Swedish MC Prop Dylan released his first video (I think it was his first) a couple months ago. It’s for the song “Top Of The Top” and features Promoe of Looptroop fame and Caribinghi.
Check that!
In collaboration with his production buddy Logophobia, dude also dropped his second EP (“The Morning After EP”) for free not too long ago. Download link and more info on his blog at HisSpace.
Back in 2007, the two had already released “The Afternoon EP,” also for free. Get it here. It was also in 2007 that his debut full-length dropped: “A Garbage Pail Kid” with features by Wordsworth and Pumpkinhead, among others. Cop it here.
Dope shit. Don’t sleep on this cat.
In May of last year I was lucky enough to have caught the man at a live gig where he opened for J-Live. Read about it here.
As i alluded in previous posts, Mulatu and the Helios are actually working on a collab album, “Inspiration Information 3.” Strut Records, the label on which it will be released, just put out a 10-minute interview video today. Sort of a behind-the-scenes look while the masters work the magic. Enjoy…
Pace Won & Mr. Green just dropped a new video today. It’s for their banging track “Children Sing” off of their incredible debut “The Only Color That Matters Is Green.” (I’ve posted another video a few months ago.)
This thing turned out beautifully and I just had to share it with y’all. Be sure to buy the album. Best of the year in my opinion. You won’t be disappointed.
By now, most of you have probably heard or read that comedian Bernie Mac died last weekend. It’s a pity the man only lived to be 50 years old, because he was a true artist on the stand-up stage. If you want to indulge yourselves a bit, below is his performance from “The Original Kings of Comedy” (2000), directed by Spike Lee. 30 minutes of hilarious stage funk. I had to split it in two parts because of the length. So be sure to check out both videos, and watch it all the way through the credits.
Enjoy that shit!
R.I.P. Mac!
Part 1
Part 2
Peace,
3ardrumm3r
P.S. I’ve got a ton of potential posts lined up. So keep coming back.
Peoples, I’ve been away from this blog thing for a while and should actually be doing something else right now as well. But fuck that, I got some more video goodness to share with you.
First watch, then read on.
That track kills me every time. The beat!! Phew. What I don’t understand is how the crowd can stay so immobile during this crazy-ass banger.
As you could see at the beginning, these two guys are 5th Child and 7even:Thirty and the joint was “5th’s World.” 5th is the guy with the dreds and 7even is rocking the pink hat. They’re two solo emcees hailing from Jackson, Mississippi, who also happen to do be pretty good friends and are doing a lot of live gigs together. This particular performance was at Tipitina’s in New Orleans.
These cats are as underground as it gets, unfortunately. Sure, they are starting to get props in their area. But apart from that, not a lot of people know about these two rhyme beasts. And not only can they rap, but most of their tracks are also self-produced. 7even has released one album so far and 5th is just about to wrap up his third joint, and the dude’s only 22 years old and just graduated from college.
This should be it for now. More about them in a future post. So prepare yourselves.
I’ma let you off with two more vids. First up, 5th Child doing his track “Hip Hop” backed up by a live band and then one of 7even:Thirty’s joints, namely “1 Point 21 Jiggawatts” from his debut album “Star: The Seven Thirty Experience.” If you want to see more of these videos, check out 5th’s YouTube channel.
The first person who can tell me what 7even:Thirty is referencing all the time in the song gets the download link for the entire album. It ain’t that hard.
I’ll make this one short and let these crazy-cool videos do the talking.
First up is C.R.A.C.’s music vid for their utterly wicked song “Buy Me Lunch” with Noni Limar, from their highly innovative debut album “The Piece Talks.” This is my favorite track from the LP, so I’m glad it got turned into a clip as well.
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Now we’re takin a leap from L.A. to Jersey, more precisely to Pace Won & Mr. Green. These two also released their debut, “The Only Color That Matters Is Green,” not too long ago. This album is off the fucking chain and on heavy rotation on my player. I could listen to it literally all day long. Pace’s rhymes are right on the mark and Green’s beats are hot as hell. Together with Damu, he’s my favorite producer at the moment.
The following video was the first one they filmed for the new album. It’s for the aptly titled song “Hip Hop.” The overall production on this clip is very good, especially the opening segment is really beautiful; and watch how the camera work is synced up to Mr. Green’s scratches towards the end of the vid.
Montreal is all about Hip-Hop. It is probably safe to say that it is Canada’s Hip-Hop capital. There’s a bunch of great emcees, cool radio shows like WEFUNK, the local paper covers the scene quite frequently and extensively, and now they even have a program that helps children who have different kinds of learning problems. (Okay, the program did start in Toronto, but who cares…)
This very promising undertaking is called “Literacy Through Hip-Hop” and the folks at CITIZENShift put together a short documentary (directed by Alex Redgrave) which follows the Montreal pilot-study group of kids as they produce their own rhymes and learn how to perform them. Let me tell ya, these shorties are doing a hell of a nice job. An old “friend” of ours also paid them a visit. Watch the vids to find out who I’m talking about.
It’s some really interesting and inspiring stuff. Somehow I wish we’d had something like this, too. More info about the project, the documentary, and a link to subscribe to CITIZENShift’s podcast can be had at their blog.
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While we’re talking about children and Hip-Hop, let me also point you to The Dino 5. Producer Prince Paul teamed up with some of the high-class emcees in the game to put together this Hip-Hop album for kids, with the obligatory educational twist. And before I do too much talking again, I’ll just link you up to some of the relevant places.
To get an idea of what they sound like, peep this free track right here.
The Dino 5 – What About Ten
It’s kinda weird hearing these cats rap on a level that is absolutely childproof. Wordsworth without a “fuck” in his rhymes is something you don’t get every day.
While you’re at it, watch the video for the “Dino 5 Theme” below.
And now for the download. Go get it. Although the album really is made for kids, it’s still very listenable, even to the trained ear.
The Dino 5 – Baby Loves Hip Hop Presents The Dino 5 (2008) @ 160 kbps
1. Dino 5 Theme
2. Story Pt. 1: Pick Out A Book
3. I May Be Big And Scary (But I’m Really Pretty Nice)
4. Story Pt. 2: At The Playground
5. Yeah Me Too
6. Story Pt. 3: Back To His Buddies
7. Tell Me More
8. Story Pt. 4: Play Date
9. That’s Funny
10. Story Pt. 5: Basement Jams
11. Jump
12. Story Pt. 6: Night Turns To Day
13. What About Ten
14. Story Pt. 7: Talent Show
15. Dino 5 Theme (Long Play)
16. Teo Start It Off
17. Sometimes I Like To Scream
18. Story Pt. 8: Burp Talking Dino Wins
19. Glad That We Came Now We Have To Go
20. Story Pt. 9: Good Night Momma
And to put you in the picture of who’s who on this joint…
(left to right) DJ Stegosaurus (Prince Paul), Teo Pterodactyl (Scratch from The Roots), Billy Brontosaurus (Wordsworth from eMC), Tracy Triceratops (Ladybug Mecca from Digable Planets), and MC T-Rex (Chali 2na from Jurassic 5)
Been absent for a while, but there’s a few posts today which should make up for the lack of same over the past two weeks.
First up is a graffiti video I came across while looking through the forums at QN5’s website. Peep this baby, entitled “Muto,” right here. It’s iller than ill.
While you’re at it, have a look at the website of the people who are responsible for this amazing piece of street art. There’s a ton of material there and they’ve got a blog, too.
Somehow, this made me think of Promoe’s video for “These Walls Don’t Lie.” Both the video and the song are dope. Have a looksie…
And to come full circle with the topic, QN5’s PackFM released a video for his underground graff anthem “Click Clack & Spray” about two weeks ago. Shit is pretty tight, and you’ve probably all seen it by now. If you want to carry this video round on your iPods or somesuch, just subscribe to the QN5 podcast (to do that, copy-paste the following URL into the “subscription dialog box” of the podcast software of your liking: http://www.qn5.com/radio/wqn5_radio_01.xml / iTunes users just click this link). Pack’s vid makes up one of the episodes, and the other eps are funny as fuck, too. So be sure to check them out.
Background info about this video can be had here. The Yankees cap Pack is rockin is hella nice. If any of you know more about it (name of the design, or whether it’s custom made, or whatever), please drop me a comment.
On April 17, Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke came to London to do a breathtaking Maida Vale session with The Heliocentrics. Audio files from the whole set are coming up soon right here at this place. To tide you over until then, sit back and enjoy these two videos from the session.
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