"Audrey, I swear every time I come over here it's all Raekwon, all day...I knew there was a reason I liked you.
Audrey and I have been testing out the new hip hop mix. I try and tell her there is more to hip hop than just crack rap, but if they aren't talking about moving o's she just rolls her eyes and does that dismissive wanking motion. Reaaaal classy Audrey, maybe you could do with some more culture!!!
Well despite Audrey's protestation there is a mixture of both crack rap and conscience rap on the mix. I know some of it is too preachy and kumbaya for some people. *whispers Audrey* But how can we appreciate the sweet without the sour? How can we appreciate spandex without lunges. Grab the download here or hit the jump for a preview. Lots of videos and pictures so enter at your own risk.
Looks That Kill - HD from Yuki 7 on Vimeo.
Kevin Dart and Elizabeth Ito's new book/DVD, "Looks that Kill," has a new promo video and it looks pretty good. It stars 1960's spy girl Yuki 7, and her secret agent colleagues, the Gadget Girls. I have been a fan of Kevin Dart's art from some of his earlier work, I think these may have been the first pieces I saw from him. Which then led to me doing a little research and finding his awesome fake movie posters, like this one. Check out more of his work at his site.
Dayam that's a line up. Pete Rock and Smif-N-Wessun with Styles P and Sean Price. Part of Nahright's "One Shot video series."
Posted this before but here is Bon Iver's video for his single, "Calgary" again. Another reminder that he will be playing the Greek theater on Thursday September 22nd. Grab tickets here.
Gracie- Untitled from andrew balasia on Vimeo.
Very summery video from Gracie. Way more about them at Friends With Both Arms, one of the sites I regularly seek "inspiration" from. Seriously check out her site, she has great taste and finds all sorts of indie goodness. Take for example the video below as well, that her and her organization, Invisible Children produced as part of their "Silver Series."
I think the hip hop mixes are just barely more popular than my country mixes. Meaning two people grabbed the hip hop ones and one person got the country. So with that in mind who wants some new hip hop?
Mac Miller has some skill, he has two songs on the mix. How throwback does this video sound? Well done child, well done.
Do you think he is listening to hip hop? He looks like a Westside Connection type of guy to me. I can see him C-walking all over another bird's impala. This nice little childlike slice of artistic goodness comes from Drake Brodahl and is up for grabs on his etsy.
Damn when I saw this video titled, "Double Dream Hands," posted as choreography to, "Planet Rock" I was praying to Zeus that it was the Afrikaa Bambaattaa song. I am sure someone has remixed it by now but the original is pretty noteworthy in its own right. "Now rock out, hand bursts, shoulder, shoulder, chin." It's a pretty amazing video. I just wish it related to the point of this post, hip hop music. How could I not share this though?
Sean Price is hip hop. If a song has a feature from the man formerly known as Ruck from Heltah Skeltah and Camp Lo, I pay attention. Dude drops gems on the regular and has been doing so for a long ass time. He appeals to both the underground heads and the crack rap fans. With street level stories presented in a perceptive intellectual Brownsville vernacular. Sean P's talent as an emcee is legendary. Here he is rocking Slim's in San Francisco at the Duckdown 15 anniversary show that I should have gone to.
Last but not least, here is his video for, "Figure Four." This was supposedly on his "Kimbo Price" mixtape from 2009, but I can't find it on my track list. P has undeniable flow and his lyrics are refreshingly stripped of materialist braggadocio, "These are the words of a thousandaire," is kind of as real as it gets. He will have a solid feature on one of the tracks on the mix. Grab that and the whole thing behind the jump.
