Hahaha MP & Tor are fools for this one. Seeing Tor get his Rocky on is hyping me up for their upcoming album, Double Barrel, which drops on June 2nd on Duck Down (what up to the brothers ‘Ha!). For all those complaining about a lack of that classic NYC boom-bap griminess in today’s music scene, this LP is gonna smack the ish out you.
In case anyone glossed over the weekly wrap up for SNSS below, I thought I’d make a separate post with the audio for my interview with 88 Keys and Izza Kizza from Sunday Night. Big shout to 88, Izza, Daniel, Drastic, and the whole crew for coming through…definitely some real cool folks and dope artists. Special thanks to DJ Pheloneous for helping make it all happen too. More details about the show in the last post.
88 Keys & Izza Kizza on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?mimgontduuq
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/599085806f274121/)
If you missed our past interviews with 88 Keys, check ’em out here and here.
If you missed the Wale/Colin Munroe show at Neumos here in Seattle from the end of last month, never fear, Hugh from BlogsIsWatching has your back. He linked up with Jason Hakala, Same Bae, James Chong, and Cahn Solo to produce this excellent clip of Wale’s introduction and the first track, “Breakdown.” More clips will be coming soon…
Ok, granted that he’s performing his H-Town anthem in H-Town (one of my former residences by the way), but it’s crazy how Drake doesn’t even need to rap/sing any of his lyrics already. These fans know every single word and just like the last time, this same phenomenon plays out every single night he performs. Every time I play this joint on SNSS we get immediate calls on it and folks even email later asking what it was. It’ll be crazy to see how big (pause) Drizzy is by the end of the year.
Swiped from H.E.R.
Melanie is gonna be a star. The album cuts I heard are even better than the single and she’s real cool people too. Be on the lookout for her on Sound Session real soon. Need proof?
Nah, I’m not gonna post ’em, cause I do try to keep this blog PG-13 for the kids, but I know we’ve all seen Cassie’s pics by now. And I know we all approve.
They did remind me of this original version of the “Me & U” video though, which for the longest time I thought had been stricken from the internet. Apparently they decided to make a video that reflected the blatant message in the song and only later realized this was a more sexual first look than they wanted for her career. Little did they know, this is tame as of yesterday. Besides, in this digital age, nothing on the net is ever really gone.
Sidenote, how cool is it that wifey was the one who tracked this down for me hahah…keeper!
For all you up and coming musicians out there, if you’re a fan of Daniel Merriweather like I am, you may want to look into this. Daniel and his team are giving you the chance to remix his “Change” single with Wale and get some great exposure for it. For more information, click here.
And if you missed it when it first dropped, the video for “Change”:
Shout to my folks down under in AU.
I still wanna be Jazzy Jeff when I grow up.
As I alluded to here, The Kid Daytona is one of the nicest MC’s doing it right now and I’m anxiously awaiting his debut album, Come Fly With Me. To help set up the project and make sure that people are aware of the talent, he’s teamed up with Mick Boogie to drop The Daytona 500. Each track flips the same legendary sample that Ghostface used (Bob James’ “Nautilus”), but Daytona and his stable of producers make each joint different and their own. You need to download this immediately.
1. The First Lap
2. The Wings {prod. 6th Sense}
3. The Body {prod. Ill Bomb}
4. The Engine {prod. Double 0}
5. The Navigation {prod. Jet Audio}
6. The Take Off (Flight) {prod. The Government}
7. The Pit Crew *BONUS TRACK* feat. Outasight, Harlem’s Cash, 6th Sense {prod. 6th Sense}
Download here.
Also, be on the lookout for another Daytona/Jet Audio collaboration on our upcoming Cornerstone Mixtape. #115 drops any day now…peep the tracklisting here.
I love seeing the next generation of talent not only making great music but touching on issues way deeper than what most of their young peers are rapping about (“youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”). This joint is off C-San‘s The Birth, but keep an eye out for his next project dropping in June entitled, I Want To Work With Quik. If he keeps dropping tracks like this, I can see that happening…