Here is episode #2 from this 7 part EPK series w/ Shafiq Husayn (SA-RA Creative Partners) shot by Eric Coleman for www.Mochilla.com. This episode features Shafiq talking about the bubblin’ Los Angeles music scene, and the various creative folks that have been a big part in helping to develop this scene to a worldwide audience…THUNDERCAT HOOO!!!!
We’ve been admiring the legend Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, who plays bass on the entire “Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka” album, for a minute. You may know Thundercat from his work w/ Erykah Badu, Suicidal Tendencies, SA-RA, and many others. We just wanted to show some Cali love to Plug Research who presents Shafiq’s “En’ A-Free-Ka” album available online HERE!
With this installment, I think we covered the entire Klipm0de crew. Currently Devonwho is making a lot of noise in LA and I really hope he’s having a blast. Thanks for dropping yet another piece. Visit Devon’s Bandcamp and download his “3P” for FREE! Klipm0deeeeee
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Detroit emcee Finale has drawn inspiration from another rust belt city for his newest video, “The Senator,” from his spring-released, highly acclaimed A Pipe Dream And A Promise. Both the song and video are based largely on David Simon and HBO’s Baltimore epic The Wire. The Senator in question is State Senator Clay Davis, not one of the show’s main characters but certainly one of its most fascinating and divisive. Davis is an exploitative figure that acts as an intermediary between drug dealers and real estate developers, pocketing cash from both sides all the while. Finale uses Davis as a means of getting the point of the song across: calling out liars who are fronting as something they aren’t. The song opens with the line “I heard a lot of y’all talkin’ / A lot of you not walkin’.” Finale even manages to make Davis’ trademark exclamation “sheeeeeiiiiittttt” a centerpiece of the song’s chorus. The video seamlessly blends Finale’s Detroit with The Wire’s Baltimore and employs key scenes and lines from the show to carry across Finale’s punchlines.
The video is directed by Roy Miles Jr., who developed the vide concept along with Interdependent Media General Manager/A&R, iD. On working together to create the video, Finale says, “I shot the footage of myself rapping while I was on the west coast doing interviews and press runs with Interdependent Media. When I left town I told iD and Roy what season’s clip I used from The Wire. Roy and his assistant took the time to go through episodes of the show and find clips that synced up with various lines in the song. It’s kind of dope that they were able to find specific scenes that matched up with what i was saying in the song.”
The track, from Finale’s debut A Pipe Dream And A Promise, features production by Waajeed. Finale pulls off an impressive tightrope walk in the song’s lyrics. “The Senator” serves as a powerful call-out to those fronting as something they’re not while incorporating the themes and action of the world of The Wire. “We climbin’ up ladders and goin’ through the suits / It ain’t a game where the rappers hug and make up in order to take your books Iif it ain’t truth I don’t want it.” Finale couples a smooth flow with impressively dense lyricism that will have the listener appreciating a new line with each progressive listen. (via Audible Treats)
Our Berlin buddy fLako does it once again. He brings you this ill double trouble release featuring soulstress Amenta from Canada. Personally I love “04500″, but the B-side “Do You” isn’t really my cup of tea. Nice free release nevertheless and be sure to download this double hitter HERE!!
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Swiss based producer and founder of Feelin’ Music, Chief, is dropping his collaboration album entitled “Collabo Collection”. Chief delivers a groundbreaking collection of collaborations, made between 2005 and 2009, that showcase different facets of his ill beatmaking. The album features an A-team list of guests including Blu, Co$$, Kissey Asplund, Dynas, Sene, John Robinson, Les Nubians, Moka Only, Kenn Starr, J Sands and many others. The album drops worldwide on November 3rd and the first official leak is this joint below with Co$$ entitled “Love Lost”.
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Chief Ft. John Robinson – Jazz Unconditional
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We told you bout Nicholas Ryan Gant a long time ago and now he’s back with a sick ass album “Border Breaker” which dropped on iTunes today! Come get it while it’s hot and enjoy these two wonderful new joints we got for you. See it as a taste and trust me…I just skimmed through the album and I can tell you it’s well worth your money. It has some bangin’ remixes on it by Slimkat78, 00Genesis and Mabanau. Also a dope DC backup team consisting of no other than Muhsinah and Bilal Salaam. Much love and respect to Ghetto Falsetto for hitting us up and we hope this one takes off like a rocket! Support artists like this and BUY their music..
Nicholas Ryan Gant – Move (00Genesis mix)
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Nicholas Ryan Gant – Before The Fall Remix (Slim’s at it again)
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We’re a little late on this one, but better late than never. We featured KLIPMODE‘s 3P Series a while back with both Knxwledge and MNDSGN‘s releases, now we’d like to shine some light on Suzi Analog‘s contribution to the series. Suzi hails from Philadelphia and has been making a name for herself as a singer the past couple of years and more recently also as a producer. As with the other EP’s in the series, Suzi’s 3P also features 3 banging instrumentals but also an extra bonus cut called “Open Kall”. The tracks showcase a wide range of styles while all blending into Suzi’s unique sound. Having worked with artists/producers such as Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dudley Perkins, Devon and Knxwledge in the past, expect to hear more of her own productions in the future. One collaboration currently in the making is a song with La Melodia on their new release. Download Suzi Analog’s 3P over at Bandcamp.
Suzi Analog – 朊
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Suzi Analog – Open Kall
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2 New remixes for Mayer Hawthorne, first one from PPP’s Waajeed, the second is from former “Young Americans” duo Classixx. There will be a video for Green Eyed Love soon. Pre-Order the 12-inch (green vinyl) on Rushhour.
Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Waajeed Remix)
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