Kendrick’s album was initially hailed as a potential classic and it continues to get better with age. I speculated that he had it in him back in this post for the “Tammy’s Song” video, and I think he’s pulled it off. Â good kid, m.a.a.d. city. Â 5 mics for me.
The hardest thing in life is figuring out what you want. Once you do that, you just go get it.
Rhye just released a new version of the video for their “Open” record, which was one of my favorite songs of 2012. Peep the original video here.
I love that Drizzy had everyone thinking this was a(n attempt at a) hard, street record and then when the video drops, we see it open with kids playing soccer and extended comedic scenes with his boys. Even when it gets a little darker at the end, it’s still centered around laughs with his homies. Be careful with putting the whole team on though, Drizzy. Go ask Hammer.
Also, this video solidifies Drake as the unequivocal king of unintentionally hilarious video faces. He’s gotta be in on it at this point, right?
Wow, great to see this behind the scenes footage unearthed of The Pharcyde and Spike Jonze filming one of the best music videos ever created. Classic in every sense of the word Shout to 2DopeBoyz for posting.
And the result:
I just get rapped out sometimes. And when I do, I’m thankful records like this exist. Fresh.
The homey Thurz just dropped a new video for “Keep Livin'” featuring Jarell Perry off his upcoming album, Blood On The Canvas. Produced by Phonix and DJ Khalil and directed by Super Official, the video is…well…super official. Go head Thurz!
It’s no secret that Seattle’s hip-hop scene is thriving these days and the rest of the country is rapidly taking notice of the talent we have in the town. Macklemore is leading the way, but there’s a bevvy of artists making great music with breakout potential. People already know about folks like Sol, The Physics, Grynch, J. Pinder, Nacho Picasso, etc., but from what I’ve heard of Raz Simone, I think it’s safe to put him on that list as well.
Here’s the video for “Cold,” a record Raz debuted on Sound Session last week from his upcoming Solomon EP. Great stuff.
Somewhat random, because it seemed like the buzz around this album had already passed, but Childish Gambino just put out the video for “L.E.S.,” which is definitely one of my favorites from him. Dope beat, dope hook, lots of nice wordplay…what else do you need? The video is pretty much a spot on representation of the Lower East Side…or at least the version they want the world to see.
The King of Ballard himself takes us around his neighborhood in the visuals for his Jake One produced “Mr. Rogers.” Fun fact: the director, Griff J, did the first music video a young Hyphen made a cameo in (back…back…back in the day).
Grab Grynch’s Perspective album right here.
Almost exactly a year after we played this record on SNSS, Nieve and the homey Tunji have released visuals for “California,” a straightforward ode to their state. Better late than never! Also, congrats to Tunj on his recent engagement. Dopeness.
You can grab Nieve’s full project, Playback, right here.