Exile & DJ Day at work

Posted in Artists, Live Performances, Videos on February 21st, 2009 by Hyphen

Exile and DJ Day practice their D-Train routine for their upcoming tour.  Seattle folks: they’ll be bringing the incredible MPC skills to Nectar on March 14th. I highly suggest you be there.  Other dates below:

Feb. 22nd – Long Beach, CA – Blue Cafe
Feb. 26th – Pomona, CA – Cal State Pomona (Session A)
Feb. 6th and 7th – Chicago, IL – Sub T
March 12th – Portland, OR – The Fix
March 14th – Seattle, WA – Nectar Lounge
March 28th – San Bernardino, CA – Paid Dues Festival

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Exile – “A Milli” (video)

Posted in Artists, Live Performances, Videos on December 17th, 2008 by Hyphen

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Criminally underrated producer Exile is dropping his new album Radio in January and he’s been shooting some of these ill promo videos leading up to the release.  In this edition, he chops up Lil’ Wayne and some Hiero to show you what true mpc mastery looks like.  Weezy never sounded so good.

Shout to the homey Jon Kim for sending this through.

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Fashawn ft. Evidence – Our Way (video)

Posted in Artists, Music Videos on November 7th, 2008 by Hyphen

Damn, I like everything about this video:

  • Dope rhymes from Fashawn and Ev.
  • NorCal connecting with SoCal.
  • Exile killing the beat.
  • The homies U-N-I getting some cameo love.
  • The message.
  • The visuals.

Be on the lookout for Fashawn’s debut album, Boy Meets World, in spring of next year.  “Our Way” is the first peek off the project and judging by the quality here and on Fashawn’s One Shot, One Kill mixtape, you already know it’s gonna be fresh.

Cali’s on fire right now, but they also completely dropped the ball on the Prop. 8 ballot initiative banning gay marriage this past week.  With statistics showing that nearly 70% of black and hispanic voters supported the ban, it’s incredibly disheartening to see people vote for equality and discrimination in one fell swoop.  Hip-hop helped Obama win California (as if he needed any assistance), and then helped propagate homophobia and hatred.  Fail.

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Blu on Out Da Box TV

Posted in Artists, Other Peoples' Interviews, Videos on September 16th, 2008 by Hyphen

Funny, I was just chilling with my new homies Cee, Bekah, and Notion at their hotel bumping some of Blu’s classic Below The Heavens album and I came home to two new videos featuring the man himself.  This dude is one of my top 3 MC’s today, hands down.  Peep the interview with Out Da Box TV and make sure to watch the video right below this post too.  Johnson&Jonson album in stores on the 23rd!

Spotted on Nah Right.

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Blu interview @ DubCNN

Posted in Artists, Other Peoples' Interviews on July 10th, 2008 by Hyphen

Blu

Another interview with “my boy Blu,” this time from Nima over at DubCNN.  They discuss all of Blu‘s various projects, working with Exile, what he’s listening to, and more.  You can check the entire interview here.

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Blu on The Sound of Young America

Posted in Artists, Other Peoples' Interviews on July 8th, 2008 by Hyphen

Blu

Along with Crooked I, one of my favorite MC’s that transcends the “best on the West Coast” classification is Los Angeles’ Blu.  He’s one of the best period.  He’s been doing it for a minute, but he really burst on to the scene in the last 2 years and people all over are starting to take notice.  The album he dropped with Exile, Below The Heavens, was an instant classic to me and my favorite project from last year.  Go cop it if you haven’t already, I promise it’s ill.

Blu recently stopped by Jesse Thorn’s NPR radio show, The Sound of Young America, for a dope in depth interview about his background.  If you aren’t familiar with him, this provides a nice glimpse into where he’s coming from.  Enjoy:

More info and a downloadable link here.

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