I missed this video from my guy M.anifest when it originally dropped back in January, but better late than never. M takes you back to his homeland of Ghana with visuals for “Makaa Maka,” which loosely translates from Twi as “if I said it, I said it” or “I say it without apology.” Say that then.
This is undoubtedly one of the hardest records out right now, which as a fairly mellow, pseudo slow jam, is quite an accomplishment. Big shout to Ab and Schoolboy Q, who came by the Sound Session studio this past weekend. Interview coming soon.
RIP Alori Joh.
Sometimes life just isn’t going your way, but if you’re truly fly, the ratchets will still jock you and your flaming Cheetos. In all seriousness, Curtiss is an artist to watch on the come up and this Tae Beast song/video should help get him some rightfully deserved attention.
Download the song here too:
Yukimi, Fred, Erik, and Hakan answer a few questions in this interview and then perform two unreleased, never heard before songs: “Sunshine” and a cover of the Eurythmics’ “Here Comes The Rain Again.” Easily one of my favorite bands in music these days…
Young Roddy from Curren$y’s Jet Life crew drops some visuals for one of the records off his Good Sense mixtape. Dude is raw, though I was hoping the tape would be over original production. That said, Roddy kills it throughout. Download it here.
Mayer Hawthorne links up with Seattle’s own Jake One to create this super smooth ode to a classic party starting drink. The Hennessy folks need to reach out on a licensing deal ASAP.
This song always reminded me of some classic Brand New Heavies…specifically the “Saturday Night” joint with Mos Def that Dilla remixed. Mayer’s in town tonight for Seattle University’s Quadstock festival and something tells me we’ll see this one performed.
Just in time for his weekend here in Seattle (shows tonight at Seattle U and tomorrow at Neumos), Ab-Soul drops his newest video, this time for “Terrorist Threats” with Danny Brown and the lovely miss Jhene Aiko. I’ve been hoping to play this on Sound Session for a while, but it’s a bit too dirty to clean up. Works pretty nicely for the web though! Dope record.
Shout to the homegirl Chaka for putting me up on this new track and video from A Yellow Man, a 3 person group from the UK. The 2 MC’s and 1 vocalist combine to make a great record, with a message. Download here.
Looking forward to hearing more from these guys…
Evidence couldn’t make the video shoot, but no matter…MomTigallo held it down like a star. Another win for Tay and the FE Music homies.
Just realized I hadn’t posted up the latest visuals from Cat and Stas…my bad! Better late than never. Dream Hampton made her directorial debut on this one and it came out super fresh.
“don’t funk with my grooooove”