When Miguel blows up, we can all tell our friends we used to listen to him sing harmonies on Blu & Exile records before he got his deal…
Oh, and Seattle people: J. Cole is coming to Bumbershoot this year. As one of the Bumberboard, you’re welcome.
Some of my friends don’t really approve of the liberal use of the Marvin Gaye sample, but I don’t think Theophilus is trying to take it to that level or anything. This is just a mixtape record, albeit a super sexy record, especially when paired with the Vashtie directed video.
Check please.
And the winner of “best artist to come out of nowhere and immediately become one of Hyphen’s favorites” is…
This is actually one of my favorite songs from Bobby Ray and while I was disappointed to see it not make the album, at least they shot some quick viral visuals for it. As for the topic at hand, you could write an interesting psychological analysis of girls that become models. That’s gotta be a weird life decision to reconcile with yourself as you get older. But for the rest of us, at least they’re fun to look at…
The video seems a bit excessive, but this track is dope as hell. In case you’re still under a rock, Broken Bells are James Mercer of the Shins and Dangermouse.
Shad K is back with the second video off his stellar TSOL release, this time around “Rose Garden” gets the visual treatment. As usual, another great piece. Check out all things Shad related on his site, including tour dates, and Canadians can cop the album here or here.
Northwest people: Shad will be performing at the Biltmore on June 3rd in Vancouver and I highly recommend you come through if you can make it. For my fellow unlucky Americans, I’ll probably bring back a couple CD’s for y’all…so if you want a copy of the album, place your order before the trip…
Feeling this record…are y’all still sleeping on Jermiside? You should stop. This is the second single off Middle Classic, which is now available at all digital retailers. Video directed by Ilyas of Tanya Morgan.
If you listened to Sound Session last week, you heard the homey Sol come through to talk about his new project, Dear Friends, Vol. 2. Be sure to grab the free EP and enjoy one of Seattle’s dopest MC’s.
Download here.
You saw the behind the scenes, now peep the full visuals. MTK really killed this beat…so much so that I’m willing to overlook all the silly faces and drum fingers he’s flossing throughout the video. *WizDance*
Damn, I just played this on SNSS last week and I was pleasantly surprised to see Wiz pick this record for his next visuals. Dopeness. Is it just me or does he sound like Cormega on this? RAW-FOREVA.