The Audacity of Dope

More dopeness from Seattle, why not?  I wasn’t familiar with Head Like A Kite before this clip, nor Asy from Smoosh (who reminds me of my main college girlfriend in this clip, *thumbs up*), but everyone in the Seattle scene should already be a fan of Tilson from The Saturday Knights.  Great video too, Stephan Gray killed it.  Be on the lookout for his upcoming project with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, which might be the PacNW video of the year…

The homey Blaze teamed up with the other homey, Jon Augustavo, to whip up a video for “Wishing On A Dream” featuring Isabella du Graf.  While this one wasn’t shot up here in Seattle like the previous video I posted, or most of Jon Jon’s work, it looks great and it’s another example of the talent here in the 6.

Parker (formerly known as Eclipse), aka one half of the Parker Brothaz, might just have one of my favorite records from the NW here in 2010.  We played this joint on SNSS a while back and Tha Bizness have just released some visuals for it this past week.  The beauty of this track is the simplicity: dope beat, good hook, and heartfelt rhymes.  Shout to Stretch, hope he gets out soon.  And shout to my city too, we’re filthy.

The same day that I chopped it up with Wiz Khalifa, his co-star for the Waken Baken Tour, Yelawolf, stopped by the studio to kick it as well.  We discussed his official debut album Trunk Muzik 0-60, how it continues where his last mixtape left off, his nervousness/excitement during the BET Awards Cipher, his history working every odd job imaginable, being homeless in Seattle, and more.

Not only is Wolf a cool, down to Earth dude…but his album and style are both really fresh.  Hip-hop needs his presence and music right now, so do yourself a favor and check out the project if you haven’t already.

If you prefer to just listen to the audio, here you go:

Yelawolf on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?qyc22m5pgyba2e4
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/833551839dcab9c5/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/y9ipbtzo96yw)

Shout to the whole Ghet-O-Vision & Interscope fam too.

Never was a huge fan of this song, but as always, ‘Ye kills his verse.  The visuals look pretty good, aided mostly by the location and the fine choice for a leading lady (despite the ridiculous wardrobe(s)).  Overall, the Mr. Hudson album was a solid project and the final phase of Kanye’s 808’s & Heartbreak era.

Directed by: Jon Jon

“This is more than a video, more like a short story of a guy walking rapping his own lyrics, real HipHopSh!t.”  Be sure and download Eighty4’s 1st Class In Fly World mixtape too if you haven’t already.

Hyphen: Good lookin on the post Mitch.  Y’all should support the homies…good people and good music/videos!

I’ve been waiting for Daytona’s The Interlude project to drop for a minute and it’s finally here.  It doesn’t disappoint one bit either…some of the best music out this side of Kanye right now.  Inspired by that golden era that I know we all miss.  Be sure to grab this ASAP!

Download here.

After the promo video dropped, here’s the official clip from my girl Lykke.  #swedishpride

On that Inception type steez.  #authenticity.

Plain and simple, Aloe Blacc has murdered everything he’s touched this year.  He might be my artist of the year for 2010…well, if Yeezy didn’t release another 5 mic’er, but in any event, Aloe is up there.  This time he lends a helping hand to the artist formerly known as Medaphor for “Where I’m From.”