listening. Jamie gifted me with a few free tracks to share off the album. You can stream Dino & Bride in its entirety here and cop his other releases at his last.fm page.
Quietly, Malice (aka 1/2 of the ML Hollers @ Subjects, The Clipse) has stepped up his web presence by launching a series of vlogs, that are must see for any fans of The Clipse. In Vlog #1 you learn that Malice is a culinary mastermind, uses the word ‘foolishness’ (which I have been using A LOT) lately, has a stock BMW, plays golf… AND has a book called Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind, and Naked coming out. *phew*
In Vlog #2, is some sort of cryptic short movie scored to Clipse tracks, interesting to watch.
Malice Vlog #1:
Malice Vlog #2:
Juelz Santana’s video for “Santana’s Town” is a classic. It managed to be visually impressive, funny and cool at the same time. I haven’t seen a truly memorable music video since the dawn of viral videos. With that said, this amateur parody of “Santana’s Town” is hilarious. And someone in Cam’ron’s camp must have liked it enough to post it on the Dipset YouTube channel. Metal Lungies has already offered the makers, Team Rim Breakers, a ten million dollar contract.
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I posted the original after the jump for reference and for old time’s sake. Dipset, R.I.P. Ay!
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday Night Live’s digital shorts come correct with another jam, this time around Timberlake & Samberg dump the boxes, and go in with an anthem for all the mother lovers out there. Happy Mothers Day.
Sphere: Related ContentIf you are confused by the title, watch the first video to get familiar, then go in on the remix (the 2nd video). Maury and Music remixes of youtube clips stay killing (my productivity)! Thanks for the pointer CP.
Sphere: Related ContentML has been criminally sleeping on posting some Mike Posner stuff.. dude looks like a pop star in the making. I mean dude just put out a mixtape, A Matter of Time a few months ago, and now he has a packed crowd singing along to his songs, pretty impressive, no?
(Swiped from Elitaste)
If you’ve been sleeping get the A Matter of Time mixtape here:
With “Spell Casting” Blame One gives a stream of consciousness harangue that touches on life and death, the creative process and tons of other stuff in between. This song was originally intended as a bonus track for the album, but didn’t make it for whatever reason. Blame One raps in a quick breathless monotone similar to Big Pun. If you haven’t checked out Days Chasing Days already, you should; Blame is an impressive lyricist and the production credits on his album include Black Milk, Exile, Oh No and GODlee Barnes (Blu).
Update: As Quan points out in the comments, this track is actually from Blame’s last album, Priest, Thief + Wizard.
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Jay $tay Paid looks like it’s going to be a quality posthumous release when it comes out next month. As great as Black Thought sounds on a Dilla beat, there’s nothing quite like a local Detroit rapper tearing one of his tracks to shreds. Danny Brown and J Dilla are a perfect match.
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