RASHAD BLENDING HIP HOP & ACADEMICS

One of the two artists responsible for one of my most favourite Hip Hop LPs in 2012. Really looking forward to hear more from RaShad, Director of Community Diversity in Natural Resources, North Carolina State College (technicianonline.com) in the future. His new album "Transitions" seems to be in the pipeline...

 

MYSTERY'S EXTINCTION

Another absolutely incredilbe track from my men Deja Voo (really nice guy as far as I can say) and Blame One from Mystery's Extinction. You might recognize the sounds from some of my former mixtapes. Deja Voo is also featured on one of my most favourite Kankick releases ever called "Observation". It took 15 years for this video to appear; take your time to enjoy! Great vibe!

I observe things ...

DIGGERS DIGEST - DOC BEC

one of those artists you never get disappointed by. Doctor Becket from Las Vegas. Two tracks from his "Way Of Life" album from 2005 ... you might know this tracks from "home again ..." mixtape. Enjoy



related blogpost: "Doc Bec - The Other Way"

BLAME ONE - FINALLY EP

Since years one of my most favourite Hip Hop records. Listen to the lyrics, starting from the first sentence in the track posted and realize that this lyrical artform can be about a lot more than just about "the money and the bitches". Elevate your mind!

Blame One - Lyrics Geometric (1995, prod. by Kankick)


"By many its overlooked, to me its underrated,
valuable content, artistic ..."

Blame One: "This download will be really dope to some, outdated and/or even wack to others [...] I originally only pressed 500 copies of this on vinyl. It was my first vinyl as a solo artist (my group mysterys extinction was featured on vinyl before this). I to this day only have one copy so its very limited. Two songs ended up on “chemically imballanced” but they were heard here first. I didnt add any restoration or effects to clean it up, I kept it exactly as is. Ive always wanted to tell a bit of history behind songs and since this is free… I figured… why not"