Category Archives: Underground Me Now

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Overseas Props :: Moodie Black Rocking Paris

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Shots In The Dark :: heirMAX Releases ‘Ralph’

heirMAX is definitely up to something.. two singles dropped basically back to back must mean we have a full-length banger in the works.. stay tuned..

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Sentimental Journeys :: ‘The Road Is The Goal’ Now Available From Ian Lee And The Open Hearts

‘Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstacy.’  –Nisargardatta Maharaj

Ian Lee and the Open Hearts… good music for good people.  And, since Ian Lee is so kind, his debut release is free for all!

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Hustle Flows :: Harvey H’s ‘KILLA’ Visuals

Some good old fashioned ATX boom music, brought to you by Harvey H featuring Mista Mo.

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Fresh Starts :: The Weird Project Releases ‘The First Beat-Tape’

After a couple of dope albums, The Weird Project has turned their focus towards dropping a beat tape in the catalog.  Duties were split down the middle between sample curating and drum programming, and the result is a solid instrumental album that takes you on a bit of a journey through the minds of The Weird Project.  The First Beat-Tape is most certainly worth your time and your download.

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Music To My Ears :: Soundfounder’s ‘Cinnamon & Waterloo’

From the digital desk of iN(sect) Records:

‘(soundfounder) has taken a long strange trip from where his first LP, Complete Dream Home left us.  Dirty MPC loops, with tons of analog gear stacked on top of used vinyl, although most of his sampling on Cinnamon & Waterloo comes by way of having a direct line to a local Austin studio’s master tapes.  Those vaults containing every kind of genre, instrument, breaks, noises you can think of.  He has spent his time the last couple of years, bending and manipulating these studio sounds into what we can only say, is a pure original piece of music.

Epic in it’s scope, the music feels very familiar and completely new.  We’ve known soundfounder since the beginning of the iN, and we can say this is a huge progression from this producer living in our homebase, Austin, TX.’

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You Wouldn’t Believe Me :: ‘Sneaky’ Video By KILMATIK And Emcee Eats

Two of my favorite Austin emcees who embrace not giving a damn about convention have teamed up for a dope song, video and shirt.  KILMATIK is the brain behind the idea, and Emcee Eats is on the idea assist, as well as running point on the artistic end.  The result is more of what Austin hip hop needs… diversity, unique expression, and solid collaboration.

I wouldn’t mind hearing a full length from these cats, maybe even with an album length video or some other additional expression attached to it.  Here’s to being dope and not caring what others think.

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Lucky Discoveries :: ‘The Admission Two EP’ By Sphere Music Group

Finds like this are one of the reasons I really enjoy hosting a blog.  Sphere Music Group was a random find… I don’t even remember how I stumbled across this Fort Worth collective.  From the first listen, however, I knew that they were making the style of hip hop that I love dearly.  Raw, through and through.  Definitely worth your time.

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Works Well With Others :: Evolve’s ‘ETC…’ Touches Down

One crucial part of hip hop is the ability to collaborate well with other MCs, DJs and producers, and out of all the Texas hip hop cats I’ve run across in the past, not many are as willing or able to do this at as a rate as Evolve.  ETC… is a celebration of this aspect, featuring a long list of guest producers and MCs he has collaborated with in the past.  Definitely worth your time and money.

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Used To Love Her :: heirMAX Drops ‘Vincent Van Gogh’

My main man heirMAX dropped a dart today.  Vincent Van Gogh is a song about being devoted to hip hop, regardless of how devoted it stays to you.  The true heads have all been there, if we’re not currently going through that.  Big ups to heirMAX for catching these feelings so well.

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