CULTURE CONTENT — Grand Nationxl

Jane Handcock - IONLIKEDAT (produced by Mani Draper)

February 19, 2021 • 1979 • 2 chainz • 2-Left • 36 Chambers • 36 Trap Houses • 4-rax • 427 • 60 East • 9th Wonder • A$AP Rocky • AC3 • Altered Crates • Amanda Beane • Ammbush • anderson .paak • AON Preme • Audio Vandals • Austan Found • A_Sarr • backwoodz studio • Baghead • bay area • Bells Atlas • Bijan Kazemi • Bishop lamont • Biz Markie • Black Thought • blackmoon • boot camp clik • Brookfield Deuce • Casual • Cava Menzies • Champ Green • Charlie mack • Cheap limousine • cumbia • Curren$y • cypress hill • D. Bledsoe • dapper dan • Dee Jay • Grand • Grand Nationxl • Jane Handcock • Mani Draper

MC/Vocalist/producer Jane Handcock can do pretty much whatever she wants when it comes to Soul music. On the Mani Draper produced IONLIKEDAT she decided to turn the tempo up and make folks move something with a dance vibe. Never one to shy away from her MC skills, Jane has a way of weaving in and out of R&B vocals to rap vocals seamlessly. The Grand Nationxl snow ball is still catching momentum. "I wish more people knew about her. Keep grindin Jane…" ---Ryan James. We're working it. Follow Jane Handcock at @msjanehandcock #DNA Produced by : @manidraper Director: @BrookfieldDuece DP :...

Ian Kelly - Soul of a Man (produced by Eric G.)

January 26, 2021 • 1979 • 2 chainz • 36 Chambers • 36 Trap Houses • 4-rax • 9th Wonder • A$AP MOB • Amanda Beane • Ammbaataa • Ammbush • AON Preme • art • ASTU • AWGE • bay area • BBW • Big Hongry • big Krit • billy woods • Biz Markie • Bledsoe • Brookfield Deuce • Cava Menzies • Cheap limousine • Chester • chicago • common • Grand Nationxl • Ian Kelly • JAMLA • Soul Council

d Grand Nationxl/JAMLA recording artist Ian Kelly keeps his foot on the gas with "Soul of a Man", fresh off of last December's collaboration release of "Zion V: The Ballad of Charles Douthit" the latest installment in a series from the JAMLA records General 9th Wonder. "Soul of a Man" is a selection from Ian Kelly's upcoming project "Kells is D.E.A.D" (Determined Evolving Ascending Destined). Reminiscent of 1991's De La Soul album titled "De La Soul is Dead", Kelly is using his art to show his transformation/evolution where as the 3 Plugs refer to the death of the "D.A.I.S.Y." (Da Inner...

KevChoice - "Flatten The Curve" ft. Ian Kelly & Rob Woods (prod. by DJ D Sharp)

January 4, 2021 • 1979 • 2 chainz • 2-Left • 36 Chambers • 36 Trap Houses • 9th Wonder • A-Plus • Above All • AC3 • Adidas • Ammbaataa • Ammbush • AON Preme • Audio Vandals • AWGE • Baghead • bay area • Beezy love Bands • Big Hongry • big Krit • Biz Markie • Bledsoe • boot camp clik • Brookfield Deuce • Buffalo • california • Casual • cee lo green • Champ Green • Charlie mack • Cheap limousine • Chow Mane • colemine records • Conway the Machine • Curren$y • D. Bledsoe • Dame The Drummer • Dave East • deuce eclipse • Dialect • Dilated Peoples • disable planets • Grand Nationxl • Ian Kelly • Kev Choice • Rob Woods

KevChoice recruits fellow Oakland MC Ian Kelly (JAMLA, Grand Nationxl) and Sacramento's Rob Woods for a hands down get busy track "Flatten The Curve", produced by DJ D Sharp (fresh off of heavy production duties on the critically acclaimed Eastshore Highway album). Kev let's us know he's "bringing back that Hip Hop aesthetic", you know it's real when you hear the infamous M.O.P. classic war cry in the background. Shout out to KevChoice and all the other artist's pushing through this pandemic and keeping their creative output ignited. Official music Video "Flatten The Curve" from the album "Social Distancing" produced...

DJ Basta & Ian Kelly - SEED 18 (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

October 29, 2020 • 1979 • 2 chainz • 2-Left • 36 Trap Houses • 4-rax • 427 • 9th Wonder • A$AP MOB • A$AP Rocky • A-Plus • Amanda Beane • Ammbaataa • Ammbush • anderson .paak • ASTU • ATL • Audio Vandals • AWGE • A_Sarr • Babs • BBW • Big Hongry • big Krit • Black Thought • blackmoon • Bledsoe • boot camp clik • Brainorchestra • da beatminerz • detroit • Dialect • DJ Basta • Grand Nationxl • Ian Kelly • Oakland • SEED 18

More music/visuals by DJ Basta & Ian Kelly from DJ Basta's ongoing SEED Series. Both DJ Basta and Ian Kelly rep for the Grand Nationxl collective as well as Ian Kelly dropping his 2018 release "ChampIan via 9th Wonder's label JAMLA records. Video shot/directed by NOBL. INFO: Roots & Branches Record Box is an ongoing series of short run lathe cut records featuring beats and collages in collaboration with some incredible producers, musicians and artists. Seed 18 is available at www.rootsandbranches.bandcamp.com Dirty sample collages. Playable art pieces. Follow them at @RootsandBranches @NOBL @FirstnameIan

Eastshore Highway [Brookfield Duece, Mani Draper, & DJ D Sharp] - Bohannan (Official Music Video)

October 19, 2020 • grand nationxl

If you thought for a minute the Grand Nationxl stampede was slowing down you must've missed the memo. Oakland's own (and official DJ of the Warriors) DJ D Sharp handles the production and cuts for the latest Grand Nationxl explosion Eastshore Highway. Eastshore Highway consists of MC/Producer Mani Draper and MC/visual artist Brookfield Deuce with the aforementioned DJ D Sharp at the helm controlling the sound scape. "Bohannan" is the first visual offering from ESH, the video was shot in the closed Alameda Naval Base located in the east shore of the San Francisco Bay. Brookfield Deuce drops back to...