Aloe Blacc visited us last week and while here, he blessed us with a live performance of “Politician,” singing soulfully and eloquently about our government officials. The full interview is coming soon, but I wanted y’all to see this video ASAP. Nailed it in one take…
Be sure to cop Aloe’s Good Things album on Stones Throw, coming out September 28th. Support good music!
“My purpose for music is positive social change…” – Aloe Blacc
I’ve been meaning to post up this footage for…well…almost a whole year. Damn. Eh well, better late than never!
I shot some visuals for De La’s performance at Bumbershoot last year and the homey mind of i edited it together nicely. Enjoy and be sure to come to the festival this year. Drake, J. Cole, and Jay Electronica alone should demand your presence.
Remember this story about ‘Ye rapping to Tunji and I acapella in the back of HOB Anaheim when he was on the come up? Well that passion is still there and on full display in these videos of his recent trip to the Facebook offices this past week. I’ve been saying for years that no other successful MC cares this much about his art. When you combine that passion with his ability, you have the best artist in the game.
I’ve been meeting cats in the industry for a decade now and I don’t think there’s anyone funnier than the homey Phonte. His 90’s reggae impression is on poooooooint.
Ok, granted that he’s performing his H-Town anthem in H-Town (one of my former residences by the way), but it’s crazy how Drake doesn’t even need to rap/sing any of his lyrics already. These fans know every single word and just like the last time, this same phenomenon plays out every single night he performs. Every time I play this joint on SNSS we get immediate calls on it and folks even email later asking what it was. It’ll be crazy to see how big (pause) Drizzy is by the end of the year.
As I showed y’all yesterday, we’re snowed in here in Seattle and as a matter of fact, it’s even worse than it was during that video. I think we’re up to about half a foot of packed snow on the ground, with no signs of it letting up for the next few days. It’s really cool looking outside and fun to walk around in, but the downside is that I’ve been stuck around my house for 4 days straight now. Wait…that’s probably not such a bad thing…I have good food, a warm place, football (and futbol!) on TV, and I’ve been able to finish up a ton of work. I take it back, this snow thing is kinda dope.
Well, aside from the fact that I haven’t done any Christmas shopping yet and I’m suppose to be moving in 10 days. If I have to move my couch on ice skates, I’ma be very, very upset.
Anyway, in the meantime, I’ve been getting some old projects finished. Here’s some simple Flip Cam footage I grabbed of the homies Black Milk and Elzhi performing at the Red Bull Big Tune stop here in Seattle on 9/12/08. If you recall, we recorded a dope interview with them the day before, which you can still check out right here.
At the show, they ran through some of their illest songs, including “Sound The Alarm,” “Motown 25,” “Hiding Place,” “1, 2,” and more. If you’ve never seen Milk and El rock live, you’re missing out.