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Craig Parks, a.k.a. Leftside, a.k.a. Dr. Evil is coming through Seatown on his Left Coast Tour with The Federation Sound‘s own Max Glazer this Thursday night. The split personality Jamaican deejay and his Brooklyn-based selector, best known as Rihanna’s DJ, will be blessing the crowd at Aura with some of the nastiest dancehall riddims that Seattle has ever witnessed. I’ll be honest with y’all – I don’t usually fuck with Pioneer Square. But that doesn’t mean that I’m gonna sleep on this show. Bona fide dancehall artistes are, after all, a rare commodity in this part of the country. Plus, remember Wicked and Wild Thursdays at the now defunct War Room? Yup, this show is brought to you by the same dudes that used to bring the dancehall heat to Capitol Hill every week. Apparently, the homies Soul One and dem officially moved Wicked and Wild to Aura months ago, and it still goes down every Thursday. Shit, now that I know that Seattle’s only real dancehall night is still crackin and it’s in Pioneer Square, I might not be able to say “I don’t usually fuck with Pioneer Square” much longer.
Peep some Leftside and Max Glazer tunes, visuals and links after the jump.
Federation Sound, has teamed up with up-and-coming dancehall artist Aidonia and blessed the internet with this mixtape. Aidonia is not signed to a label and he’s not associated with any crew, but he has been around for a minute. He kinda sounds like a cross between Bounty Killer and Vybz Kartel to me, which is funny because those dudes are his second and third bffs on myspace.
More than anything, this post is really just an excuse for me to tell y’all about the Federation Sound. Federation Sound is Kenny Meez and Max Glazer, holdin it down for Philly and Brooklyn, and veteran selectors Alric and Boyd down in Jamaica. These guys put a sick series of mixtapes out a few years back called Roots, Reality and Culture. Their mixes are flawless,and their dubplate selection is par excellence. If I get any requests, I’ll upload the last three Roots, Reality and Culture mixes (4-6) to mediafire and put up some links.
You should really peep their Federation Invasion podcast (you can also find them at the itunes store for free). They put them out weekly, and they are always blazing hot. There are 124 archived podcasts for you to catch up on, so hurry up!
