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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...

ASTU - Source of Her (Video)

December 7, 2020 • Astu • Bay AREA • electronic • Funk • Oakland • rock • soul • vibes

Oakland based artist ASTU returns with her Debut album "Altars", the follow up to her 2018 EP "Patterns". The first visual from the project is "Source of Her", produced by frequent collaborators Tofu Jack and Daoud. "Source of Her" is a prime example of ASTU's range and desire to explore different soundscapes and frequencies. The span from "Patterns" to "Altars" reflects an artist becoming more comfortable with her voice and utilizing it in many different scenarios. There's no way you could pigeon hole ASTU into any genre due to her vocal performances. Check out ASTU's "Altars", available on all platforms.

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...