CULTURE CONTENT — oakland

Yared Kiflai is a rap artist from Oakland, Ca, who recently collaborated with Grammy Award- winning producer, Jake One, on the single “Church On The Move.” Today, Drums & Ammo (founded by Ammbush; Dj/Producer, Oakland Faders) premieres the music video for the single. Shot in the hills of Berkeley, CA, and directed by Khufu Najee, the visual is a satirical take on the “journey to success” most young MC’s face. Accompanied by his close friends, all dressed as young warlords and packed into the back of a pickup truck, Yared takes viewers on a dreamlike tour of his doubts, fears,...

DJ Ammbush sits down with Psychedelic Soul Brother #1 Kelly Finnigan, lead man/Producer of the Bay Area based band Monophonics. Kelly breaks down his role in the band as well as the history of Monophonics. Question: what Actor did Kelly produce for before said Actor went on to win a Oscar? #Producers, if you sample you need to look into the Monophonics catalog. Kelly explains the ins and outs of being on opposite side of sampling and how Monophonics works with producers who sample them. Ill convo, tune