This kid Kendrick Lamar really came out of nowhere in the past year to become one of my favorite new MC’s. He spazzed on this joint something crazy. Shout to Dave for sending it through.
Damn…the girl in this video is hella cute. Oh…and the song is dope too. LOOOL @ Double-O’s adlibs.
Thurzday and Y-O are back with another video off A Love Supreme 2.0, this one directed by Jerome D for “Desha Dayana.” Freshness.
Damn, my man who doesn’t like when I post Drake stuff on the site is gonna want to skip over this one too hahah. Not to compare the two unfairly, but Donnis does share Drake’s abilities to appeal to a nice cross-section of the hip-hop crowd. He can rap. He can make catchy hooks (this one is a monster). He picks good beats. As he references in the song…it’s a nice mixture of Kanye, T.I., ‘Kast, Jay-Z influences, combined with his own talent that shapes his sound. I’m a fan.
Safe to say, his best video yet…Drizzy!
This is my ish right now. Off Delorean‘s debut album, No More Heroes.
Deacon The Villain, Kno, and Natti are back with new visuals off their latest release, Strange Journey Volume Two. Produced by J-Zone (that beat is banoodles) and directed by Kno and Matt Hobbs, this video came out great. And as we all know:
As we discussed on last week’s Sound Session, the young homey J. Pinder has teamed up with GOODS to release a free EP for y’all with some great records. Guest appearances from Big Pooh, Guilty Simpson, Toki Wright, and Zach Bruce, plus production from Jake One, Vitamin D, and Kuddie Fresh. You may even remember “Safe Place” with Guilty Simpson from our Cornerstone Mixtape a while back…enjoy!
Download here.
I mean…look at all the homies involved. It’s so dope to be able to call these folks friends and I couldn’t be prouder of what J. Moore and the fellas have built with the Big Tune series. Shout to the homey Budo on a huge win, but also congrats to KT for being an alien with beats human beings are not worthy of rapping over. If you weren’t lucky enough to be in Austin for this, enjoy the video recap…
While in town last night for a show at Nectar, J. Moore and I got a chance to hang out with one of our favorite groups, Little Dragon, aboard their tour bus. Yukimi, Erik, Fredrik, and Håkan talked about their current US tour, their record label situation, the success of the band so far, how their collaboration with the Gorillaz came about, their early plans for the next album, and more.
If you haven’t checked out both their self titled debut and last year’s Machine Dreams, I really can’t recommend Little Dragon enough. They can flip pretty much any style, they’re supremely talented, and above all, they’re good people. Additionally, when you see them perform live, you can just tell that they love music. It may sound silly, but not a lot of artists seem to share Little Dragon’s passion for creating and enjoying the music they make. It really comes through on record and in their live performances. They’re destined for big things…