I told y’all these cyphers were breaking out everywhere down in Austin. This pretty much sums up the kind of vibe that SXSW carries…everyone was just down there having a good time and people were all about their music. Fabby Davis Jr. murdered this by the way.
GregTheDude gave me a sneak peak of this last night…pause…but now it’s officially ready for the world to see. Greg + Tunji + Cook = Claremont Colleges talent at its finest, but y’all don’t know about that.
What you do know, however, is that it’s becoming quite evident that Tunj is a beast. Here he runs down the artists appearing on the upcoming VIMBY mixtape in freestyle form. If you’re up on your 5-C’s trivia, this will remind you of his classic Pomona-Pitzer bball intro. Ah, the good ol’ days.
If you want to see more of Tunji freestyling, check his appearance on Sound Session a few weeks back. Plus, there may be some more studio footage coming from Greg in a bit…
(watch in HD on HyphenTV here)
A few weeks ago, I posted up the video of Tunji (of Inverse) freestyling – and killing it – on Sound Session, but now I’ve got a longer clip of the interview for y’all. Peep the video above (or in HD on the HyphenTV Vimeo page) to hear Tunji and Toby break down their backgrounds, their So Far and So True projects, how the internet and blog explosion has affected their careers as independent artists, and more. You can also see some footage of their performance at Chop Suey from the night before.
Since there was one break that we didn’t include in the video, I’ve got the audio of the full interview here for all y’all Inverse fanatics:
Inverse on SNSS – http://www.mediafire.com/?mmmzy1oy5kd
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/549871929f867551/)
Be sure to hit up the homies on their MySpace and blog, and download their 2 free projects ASAP if you haven’t already.
One of the nicest up-and-coming MC’s in the game, M.anifest, dropped by Peter Parker’s show on B96 in Minneapolis to drop a little verse and debut a new track from his upcoming Coming To America EP. Big shout to both these dudes…M.anifest for making dope tracks (and being in a crew with the homey Budo) and Peter Parker for having a dope show in the vein of what we do here at KUBE with Sound Session. There aren’t many big stations that have outlets like this in 2009 so I hope y’all are enjoying us while we’re still around!
Peep the joint too:
He’s back! Thanks to literally one of the only good things Bush ever did, John Forte has been pardoned and is already back in the studio. Here’s a quick little video of John and Talib rocking over Kanye’s “Homecoming.” People may think of John’s verse on “We’re Tryin’ To Stay Alive” and forget his other stuff, but this dude could really rhyme. I hope he picks up right where he left off. Welcome home.
(watch in HD on HyphenTV here)
As I mentioned in the show recap, we had the longtime Inverse homies, Tunji and Toby, come through Sound Session this past week. You can peep that post for the audio of the entire interview, but I’ll be posting the video for it soon. In the meantime, here’s a clip of the end of the interview, where Tunj spit a (real) freestyle to help close out the show.
Download Inverse’s So True EP right here if you haven’t already. Oh, and you should probably remember the name too. 2009 is gonna be a big year y’all.
I’m not mad against all these dope MC’s that have hit the scene relatively recently hopping on some great Dilla beats and ripping ’em. Great stuff from the homey Theo off his mixtape from last August, which you can grab here if you’re still sleeping.
Shout to OnSmash.
I think Shad is my favorite discovery of this past year. I know he’s been doing his thing for years, but apparently I was sleeping cause I just caught on to him at the end of 2007. Better late than never though and in fact, this video is from back in July, but the new homey G just shot it over and I was floored. This dude is crazy.
Be on the lookout for big things from Shad in ’09. He’ll be at SXSW in March and on the Warped Tour all year, including a Seattle stop in August. Prior to that, it looks like he’ll be out here in the Pacific NW rocking shows, so I’ll keep y’all posted when things get announced. In the meantime, be sure to cop The Old Prince asap.
I think I remember seeing this footage go around the blogs back at the end of September, but I never posted it up for some reason. As I mentioned in the post on his Sound Session appearance, Murs is one of the hardest working artists out there. He consistently puts his all into his live performances, and that’s on display here in the footage from Amoeba’s Hollywood store. Peep the video and watch him run through tracks like “Better Than The Best,” “H-U-S-T-L-E,” “Bad Man,” “Can It Be,” “Silly Girl,” “Lookin’ Fly,” and more.
Thanks to Paul for sending this through.
(or watch on HyphTube)
The homey Braille has made a few appearances on Sound Session before, but this was the first time he’s been able to make the trek up from Portland to Seattle to kick it with us live in the studio. He brought along his Lightheaded fam too, Othello and Ohmega Watts, so we caught up with them all for a minute and talked about their current projects. Braille allowed us to give a world premiere to “Fill It In,” one of the joints off his upcoming album with S1 (of Strange Fruit Project). Also, before he left, he even dropped a real freestyle (remember those?) off the dome and killed it. You can watch the freestyle above and download the audio of the full interview through either of the links below:
Braille on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?mmzmmkjwzjq
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/524711662323a585/ )
Northwest people: be sure to check out Braille’s holiday event, “Everybody Say Ho!”, on the 11th in Seattle (see flyer) or the 19th at Berbati’s Pan in Portland. It’s going to be a great time…be there!
