KB the Boo Bonic… an old friend, a like minded comrade, and a talented artist in her own right. It’s been awesome watching her go from rap fan, to participant, to standout status. BAT SH!T is the video for her upcoming mixtape of the same title, which should drop sometime before we wrap up 2015. Keep your eyes and your ears open for this ATX representer to make some noise soon…
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#BlackLivesMatter. We all know that, regardless of the rhetoric that is tossed around out there in today’s world of information overload. Still, it’s important that each of us, as individuals, come to a personal understanding of this supposedly simple concept. If not, things will never change on a grand scale. But you don’t have to take my word on that… let Norman Ba$e and DDotElles break it down for you so that it may forever remain broken.
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One of my favorite spaces to comb for content is the I Support ATX Hip Hop, Do You? group on Facebook. It’s a nice way for me to step out of my circle of friends/peers, and a chance to get out of my sonic comfort zone. On occasion, you come across a diamond in the rough, and today was one of those days. Enter the track What Happened To Austin? (My Beautiful City) from Lench of Brown South Entertainment. This song is one of the most poignant and eloquent takes on the gentrification of Austin that began in the late 1990s, picked up steam in the mid-2000s, and is still rampant to this day. This song is like the musical equivalent of the film Slacker… it’s definitely a true trip down memory lane for us born and raised in the ATX.
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San Marcos punk/country outfit Rock Bottom String Band just made a video paying tribute to the one thing that will always give music a run for its money… women. Specifically, the women of the Texas hill country. Enjoy a wide variety of beautiful smiles and random antics from RBSB and friends!
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Fresh Kils is one of the most solid beatmakers doing it on the American continent. Hailing from Toronto, and always holding it down for hip-hop, Kils has the gift of taking material that may have been heavily sampled previously, and finding a way to make it uniquely his own. Dig the video for further proof.
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GChrist and M.O.S. both fired warning shots at you. Now, the Crew54 has reconnected like Voltron to release the highly anticipated Wyld Gentlemen. These cats come with it in all aspects of their creative expression, so I am very much looking forward to taking this album in, and seeing what kind of visuals they release to accompany these potential bangers. Drop them a few bucks, and get your people to do the same.
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Fresh out of the iNSECT Records podcast factory comes a new mix from Austin, TX producer extraordinaire Reaganometry. Free download, and this one can also be copped in cassette form from the legendary outlet Fat Beats. Looking forward to diving deep into this one.
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About a month ago, GChrist of Crew54 dropped some darts in preparation of the release of Wyld Gentlemen, the much anticipated full-length on the way. M.O.S. has thrown his hat into the ring, and of course, the bars are solid, and this LP is looking even better than it already was… drop this bad boy already!
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Every once in a while, you’ve gotta get some things off of your chest. HADES of Black Market Pluto decided to step it up one, and spit for both a social media and an ‘underground’ captive audience. Take a minute and get wrapped up in it.
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