Definitely more of a viral video than anything that official, but the song is ill so I’m glad they shot some quick visuals for it. Despite Gucci’s best efforts, I really dig this record. #in2010 we better get Big Boi’s album released…
Type tried to warn y’all…not for the faint of heart, or the uptight.
This is off Type’s Amateur Hour album and was directed by Griff J and Craig Packard, who are consistently dropping some dope visuals for a bunch of Seattle artists. Should be fun to see what they do in 2010.
I found out about the homey Smooth from my day job helping get music videos into stores, restaurants, clubs, hotels, etc.. I get to see a few dope videos that I wouldn’t otherwise catch every day, and here’s Smooth’s new one for “Hard Tymes.” Along with it being an ill track, the coloring in this one is real sharp to me.
I don’t know the back story behind it, but this is crazy. “Comprised using chords, bass notes, and vocal samples” from one of the best films of ’09, Up.
Sidenote, just saw Up In The Air, which was fantastic as well. Next up is Avatar, but I need to wait until the furor around the 3D IMAX shows dies down a bit…
I’ll readily admit that I know nothing about good fashion or what brands are popular — I’m not even sure I knew Supreme was a brand…ok, I think I did — but anyway, I do know good music. I wish the Niceguys did a full video for this track, which is one of my favorite joints of the past few months. Download the full jawn here.
Even though I was just on “vacation” for a week, I can’t seem to relax at all. Anyone ever have that same feeling? Perhaps I need to take up yoga or meditation.
In the meantime, I’m thankful for a track like this from the lovely Paola Jean. Music always soothes the soul…
The homey M-Dot dropped this video recently and I kept meaning to post it up. Better late than never…and for the record, you can’t go wrong with that O’Jays sample, especially with M-Dot spitting some fire over it.
Now if you’ll excuse me, time to go have some holiday dinner with the fam-a-lam. Hope y’all are doing the same.
The long awaited video for Macklemore’s ode to Seattle and our hip-hop community is finally here, and as expected, Mack and director Zia Mohajerjasbi knocked it out the park. Shout to everyone involved in the song, video, and our scene. It was an honor to make a quick cameo in a clip that’s sure to be a town classic and I hope y’all enjoy it as much as I do.
“I know, it’s not the same, it never will be/
But my-my-my-my city’s filthy”
We used this instrumental on SNSS this week and I realized that a lot of folks out there might not be familiar with the original track. “Rock Wit U” is off Jeff’s 2002 The Magnificent album and in my opinion, it’s a new school classic. It’s one of the smoothest joints of the past 10 years and should be on every R&B lover’s top list of the 2000’s, but it’s always been criminally slept on. I bet most of y’all didn’t even know it had a video, huh?
Big shout to the Crew54 fam for sending this new video from Mojoe & Bavu Blakes through. A dope beat from S1, genuine heartfelt lyrics, and clean visuals…what else do you need? Cop that – http://www.mojoefamily.com/