you thought i forgot about my area!? you must be crazy. this is the september edition of the monthly DMV series. and every month just gets a little better. it feels good to hold down the area via the internet, you know? shout out to ges and dylan , as well as everybody who we featured this month. for the skeptical, here’s a taste test, courtesy of my man X.O.
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exactly. more flames like that joint within. enjoy.
i know i’ve been semi-neglecting music from the DMV as of recent, but it’s because i’ve been waiting for this event. it’s finally here. it’s the one year anniversary of the biggest producer showcase in the DC metropolitan area. everybody who’s anybody from the urea will be out there, but i don’t need to repeat the same $#!t that’s already all over the flyer.
i was at a beatdown event over the summer, and it was insanity. if you make rap or make beats, PLEASE do not fake - this is where you need to be tomorrow. don’t believe me? my man austin (he was in that roberta flack video!) got to the semi-finals in the competition, and the next week was selling beats for $300 a pop to some dudes who heard him there.
oh, and check us out - official sponsors of the event, along side my fellow blog homies (wzup ges , wzup dylan ). it feels good to have your logo next to one of the most crucial clothing stores around. SHOUT OUT TO MY DUDE OVEROK , as well as ALL THE DUDES OVER @ INNER LOOP FOR COORDINATING THIS AWESOME EVENT! and judah , WHAT UP!
starts @ 9, ends @ 2:30.
and contrary to popular belief, SEXY GIRLS FREQUENT EVENTS LIKE THIS TOO, so get ready to spit that game. or get game spat to you. whatever you fancy, for real.
detailed agenda (location, time of events, etc.) after the drop.
2 dope boyz strike again. i posted the OG version, now let’s hear wale rock the nike boots off this remix. corny, but i bet it just got me like 3 times the amount of hits via google. i’m just saying though. green lantern freaks a classic dre beat on this one. beyonce needs to watch the *^#& out!
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DJ alizay got some exclusive footage of wale and travis chopping it up. rumor has it, they are helping each other out for their new albums. look for both soon.
he’s grinding out there, harder than ever. look at the audio gem ricky sent me…
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wale teams up with levi’s for the interactive “unbutton me” ad campaign. it’s pretty cool, so you should check it out here. get a few pairs of those 501’s, while you’re at it. i heard that’s the new power move. i’m too poor to care though.
endorsements upon endorsements and he doesn’t even have an album out yet. that’s what you call great work. along with the 501 denim, levi hooks you up with an exclusive remix of his hit “breakdown,” remixed by dj infamous. scoop it below.
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and did anybody catch that playful wale line at the end of the second verse!? “i was flyer than the rest of ‘em / why am i addressing ‘em!?” no beef between the two though. he addresses that here.
tabi bonney is once again stepping behind the camera to direct the hit single “sheila” from DC’s newest talent, marky. i feel like this joint was a summer anthem at every cookout, barber shop, house party, and club back home, but i haven’t been there to confirm.
youtube is a hell of a marketing tool. like he said, shooting begins downtown in DC, august 10-11. all sexy ladies, please make an appearance. if not for his sake, for mine. i’ll be down there posted. marky, i need air footage! or a drop or something! if you stay on DC to BC, you’ve already got some marky in your itunes. if you’ve been sleeping, it’s ok. i got you.
i know i posted this, but more people need it in their lives. so it’s up again. two new tracks from wale ovechkin. climbing up the favorite rapper list rapidly. on that first joint, young chris sounds like a young hov, and i’m not mad at that.
whole time, you probably heard them here first. the goon laced me with ‘em, early.
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also, wale’s interview in the boston globe can be found here. props to hiphopupdate. wish he could cise us with one of these right here. goodness. i wonder if he reads the blog.
bonus: re-upping that crucial footage from that wale x UCB show. go-go in NYC? yzr.
i got a text on my way home from NY today from my man AP.
“that was my first time seeing ‘le live. but i feel like last night was an artistically historic occasion.”
well said.
wale killed it. blu killed it. fresh daily and the a-ok crew killed it. in fact, somebody find me some more of their music, immediately. PLEASE. skillz and talib were straight. jazzy jeff was DJ’ing for a hot second. but the headliners rocked that show like mr. nas vegas aka deep v neck tee assassin rocked people on the basketball court in our high school days. it was bonkers, like that show that used to be on disney.
let me stress this: go-go has never been accepted by the masses. before july 14, 2008, it was strictly a DC thing. rarely did people outside the DMV appreciate it. those who did appreciate usually swagger jacked it for beats and gave no credit to the go-go influence.
last night was a different story. every single member of that uncalled 4 experience band had the sold out crowd going crazy. new yorkers were groving to those pocket beats, swaying to those percussion filled jams. i know other blogs are grabbing those clips of wale rapping, but we already know the man can rap. so i need to give some shine on this drummer who damn near brought the entire house down. feel FREE to swagger jack this clip, cuz it’s crucial and i know you know it.
in addition to backing up wale’s set, UCB gave a go-go 101 tutorial, hitting every classic from “sardines” to “sexy lady.” i feel like this is a power combo, and wale should rock with these dudes @ every show. among the best hip hop show i’ve been to in my life, behind only lupe in atlanta, and kanye’s GITD tour.
i’m putting this up again because it was overlooked, and because the dc music scene is insane right about now. bubbling in a pot, brewing and stuff, young. trust me.
shout out to young nando mcflyy who made it on the myspace monday segment of 95.5 last night. even bigger shout out to quinn, who hooked it all up. more on this later.
my homies over @ DC fab told me that DC’s premier go-go band, mambo sauce, celebrated their video’s acceptance into the VH1 soul rotation. i’m pretty sure it’s on MTV2 and probably MTV jams. only a matter of time til it hits TRL. oh boy.
pretty huge move for DC, honestly. almost as big as when ludacris performed pimpin’ all over the world with a go-go band on one of those award shows, or as when lil jon came out with that go-go record with funk flexx on that crunk juice album. it adds that visual to the entire scene.
we through the remix up (featuring tabi, wale, and more) lightyears ago on the old blog, so if you want it, hit me. too lazy to throw it up right now. i did get that video though. low budget, but incredible. don’t just watch, though. listen to what they’re saying in the verses. one of the rare go-go songs with some potent, original lyrics.
mr. ovechkin is back on the scene with a rik cordero-directed music video for his track “the artistic integrity,” off his crazy successful mixtape about nothing. my landlord is also in the joint. good grief. i can’t stop forgetting about those monthly rent payments. yikes. check it out.
thoughts?
i wonder how many hours it took him to find all the perfect seinfeld quotes to lace the mixtape with, because they all fit each song like a glove. if you liked it, take the track.
finally. the wait is over. eat this joint up, and pass it to everybody you know. my man x.o. blessed me with the joint extra early so i could debut it on the blog. pass this to everybody you know. album art is extravagant, and it’s 20 songs of fire. production by local cats, too, and honestly, i love pretty much every song. i enjoy seeing progress and improvement, but x.o. has surpassed that. the man is spitting fire that has major label execs on his tail. you heard it here first, so just know that. hit the album art to get the takeover pt. 2. bump d’wayne and his slum carter 3. it’s about jamal aka x.o. and the takeover. it begins now.
like i said, click that album art to get it. and for anybody scared to take the chance on adding like 100 mb to their itunes library, i’ll give you a test drive, courtesy of us and nahright. yea, he made hip hop’s biggest blog already.
check the last x.o. post to scoop his single, “rid’n,” featuring wale. and other blogs, feel free to snatch this joint and put it up.
wiz khalifa - star power. best trunk music. ever.
the native soul - an evolution. it's $ulaiman of blind i. rapping!
christian rich - the decay mixtape [think electrorock meets hip hop and dates it for a bit.]
the paxtons - members only. chi-town/dc-bred dudes. nice rhymes, crazy beats.
evidence - the layover mixtape. this joint is CRAZY.
crucial mix by PFOP's lo. love songs and such!
if coldplay and jay-z made a album, it'd sound like this.
GLC - i ain't even yet: the mixtape. kanye's G.O.O.D. music artist's latest offering.
dandiggity's eclecticuts vol. 2. assortment of eclectic cuts. obviously.
dj klever - flashback. CRUCIAL mix of 80's jams that you've probably never heard before.
g*two - one man army. newest talent out the DMV. he's nice.
he said/she said.
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