As I mentioned in the post for the most recent Sound Session, Krispy and Al from the Knux came through the studio to kick it and co-host last night’s show. We talked about their next album, upcoming tour plans, an all-star remix to their “F!re” track that’s in the works, the Twitter phenomenon, and more. Plus, they even kicked a quick freestyle live over the air.
You can watch part of the interview above (including the freestyle) and/or download the audio below:
Back in the good ol’ Napster days, one of my favorite discoveries was a dope crew from Maryland and NYC named Maspyke. Tableek and the criminally underrated Hanif Jamyl held down mic duties while Roddy Rod killed the production. Whether you’re familiar with Rod through Maspyke or his Low Budget crew affiliation, just make sure you’re not sleeping.
Here’s his new video for “This Time Around” with Phonte (of Little Brother) and Carlitta Durand. SNSS listeners will remember us world premieringthis track last month, so act like ya know.
The new homey M-Dot recently dropped his new mixtape, Money Doesn’t Own Thought, featuring guest appearances from Termanology, Agallah, Singapore Kane, Trademarc, Grime Tha MC, and EMS and production by Domingo, DC The Midi Alien, D-Sharp, and more. Peep the tracklist and download link below:
The homey Donny Goines is one of the hardest working and dopest MC’s on the come up right now. If you tuned in to SNSS this past week, you heard us run “Sublime” off his brand new project, The Breakfast Club, and now the album is out…for free! (Welcome to the music industry in 2009 – music is officially $free.99).
Peep the tracks and excellent guest/production list below.
1 ) Don’t You Prod. by Cook Classics
2 ) Bring It Forward (New York, New York) Prod. by Versatile
3 ) Whatever It Is (Ft. Mela Machinko) Prod. by Frequency
4 ) Money (Ft. Mistah F.A.B) Prod. by DJ Static
5 ) Don’t Mess with a Woman (Ft. Amanda Diva & Naledge) Prod. by Dub Z
6 ) Sublime (Ft. Peter Hadar & Outasight) Prod. by Buckwild
7 ) She Like (Ft. Che Grand & Izza Kizza) Prod. by Apple Juice Kid
8 ) Make Me Feel (Ft. Emilio Rojas) Prod. by Kwame
9 ) Oh No (Ft. Patent Pending) Prod. by The Goverment
10 ) What U Expected Remix (Ft. Rain, Termanology, Reks & Big Lou) Prod. by Statik Selektah
11 ) A Love Song (Ft. Lydia Caesar & Skyzoo) Prod. by Digga
12 ) Closer Prod. by Dame Grease
13 ) Digital Genocide (Ft. Planet Asia & Poison Pen) Prod. by DJ Snips
14 ) Grateful (Ft. Tanya Morgan & Jeremy Carr) Prod. by Cookin Soul
15 ) Party Apple Prod. by Apple Juice Kid
16 ) Can’t Get it Right (Ft. A.Pinks, Esso & 6th Sense) Prod. by 6th Sense
17 ) These Times Prod. by Dub Z
Generally speaking, projects with this level of corporate organization/sponsorship turn out extra corny, but thanks to the talent assembled for the latest Pepsi Mic Pass video, this one came out dope. All the live stuff was shot down in Austin at SXSW and you can see all sorts of folks in the background. Town homies will recognize Dow Jones and Jake One especially…
As I mentioned, Shad is releasing his insta-classic The Old Prince Still Lives At Home album in America on June 30th. Since the LP has been out in Canada for a while, they’ve already dropped some excellent videos for it (including possibly my favorite video ever for the title track), but the new one for “Compromise” will be coming at the start of next month. In the meantime, director Christopher Mills created this prelude with some extra footage from the video and a quick spoken word poem by Ian Kamau to hold folks over.
Additionally, they released the US artwork today too:
Freshness.
Lastly, even though the Warped Tour doesn’t have a ton of hip-hop on the bill, I highly recommend you check it out when it comes through your town this summer so you can catch Shad’s live set. Dates are below:
6/26/09Â Â Â Pomona, CA
6/27/09Â Â Â San Francisco, CA
6/28/09Â Â Â Ventura, CA
6/30/09Â Â Â Phoenix, AZ
7/1/09Â Â Â Las Cruces, NM
7/2/09Â Â Â San Antonio, TX
7/3/09Â Â Â Houston, TX
7/5/09Â Â Â Dallas, TX
7/7/09Â Â Â Indianapolis, IN
7/8/09Â Â Â Pittsburgh, PA
7/9/09Â Â Â Cleveland, OH
7/10/09Â Â Â Toronto, ON
7/11/09Â Â Â Montreal, QC
7/12/09Â Â Â Hartford, CT
7/14/09Â Â Â Columbia, MD
7/15/09Â Â Â Scranton, PA
7/16/09Â Â Â Buffalo, NY
7/17/09Â Â Â Camden, NJ
7/18/09Â Â Â Uniondale, NY
7/19/09Â Â Â Oceanport, NJ
7/21/09Â Â Â Boston, MA
7/22/09Â Â Â Virginia Beach, VA
7/23/09Â Â Â Charlotte, NC
7/24/09Â Â Â Orlando, FL
7/25/09Â Â Â Miami, FL
7/26/09Â Â Â St.Petersburg, FL
7/28/09Â Â Â Atlanta, GA
7/29/09Â Â Â Cincinnati, OH
7/30/09Â Â Â Milwaukee, WI
7/31/09Â Â Â Detroit, MI
8/1/09Â Â Â Chicago, IL
8/2/09Â Â Â Minneapolis, MN
8/3/09Â Â Â St.Louis, MO
8/4/09Â Â Â Kansas City, KS
8/7/09Â Â Â Boise, ID
8/8/09Â Â Â Salt Lake City, UT
8/9/09Â Â Â Denver, CO
8/12/09Â Â Â Calgary, AB
8/14/09Â Â Â Vancouver, BC 8/15/09Â Â Â Seattle, WA
8/16/09Â Â Â Portland, OR
8/19/09Â Â Â Fresno, CA
8/20/09Â Â Â Mountain View, CA
8/21/09Â Â Â Sacramento, CA
8/22/09Â Â Â San Diego, CA
8/23/09Â Â Â Los Angeles, CA
As I mentioned in the post for the viral clip of “We Made It,” Kee & Zee’s newest video for “Alright With Me” has already been picked up by MTVu. Dopeness. Phonte had like 8 bars in this track and killed it. Shout to all my Cali familia in the video too…
This dude is freaking killing it. Nice shot at the folks who took issue with his use of the Blackberry on the Funk Flex freestyle video. Anyway, whoever brings him to the Northwest first will get major props. Promoters, festivals, radio stations…hmmm…who will it be?
The two dopest artists in the game to me right now both hail from our friendly neighbor to the north, Canada. Yeah, yeah, I still love all the usual folks I listen to, but in the past few months, I’ve been bumping nothing but Drake’s So Far Gone and Shad’s The Old Prince Still Lives At Home. Even though it’s been available up north for a minute, Shad’salbum is finally dropping here in the States on June 30th. I really can’t recommend it enough…and those songs are like 2-4 years old now. Wait till you hear the new ish.
And if you need any convincing that SK is dope, peep this…possibly the illest freeverse ever:
So as I was saying, people who run around complaining that NYC has fallen off have no idea what they’re talking about, plain and simple. Regardless of what superstars are dominating the mainstream hip-hop coverage, New York artists like PackFM and Domingo have been releasing quality music for years. So remember all those years where you saw nothing but shiny suits and XXXXXXXXXXL white tee’s and you pined for “real” hip-hop?
It’s been there the whole time. Stop sleeping. PackFM & Domingo’s I F*cking Hate Rappers drops soon…
