CULTURE CONTENT
Fantastic Negrito: Searching For Captain Save a H*@ (Ft. E-40)
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Enlightening, life changing and pleasing…Two-time grammy award winning artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Fantastic Negrito takes you on a journey of emotional transparency and vulnerability with his Blues Billboard #1 chart topping album, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? A crisp and intense track from the album which resonates self-awareness is Searching For Captain Save A H*@. This track features the unparalleled bars of Bay Area icon E-40 alongside local Oakland favorite, Fantastic Negrito, in what can only be described as two Oakland legends and vocal power houses creating history in an exploration of self that...
DJ Basta & Dred Scott SEED 17 (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
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DJ Basta has been busy with his latest work from the recently released project from Grand Nationxl member Kevin Allen "Heroes Eventually Die" and Grand Nationxl's "BTS". DJ Basta's "SEED 17" finds Dred Scott juxtuposing between a raw boxing setting to vulnerable lyrics: "the moment that I realized the same moment I froze". DJ Basta's 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. Catch this and more from DJ Basta at https://rootsandbranches.bandcamp.com Dirty sample collages. Playable art pieces Shot by...
Kevin Allen - Aunty Anita (Official Music Video)
Bay Area staple Producer/MC/Photographer Kevin Allen keeps the Grand Nationxl flag waving with a new body of work "Heroes Eventually Die". "Aunty Anita" The first visual offering is produced by frequent collaborator DJ Basta (Roots and Branches, SEEDS, Grand Nationxl). Since Kevin Allen caught Bay Area commercial success with his 2010 single (under his former moniker Erk the Jerk) "Right Here", a Hip Hop/R&B fusion with all the ingredients of a hit radio single, he's been building his brand as a producer/MC on a higher artistic tier that's beyond radio spins. "Heroes Eventually Die" continues to push the boundaries the Grand...
Baghead - 4 Tires Flat (ft.) The Jealous Guys, Professa Gabel, Ozer (Offical Video)
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Producer/DJ Baghead enlists some San Francisco's finest for a casual tour through the City's landscape. The Jealous Guys, Professa Gabel, and Ozer assist in Baghead's "4 Tires Flat", a vibed out Soul sample cut consisting of content speaking on the current state of San Francisco's growing gentrification. Yinde of The Jealous Guys: "It's a Black & Brown City they tryna take it from me" which works in contrast to Professa Gabel's "never on a coat tail I'm in a silk robe" lyrics, showing the range of the MC's on the same song. Video directed by Baghead and edited by Oadayday...
4 rAx " Scars " (prod by LT Beats) (Official Video)
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4 rAx of famed Oakland production team The Mekanix preps for the release of his upcoming album "FEAR" (dropping 9/11) with his latest offering/visual for "Scars". "My love for you is now bitter sweet, guess you could say I bumped my head on the concrete", "Scars" is an ode to the city 4 rAx calls home as he recognizes how his city has provided all he's needed (good or bad) from his youth to an adult. 4 rAx gives insight on how he feels the current state of materialism has clouded the vision of his peers, friend and family "....when...