Running around like crazy the past few days, but I definitely had to toss the new video from the big homey S-K-Y, Z-O-O up on TAOD. It’s the first look from his upcoming album, The Salvation, and it’s produced by 9th Wonder. Dopeness.
People around the 206 know that I’m notorious for not going to many shows, but I may have to make an appearance this Wednesday at the Vera Project (in Seattle Center, right next to Key Arena). As J. Moore, Jake One, Vitamin D, DV-One, and Markus do in every city that Big Tune hits, the entire week is filled with great events for the public and for the participants. Since Seattle is the home of the event, you already know that we’ve got some dope stuff going on before this Friday’s battle at the War Room.
Case in point, hit up the Vera on Wednesday for a free show from The Physics, J. Pinder, and Spaceman, along with an exclusive video documenting the collaboration between last year’s Big Tune winner, C-Sick, and the legendary Nas. See y’all there.
Those of you in Washington (or stalking my Twitter) probably heard that we had our annual Summer Jam concert yesterday at White River Amphitheater with performances by the New Boyz, Asher Roth, Kid Cudi, The-Dream, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Sean Paul, Akon, and Ludacris. Usually, I have nightmares of these days because it’s a fun event for the audience, but generally really hectic to work. Last year was a painful double dose as I spent the entire day registering voters for the Obama campaign (we put onnnnn) and then running around backstage interviewing cats. This year was a lot more relaxing as I spent the majority of the time chilling with my two favorite acts on the bill, Asher and Cudi, and their folks.
We’ll have interviews coming soon with those two, but in the meantime, I grabbed some footage of Asher’s performance for y’all. Peep the video above to see him, Brain, and Wreckineyez run through a few joints from Asleep In The Bread Aisle, including “She Don’t Wanna Man,” “Be By Myself,” and of course, “I Love College.” For more Summer Jam footage hitting the net all week, keep your eyes on this page.
I highly recommend checking out the Great Hangover Tour with Asher, Cudi, Pac Div, and B.o.B if it hasn’t hit your town yet. I’m slightly salty that we didn’t get the full lineup here in Seattle, but SJ with 1/2 of it was dope too. Anyway, peep it…you won’t be disappointed.
Ahhh, I love ish like this. Just a dope ass beat and 3 ill MC’s [hip-hop slang i hate] going in [/hhsih] over it. Shout to Pac Div, Sean G, and Khalil…
Yo…my people are DOIN’ IT y’all!
It’s so great to see two of my favorite people in the industry, Thurz & Y-O, really start to take off and make some major moves. This track was produced by Ro Blvd (who gets a quick cameo in the clip as well), but it’s not from their Love Supreme project. Instead, it was a special song and video commissioned by Mountain Dew’s Green Label Sound, closely affiliated with the FADER Label and my folks at Cornerstone. Just like our collaboration with GLS, the project turned out great and this clip is yet another stellar music video in U-N-I’s library. Do your thing fellas…
Sidenote, be on the lookout for the official Love Supreme documentary coming soon from DRG Films. You just might recognize one of your favorite DJ’s as the narrator…nomorganfreemano.
When Zumbi & Amp dropped The Take Over, we played the hell out of this record on Sound Session. The beat is pretty simple, but when paired with that hook, it’s insanely catchy. Overall, it’s definitely one of my favorite songs of the past year.
Kay Slay should be on the remix though. Just cause.
Um…this is crazy.
Swiped from FWMJ.
More dopeness from Shad K, this type at the Toronto stop of the Warped Tour. Have you copped The Old Prince yet?
If you name drop me in an interview, there’s a good chance I’ll post it up on TAOD hahaha. 4:53 ftw!
Nah, but for real, Outasight and 6th are two of my favorite artists these days and people are starting to recognize the incredible talent they possess. If you’re still in the dark, peep the interview with Terry Urban (what up Mick!) for some good background info and be sure to download one of the best songs of the year too:
Flawless record.
When we caught up with DJ A-Trak this past weekend, we talked about how this track came together, since it’s kind of an interesting story. It’s not every day that a joint originates as a fun mixtape track, only to turn into an official single (and a follow up to a smash record) just a few months later. I bet Lady GaGa is enjoying any $$ she makes off this…
Cudi will be at our Summer Jam this weekend, so if you have any questions you’d like us to ask him, email me – DJHyphen@gmail.com