Sound Session heads will recall us playing this record when it first dropped and now Paten, Tres Records, and Jerome D have linked up to create some dope visuals for it. Just that raw, genuine boom bap that we all know and love. Great stuff off Super Ramen Rocketship.
That’s right y’all…Shad, aka one of the top 5 MC’s doing it today (no hyperbole), has a new album on the way. You’re not ready, so get ready.
Fun fact: I’ve never smoked anything in my life. Not even once. These lungs stay pure! I like to live in the reality that I’m actually in. Am I really missing much?
That said, this song and video are…no pun…fire.
Super dope cover of Tony Bennet’s classic, plus great visuals, from the Mayer himself. I don’t skateboard at all, but I always love these slow motion skate vids. This one was especially crisp…
I get rapped out quite often these days, and when I do, I love stuff like this. Yes, this is every pseudo-emo girl’s favorite song, or at least it was when it was used in 500 Days of Summer, but so what…it’s great. I caught these guys at a Filter event at SXSW and was pretty impressed. Sure enough, when they broke into this song, every girl in the crowd sang along word for word…hit record status. Above is the new US version of the video, to complement the previously released European clip:
Shout to the whole S.A.S. and of course the homey Phonte. In Search of Stoney Jackson is one of the doper records in the past year, but that’s to be expected when Strong Arm links up with Madlib for a full project. Cop that.
Some of my hip-hop buddies dislike this song because it’s…well, for lack of a better term…quite ’emo’, but I’d much rather listen to heartfelt topics than some generic, stereotypical gangster ish. Jason Goldwatch did a great job on the direction for this one too.
After dropping the teaser, the homies Outasight, 6th Sense, and GregTheDude present the new video for “Catch Me If You Can” off OU’s excellent Further project. Hanging out with these cats at SXSW was definitely one of the highlights for me.
Hahahaha @ Diggy rapping better than 95% of y’all. Didn’t see that one coming.
Big L is my favorite MC of all time, but in his absence, I’m not sure there’s a rapper out there that I appreciate on a technical level more than Elzhi. The way he constructs each verse and flips these words together is insane, plus his flow is about as sharp as it gets. All this is on display in his new video for “Deep” off his Leftovers Mixtape. Shout to the homey Gerard on the direction as well.