The Green Brothers – When I Get Low, I Get High
I’ve been hesitant to feature The Green Brothers since, when I first heard of them last year, they had only just recently moved from their hometown of Columbus, Ohio to San Diego. But now that time has passed and it looks like the frontman has put in work around the city, I think he’s done enough so that I can go ahead and cover him as a local artist.
“When I Get Low, I Get High” was released the day after 4/20 (naturally) as the first single from the upcoming Free Green album. This is labeled as the “Claude 9 remix” but I’m not really sure if there was an original or if the misnomer is just an excuse for a bad pun. It would seem kinda weird to release a remix as your first single (that seems like such a 90s-era Bad Boy move, right?). Anyway, the song jams thanks to funky use of what sounds like 30s-era big band jazz samples (hope my History of Jazz class isn’t failing me hard right now) and a clever jazz vocal sample. I think rapper Aaron Evans raps about weed but I’m not really sure, I’m kinda too high to tell right now.
Anyway, I mentioned it before but The Green Brothers will be performing tonight (Wednesday) for Urban Underground at Kava Lounge. Mr. Lif of Def Jux fame will be headlining (man, RIP Def Jux by the way). Mr. Ridley and Sojourn are also performing. I hope Ridley starts a moshpit or stage-dives or at least punches someone in the ear. Free Green drops on Independence Day this year.
Reading be fun though:
