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Eastshore Highway (Brookfield Duece, Mani Draper, & DJ D Sharp) - Lay Up Line (Official Music Video)

December 3, 2020

Fresh off of this past weekends "The Drums & Ammo Show", the Grand Nationxl family tree members "Eastshore Highway" provide visuals for the lead off song from the groups recent self titled album. Shot at the Mad Max of graffiti spots “The Ruins” in American Canyon, Napa Valley, "Lay Up Line" sticks to the philosophy of utilizing every bar to the fullest as the foundation of the song: Brookfield Duece: "I'm on fire like the Amazon, or the house when you fall asleep with all those dam candles on" or Mani Draper: "Get ya issue cough up a lung where I'm...

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...

This; That; and The Third: The MC Jahi Interview

October 12, 2020

DJ Ammbush sits with Artist/Author/Educator MC Jahi for a break down on his recent Tuff Gong/SpitSlam Record Label Group release "Reasonings". The Oakland by way of Cleveland MC explains his connection to the Rasta way of life and how it informed his latest project, why he decided to produce the majority of "Reasonings", and becoming a part of the "next generation" of iconic New York rap group Public Enemy. MC Jahi also speaks on the importance of upholding the Bob Marley legacy as an artist on the seminal Tuff Gong label. Tune in and listen to MC Jahi "Reasonings" out...

Ozer & 93Paqgod "Get Busy" (OFFICIAL VIDEO) DNA Premiere

October 7, 2020 • 2 chainz • 2-Left • 36 Chambers • 60 East • 9th Wonder • Adelaide • Altered Crates • Ammbaataa • Ammbush • anderson .paak • AON Preme • Audio Vandals • Babs • backwoodz studio • Baghead • bay area • beat • Beezy love Bands • Big Hongry • Bilal • Biz Markie • boot camp clik • Brookfield Deuce • Buffalo • Cava Menzies • Champ Green • Charlie mack • Chase Moore • Cheap limousine • Chester • colemine records • Conway the Machine • D'angelo • Dame The Drummer • dapper dan • Ozer • Paqgod • san francisco • The Jealous Guys

San Francisco’s own ‘Ozer’, has been nurturing his lyrical gift since the age of six, when he first began using music as his sanctum from the challenges of life. On his new track, ‘Get Busy’, Ozer teams up with DC native, now Bay Area residing artist, 93 Paqgod for the mellow, yet powerful track, produced by Cheap Limousine. As stated within the chorus, “Been tucked off, nowadays I’m throwing peace signs n***a”, over distinct, ambient synths and soulful keys Ozer and Paqgod go back and forth to paint a vivid picture of someone attempting to get away from surrounding...