This one goes out to all Seattle peoples. Over the last 15 plus years of Seattle hip hop, Vitamin D and his Pharmacy studio have been constants. Unfortunately, it looks like even doing production for folks like Abstract Rude, Strange Fruit Project and many many more doesn’t pay the bills these days. Vita just announced a rent party to keep the Pharmacy in business.

Sounds like people who owe him money aren’t coming through, which is way more common in the music industry than it should be. It’s a shame that skilled musicians have to put up with this sort of bullshit just to get food on the table, but that’s where we’re at.

The silver lining is that we get a hell of a show out of the deal, including Vita and his Stay Hi Brothers project, promoter/rapper/scene stalwart Candidt, classic 206 crew Central Intelligence and DJ Audeos. Plus, you know when you have a gathering of this stature you’re going to end up with special guests and surprise acts.

You should be there. It’s going down this Saturday, May 15th at the Hidmo (2000 S Jackson) at 8:00, and the man is only asking for 5 dollars. Support your own.

Download: Vitamin D – Table Manners, Vol 2

Download: Vitamin D – the Bornday EP (read more about it right here)

Vitamin D: emerald city beatsmith and patron of fine opera

Hey Vita! happy belated b-day from the not so tall homies @ LxNxM ! Vitamin D humbly presides in the upper echelon of Seattle producers and hip hop culture in general. Smoothly riding the currents of the Seattle “waves of hip hop ( see Mudede’s timeline/wave theory of Seattle Hip Hop)“, Vita has expanded outside of the 206 with notable collabos with Abstract Rude, Gift of Gab, and various Rhymesayer heads.  On the local tip – Vita ever remains the accessible tall homey,  laying down clever verses all over the place and supplying enduring beats that seem to tailor fit local emcees and singers.

Alright, so the word on the Born day EP is that Vitamin D recorded all these tracks on his b-day! source- local emcee ispire of Canary Sing. Not surprisingly the EP knocks, but it also entertains in way that will put a gleam in the eye of any true hip hop head. Vita gets it in throughout the nine tracks – exploring topics from wack birthdays, the limitations of playahood in the age of social media, and identity politics of Seattle Hip Hop.   Download the  Born Day EP here for free and whip test immediately thereafter.