Okay, this feels right. Following up on the heelarious Chillin Island, Das Racist’s Dapwell and journalist/cultural soothsayer Julianne Escobedo Shepherd have combined forces to create Chittu Chattu, a podcast of insight, humor, wit, and, in this case, Seapunk – or rather, #seapunk. Just listen to the damn thing.

CHITTU CHATTU EPISODE ONE: LIL INTERNET 1/6/2012 by jawnita

Conversely Serengeti’s Family and Friends is his first release on Anticon. Dude a.k.a. David Cohn has been getting some love in various blogalaxies – I think deservedly so. The space and raw tenderness of the beats supplied by WHY? frontman Yoni Wolf and ex-Casiotone for the Painfully Alone mastermind Owen Ashworth leave an inviting canvass for Serengeti to paint introspective and inventive cuts like “The Whip.” Not sure who gets credit for the animated sketches in the video, but they definitely give the song an emotive heft. Props to both of these artists for having the personal inspiration and audience push to do what they are doing.

The mildly disreputable offspring of electro producer Mr. Vega and producer/musical documentarian DJ Sav, Sazon Booya is wildly, unapologetically all about “the moombahton”, as the kids say.

And not just any old moombahton, which is – already(!) – seeing the inevitable fracturing as sub-genres crop up. Rather, the Booya boys mercilessly ensure the moombahton formula finds its footing squarely on the dancefloor and never dreams of leaving.

In a game of musical gamesmanship, Sazon Booya creations, both original and remixish, live in a space where one step further would be too far, and one step less would be too little. It’s the sweet spot, and it’s a space they inhabit with panache.

Listen to their debut ep, La Bomba, below, and check the soundcloud for a plethora of tracks, many free for you to download and love to your heart’s content. C’est bon.

Sazon Booya – La Bomba EP by Sazon Booya

I came across this joint almost a month ago, and it definitely left an impression. The synth heavy, haunting effects and palpitating bass- come courtesy of producers Musiq Korner. The triumph in Nipsey’s grown-man prose is supported well by June Summers‘ soulful hooks, and I feel something in the music that makes the difference between a good rapper and a great emcee – heart.

The song adds a new dimension to the hood-hop hydraulic sound and rhymes that dominate most of Nipseys mixtapes, convincing me that this South Central LA ambassador is an artist that might be marathon material, as opposed to the sprint characterized by most mixtape phenoms.

Download Nipsey’s recently released (Dec.21st) and quite crackin mixtape Marathon here.

“What more could I say? I wouldn’t be here today if the old school didn’t pave the way” – [Grand Puba].

One Love.

As always, Fab 5 Freddy comes through with the hip hop history.  But, really, I’m surprised that there’s no mention of or clips from “Do The Right Thing” featured in this video.  If anyone is the quintessential representative of the late 80s boombox culture (as far as fictitous characters go), it’s Radio Raheem, no doubt.

good morning everybody. sleep well? either way, start your day by pumping this synth-heavy jam from new york musician/spoken word artist kesed. once you’ve grabbed the bandcamp download (for free!), check out kesed’s other material here. (via one of the best-looking blogs on the internet.)

A lot of folks are starting to come around and appreciate the hood genius of Detroit rapper Danny Brown. He’s got a rap voice only a mother could love, and totally comes off as a thug nerd, but his subject matter makes people’s eardrums percolate with nearly every song he’s released. He’s like the train wreck that you can’t look away from. A train wreck that can rap his ass off. As House Shoes stated in his interview with us last week:

“He’s a one of a kind artist. He fits right in the middle. The grimy cats appreciate it, and the poppy kids appreciate it. Everyone likes all of Danny Brown. He strikes some type of nerve in people.”

He also likes to feature people in the act of stealing copper wiring in his music videos. He’s probably the first to ever do that. Between the offensive lyrics and bare knuckle budgets for his videos, I’d say Danny Brown is the best hood rapper out right now.

When it comes to tropical Latin dance music, there are few people who’s ear I trust more than DJ Darwin’s. He’s had his brain wrapped around this quasi cumbia resurgence mania before it even happened and is in tight with the crew at ZZK Records down in Buenos Aires. Having brought the label head from ZZK and a few of their flagship artists to Seattle before, its no surprise that he’s helping to bring Frikstailers (pronounced Freak Stylers) to Seattle as well this Wednesday, September 29 at Nectar. The Argentinian duo just dropped a legitimate banger of a mixtape called Bicho de Luz earlier this month and promise to bring some serious energy when they hit Nectar in two days. Their style touches on amped up IDM-infused cumbia, kurduro, house, dancehall, techno and anything else that goes hard. Be sure to dive into their brand new ZZK mixtape which is linked below for your enjoyment, and the Bicho de Luz as well. We like to specialize in mixtapes, so we’ve got your covered.

ZZK Mixtape Vol. 10
Download audio file (Frikstailers-ZZK_Mixtape_Vol.10.mp3)

Bicho De Luz

Hit the jump for fresh video of these space cadets going retro extraterrestrial live on Argentinian television. It’s unlike anything you’ve seen before. Trust us on that.

Frikstailers en vivo en Tele-Manias (Canal 10, Córdoba – Argentina) from Frikstailers on Vimeo.

Mario Sweet and Justo, of the Physics crew, recently put together a compilation of some of their favorite Seattle tracks, with the appropriate accompanying graphic design. It’s a solid mix (cuts by Justo himself), and runs through a good selection of tracks, both more familiar (Grynch’s My Volvo), and those less so (Eighty4 Fly’s So Cool).

Download it below, and check below the jump for tracklisting and the video for Eighty4 Fly’s So Cool – just because we can.

Download: Mario Sweet and Justo -  Seattle’s Best Compilation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHIEo8zW7ME

Because Mixcloud doesn’t love WordPress, you have to leave this here blog to get the mix, and you should. GET IT.

Download: Foreign Beggars – Barfcast