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Q & A with Brothers From Another

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This is why I returned to Seattle. Well one of them. This kind of thing excites me. Seniors in high school making EPs and music videos, establishing a brand, making moves within the scene. Building. Networking. After being struck by the stellar "Dukes of the Hood" video and bumping the song on repeat forever I knew these kids were who I needed to sit down with. I took a drive to Lakeside High School one afternoon last month to meet the duo. We made our way to the basement recording studio class room where they have done many of their songs and turned the recorder on. TML: You guys want to introduce yourselves and talk about how BFA became what it is today? Isiah: Word. Isiah, Sneak, Marshmellow Killer, I got some pretty funky aliases. Coleman: Coleman Jones aka Breeze. I'm going to try and start going by Oswald Copenhagen. It's all about going to parties in Port Townsend and places no one will ever see you again like "Hey how you doing, I'm Oswald." Look

Tunes That Be Blowing My Mind

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In 24 hours I've been inundated with some amazing tunes. First it was the previously blogged about Dibiase mix, find it here . Today I was cleaning my car out with the iTunes on shuffle and after hearing "South Bronx" a song came on called "Weed Smoker Music" and captured the mood well. The dude responsible for the track was named Starlito, upon further research I found out he used to go by All Star and was at one point signed to Cash Money. No more from the looks of things. If his Renaissance Gangster tape with DJ Burn One is any indication of what his extensive back catolog might offer I'm very excited. Hailing from Nashville and demonstrating excellent story telling capabilities along with an honest side, we see him expounding on harsh truthes many fail to properly grasp. With guys like Freddie Gibbs and Pill making a name for the righteous gangster and Wiz Khalifa and Currensy getting highed up on the daily and writing raps about their adventures, Sta

February Heatrocks

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Without music life would be a mistake. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche DOWNLOAD those February Heatrocks! It's about that time once again y'all! New month, time to run through those tracks tht got me through the last 30... well 28 in this case. February was a great month, stayed busy, partied and listened to some great music! Did you cop that Magnectic Blackness 7"? As per usual in the first months of the year it's always slow to hear new music. But I still stayed at it digging up just a few jams and going back into time to bump some older gems. Dibia$e has been making a name for himself in the LA beat scene and his 10" with P.U.D.G.E. def deserves some shine. The track "Smoke It Over" is a great stoner vibe out jam that you are gonna have to get blunted to. Take (who will be dropping the follow up in that 10" series soon) dropped an album called The Dirty Decibles of Thomas Two Thousand . While not quite as dope as his debut from a few years back, &qu

TML Radio: Seattle Special

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The show Saturday didn't record and it's a shame cause we had a special guest in. But Mr. Jack Devo of Bring That Beat Back hit me with some tunes and I put together a special Seattle edition of TML Radio for y'all! Featuring 10 tracks from Jack by artists in the town in the 90s and 10 (plus an extra remix) from me by the current crop of talent, we weave a story of Seattle Hip Hop then and now. Peruse the track list and get the podcast! DOWNLOAD TML Radio: Seattle Special Jake One ft. Kutfather "No Introdeezy" The Good Sin, Young TH, JusMoni & Tay Sean "Turn You On" The Flood "Purple Rollin" J. Pinder & Spaceman "SXSW/CMJ" The Silent Lambs Project "Comrade" Grynch "Biological Didn't Bother 2010" The Ghetto Children ft. Truth "I Wanna win" Helladope ft. Isabella Du Graf "Gods on a Mission" Elevators "Elevator Music" Brainstorm "Blameyaself" Source of Labor &

TML Radio, Vol. 10

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Late, late, late pass! My bad, just kinda slacking on the podcast game this week. But here it is for ya. Ficticious came through to the studio, played a few jams and chopped it up about their forthcoming debut release. Be at Chop Suey March 19th! Aside from that we played some cuts like we always do on TML Radio. Spark one up and sit back, thanks for riding with us! TML Radio Vol. 10 Tracklist D Black "Blow The Trumps" Helladope "Rainwater" Amos Miller "Paint My Eazle" Bean One "Super Twerk" Ficticious "Walk With Us" (Live In Studio) Hudson Mohawke "Gluetooth" Ficticious "Dark Numbers" (Live In Studio) Bobby Hutcherson "Air" Ficticious "Give Me The Hay" (Live In Studio) Take "Lie-Twerx" Sims "15 Blocks" Sage Francis "Escape Arist" P.O.S. "De La Souls" Aesop Rock "Daylight" Slumgullion "Springers" Fresh Espresso "Girls & Fast Cars

TML Radio, Special Edition

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If you didn't tune into The Musik Lounge this weekend on KSUB you didn't miss me. I was out of town for the celebration of the release of "Magnetic Blackness" on 7 inch vinyl. It was a great show in Bellingham, my first trip to the town and the furthest north I'd ever been. BA Baracus held down the show but we are having some technical problems preventing us from presenting you with Volume 9 of TML Radio. Not to fear though, earlier in the month DJ Swervewon and I went into to the station to cover someone else's show and we had a blast just playing random tracks. A lot of vinyl was pulled off the shelves and we just took chances on stuff we'd never seen before. Dig it! DOWNLOAD TML Radio Special Edition Tracklist Bumblebee Unlimited "Lady Bug (Remix)" Radiohead "Reckoner (Flying Lotus Remix)" Space Dimension Controller "Love Quadrant" A Bridge Far Away "Killer Bees (Remix)" Nicolay ft. Wiz Khalifa "What It Use