RAINDROPHUSTLA

2009-01-09T02:53:00.000-08:00

WE'VE MOVED. CATCH US @ RAINDROP HUSTLA DOT COM.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE OG SEATTLE RAP BLOG.

Scarface- High Note (Video) Produced by Jake One NSFW

2009-01-08T23:56:00.000-08:00

I'm sorta late on this one, but I had to represent for the town, Jake freaks the track and Face comes correct (pause).

Don't watch this at work/in public/with chill'rens, I warned you.

OLDOMINION 10TH ANNIVERSARY!

2009-01-08T15:01:00.001-08:00

Word direct from Barfly Da God:

On Saturday January 31st Seattle will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Oldominion crew with an all ages show at The Vera Project that afternoon, a live radio performance by Nite Owls on 90.3 KEXP and a 21+ show at Neumo's later that night.

The Vera Project
4pm doors (Admission TBA - not more than $5, possibly free)
Oldominion 10th Anniversary
Oldominion
Dim Mak
Suicide Riots
Nite Owls
DJ Mr. Hill

KEXP 90.3fm and KEXP.COM
6-7pm Nite Owls live in studio set and interview.

Neumos
8pm doors - $10 adv tix
Oldominion 10th Anniversary
Oldominion
The Saturday Knights
Grayskul
DJ Mr. Hill

Joe Budden Vs. DJ Vlad (The Journalist)

2009-01-07T17:36:00.001-08:00

Joe Budden climbs up my "smartest" rappers list by the day.

Hey Lar, Vlad is your colleague.

Common Market - "Tobacco And Snow Covered Roads"

2009-01-07T16:42:00.000-08:00

Oh shit- it's the "Roxanne's Revenge" to the Scholar's "Coffee & Snow". It's on now! Is the Duranged Pitt remix far behind?

Inverse - SO TRUE EP - Free Download!

2009-01-07T10:40:00.000-08:00

Inverse! I fucks with these cats- and so should you.

Had the good fortune to rock with them in their (and my) hometown of LA, well Pomona in this case. It was a weird utility room @ Pitzer College with a free keg, and it was a damn good time. Some kids knew about Seattle hiphop, some girls talked to Grynch (who blew it) and somebody had "Sagaba"as their ringtone.

And Inverse killed it. I kinda feel like they're lost cousins of Seattle hiphop- their soulful head-to-the-sky, perseverance-rap sounds to me like it could be straight out of the 206. Hell, our own DJ Hyphen, he of the awesome Audacity Of Dope and the one and only Sunday Night Sound Session, is their former DJ (and like them, a Pitzer alum). Of course, their sound benefits from the sunshine that lacks in our own diets up here (we instead have to get our Vitamin D from The Pharmacy), giving their vibe a top-down breeziness that's hard to cultivate anywhere but Cali.

Whatever the case, this town loves them, even if they don't even realize it yet. Well- consider this your chance, Seatown!

INVERSE - SO TRUE EP

If you find this to your liking, be sure and see Inverse rock @ Chop Suey on 1/17.

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2009-01-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

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DYME DEF - "2GO"

2009-01-06T13:29:00.000-08:00

Back @ it!

DYME DEF - "2GO"

Mic Phenom - "Like Ohh" Video

2009-01-06T13:06:00.000-08:00

Mic Phonem- Like Ohhh from wes goodlife on Vimeo.

Quickie nobudget vid by Wes Goodlife. Mic's spitting here though.

Phenom recently moved back to Michigan, which is too bad, as dude's very talented and was just seeming to get his thing rolling here again; hopefully a fresh start is what he needs to get his shit out there. I definitely have seen him beat a few cats' ego bad in battles- i vividly remember him telling a clown in yellow camo that he looked like he was "hiding in a banana tree"- but i think he can make good music, my dude just gotta drop something. The Day The Earth Stood Still hopefully coming soon!

New 50 Joint

2009-01-06T01:30:00.001-08:00

I Get It In (Produced By Dr. Dre) CDQ/Explicit

In Our Prayers

2009-01-04T02:45:00.000-08:00

Prez, the dead, the injured & all their families.

Edit: the deceased is 29-e. RIP.

BILLY THE FRIDGE "A NEW HOPE"

2009-01-03T15:57:00.000-08:00

Another bit of battered, fried, and frosted gold from The Fridge. Gotta fucken love this guy.

Freeway's Entire Month of Madness

2009-01-01T13:58:00.000-08:00

Download all 32 (there's a bonus track) songs!!

OnSmash is on point for this one, catch up if you've been sleeping

Black, white, straight, gay, Kanye in 2008

2009-01-01T12:36:00.000-08:00

I played the new Kanye to a friend, and his first remark was how white it sounded. His second was how it ripped off Italo Disco, specifically Telex.

Kanye Paranoid 2008

Telex Moskow Discow 1978

Kanye is too white to be black, too black to be white, and his genius is using media to be a hero for both groups.

He's black because he can say the Nas word and talk about how big Tracee Ross' ass is (shout out to Girlfriends, the show that brought together Saul Williams and Kelsey Grammer) and because he said George Bush doesn't care about black people, and etc. He's white because he's metrosexual and likes Euro dance music, some of which has roots in the homosexual community. In 2008, he maintained his blackness by rapping on "Put On" and "Go Hard" and maintained his whiteness by releasing 808s & Heartbreak, an emo Euro dance album. Both black and white offerings were artistically relevant.

Is there a problem with ripping off gay disco in 2008? Not for whites around here who are into Chromatics and Glass Candy, Portland groups that, like Kanye, ably steal from Italo Disco, but, unlike Kanye, aren't Madonna-famous.

But what about American whites in general? American blacks in general? What about people outside the Pac NW American Apparel region? People who didn't know they were wanting to hear more gay-ish disco? After all, I think Russell Banks had it right here:

"Using the most popular medium without seeking the endorsement of the audience is always courageous and difficult, and often destroys your career."

Surprisingly, the backlash wasn't bad, and neither was the blacklash. Whites liked the black stuff, blacks liked the white stuff, and everybody, consciously or not, got more into disco.

What does it mean? IDK. Maybe nothing more than, as my friend pointed out, Joe Budden now raps homophobia over gay beats.

Mistah Fab "Replies"

2008-12-31T21:31:00.000-08:00

Ehhh. Not as good as the first one. I guess the world needed to see Fabby's Flabby (you know the rest of the Royce bar).

The real question is, if he don't eat Sonic(s), what DOES he eat?

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM RAINDROP HUSTLA.

2008-12-31T14:04:00.001-08:00

Just want to take the time to say Happy fucken New Year to everybody that reads this weblog. I look forward to bigger and better in 2009, as should all of you. I'm getting slizzard @ the Paramount if you wanna wish me the best, buy me a drink, or settle a score. After that, The Corner shindig. After that, I'm going to give my liver and immune system a little help for the month of January, so I can continue to party Andrew WK-style through '09.

Food for funk: Seattle hiphop, beyond the petty squabbling, hate, and pole position jockeying, is truly a family, just as dysfunctional and mentally abusive as any of our real-life ones; still, a family nonetheless. It would do us all well to remember that in times to come.

As for the Hustla, you can look forward to some big changes- to dovetail with some new looks, new sites, new shit NEW SHIT! Mark my words-it's gonna be a good one, people.

New Year - The Breeders

RIP FREDDIE HUBBARD

2008-12-31T12:22:00.000-08:00

My favorite trumpeter ever died on December 29th, at age 70. RIP. One of the baddest motherfuckers ever.

Blue Scholars "Coffee And Snow"

2008-12-31T11:32:00.000-08:00

Geo & Sabz with a non-album snow day joint! It looks real good, I'm thinking it's gotta be by Zia Mohajerjasbi.

The best postscript is that Blue Scholars will be celebrating their New Year's Eve in Honolulu tonight. Rock rock on.

Mistah Fab "Ganked"

2008-12-31T02:41:00.001-08:00

LOL. I'm glad hip-hop still has a sense of humor. H/t to Ballerstatus.com

Saigon Visits China

2008-12-30T19:07:00.000-08:00

I hope he found his Roc Nation contract out there, I need that album schunn.

Loaded Lux You Know What's Up

2008-12-30T18:27:00.000-08:00

Fast forward to 3:10, not really concerned with the other dude, I'm sure he's great

Found this during my usual perusing for new material. Loaded Lux is my favorite of the fake freestylers, because he seems to be one of the only ones that says "OK, I'm not REALLY freestyling, so I'm not going to half ass these bars and patterns, and hit you with some grade B shit". In other words, he's maximizing the complete pre-meditation and coming with shit that is far beyond than some "off the dome" type ish.

The way dude spits reminds me somewhat of Fatal, the real talent would lie in whether he could make songs like him.

**bumps some brand new unreleased Fatal HEATERY**

Jadakiss- Letter To B.I.G.

2008-12-30T01:02:00.000-08:00

Ganked from 2DB. Off the Notorious Soundtrack.

Is anybody lame enough to NOT want to go see that movie? I don't expect much but shit, 2PAC NEVER HAD A BIO PIC (Resurrection don't count)!!! [/east coast|west coast beef]

Jay Smooth On The Joe Budden/Ransom Beef

2008-12-30T00:51:00.000-08:00

DYME DEF - "PANIC"

2008-12-29T17:09:00.000-08:00

The 4th of Dyme Def's weekly heatrock giveaway, hope you been collecting them all! These dudes show NO signs of slowing down, and mufuckas are paying attention. Keep it coming.

DYME DEF - "PANIC"

KHINGZ - "REACH IN"

2008-12-29T00:38:00.000-08:00

A nice track from the homie Khingz- I've actually been wanting to hear somebody rock that J5 sample for a couple years- accompanied by this clip straight from the water closet. From Slaveships To Spaceships coming soon!

Who's got a copy of Khingz' (back when he was called Khalil Crisis) Vitamin D-helmed debut album Mi Vida Negra? That needs to get thrown up here.