Mitch: I mean lets be real here, these cyphers are the only reason any of us even acknowledge the BET Awards. And hands down the best had to go to Kanye and his G.O.O.D. Music soldiers.
‘Ye a damn fool! “Power” is probably my song of the year…no one man should have all that power.
And since I damn sure don’t plan to sit through another horrible SNL tonight just to see his performances, here’s “Runaway” with Pusha T too:
Swiped from IllRoots.
Almost forgot that I grabbed this footage of Jay Electronica performing “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C” at Bumbershoot a few weeks back. I’ve heard people were split on his performance: some thought he got the pit area hype, while others were disappointed by how often his DJ cut out the beat and how many acapella verses he spit. One thing’s for sure…if there’s any beat you should let play in its entirety, it’s “Exhibit C.” Hearing that bang through the speakers was definitely a highlight of the festival (as was J. Cole’s performance).
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Bilal x Bob = insanity. Shout to Greg on the cameras!
After coming through the Sound Session studios for the web chat with fans that I posted a few days ago, J. Cole took to the main stage at the Bumbershoot Festival to perform alongside Drake and Mary J. Blige. J. Moore and I hosted the show, so I grabbed some footage from the stage as Cole battled the rain and performed songs like “Blow Up,” “Who Dat,” “Lights Please,” “Grown Simba,” “A Star Is Born,” and more.
I’ll be posting up the interview we did soon as well, but enjoy the live show for now. You gotta love the girls in the front row going crazy for Cole and also how hard the crowd rocked when “Grown Simba” dropped (at 8:27). “Bitch, I’m about to blow up!”
I know I’m a bit late, but here are some visuals of Macklemore’s performance from Cougfest 2010 over at WSU. Â Though it was really more like ‘Dawg’-fest, the crowd was still hyped and rocked out with all the artists the whole night. Peep the video above to watch Mack perform a few tracks off of his and Ryan Lewis’ The VS. EP which you can download here if you haven’t already.
Much like that De La Soul footage I posted recently, I’ve been meaning to get some of this footage out for months. Here’s a quick montage of Drake’s performance at our Summer Jam from June. If you missed out, he’ll be back in Seattle next Monday with J. Cole and Mary J. Blige for Bumbershoot. Holler @ a Hyphey when you see me there.
Shout to mind of i on the editing.
Aloe Blacc visited us last week and while here, he blessed us with a live performance of “Politician,” singing soulfully and eloquently about our government officials. The full interview is coming soon, but I wanted y’all to see this video ASAP. Nailed it in one take…
Be sure to cop Aloe’s Good Things album on Stones Throw, coming out September 28th. Support good music!
“My purpose for music is positive social change…” – Aloe Blacc
I’ve been meaning to post up this footage for…well…almost a whole year. Damn. Eh well, better late than never!
I shot some visuals for De La’s performance at Bumbershoot last year and the homey mind of i edited it together nicely. Enjoy and be sure to come to the festival this year. Drake, J. Cole, and Jay Electronica alone should demand your presence.
Aloe’s about to drop one of the best albums of the year with September 28th’s Good Things. It looks like he might be headed up to Seattle next week, and if so, we’ll see if he can stop by the SNSS studio. Great to see this longtime MC get some shine with his new project.