Rap & Hip-Hop from the 619 to 760
Free show. Acey The Aceman, Blame, Dannu, Odessa Kane, Nomis, Aaron Evans, too many more reasons. It’s all the way up in North County but this is pretty damn good as far as local lineups go. If I can find a ride up there, I’m there.
Blame One_Angels_Prod by Coper by BlameOne
What’s funny is that literally talking about angels (or, um, as literal as you can get when talking about spiritual things) of the holy and wholly good variety is actually the less obvious route to go with this as far as rap goes. Something more typical would’ve been a dedication to like a deceased loved one or to his significant other or something. Or the other pretty predictable route would’ve been a Jedi Mind Tricks-esque battle rap with sword-swinging angels or angels singing at your funeral or something. But a song about unnamed, non-distinct guardian angels like on some Della Reese steez–I can’t say that I’ve heard that before. Any help here? Is there a rap song about a guardian angel that’s not someone’s late grandma or something?
Produced by Coper. This comes from Blame’s Leaks and Gemz 2 mixtape.
15 Disturbed Remix – Blame One ft. Sean Price and Fashawn (Exclusive) by DIRTY SCIENCE
Blame One ft. Sean Price “Disturbed“
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This remix for Blame’s “Disturbed” is also on that Exile Intro To The Outro mixtape. Fashawn hops on the track and Blame spits a new verse, which I appreciate as far as remixes go (don’t you hate remixes that just tack on an extra verse at the beginning or end without changing anything else? Could you please show even the slightest effort?). Still, Blame’s original third verse really goes.
What do you think? Which version wins?
Blame One- The Children prod Lexzyne by BlameOne
Blame gets it in on the #OccupySoundcloud movement. The beat either sounds like 80′s pop or sounds like a rap song I’ve heard before that samples 80′s pop. Either way, it sounds urgent and even fire-and-brimstone-ish with the choir.
Dropping Bombs by ChemArtistry
I wrote about Blame’s new song and shirt at SoundDiego. One thing I forgot to mention that makes the shirt so cool is that, in some interview months ago, Sean Price admits that he’s only ever been out-rapped on a song twice in his life. One of those times is on Blame’s “Disturbed,” from which the shirt takes its lyrics (my bad if I’ve recounted this already; I have no life so I tend to repeat the same five jokes/stories ad infinitum).
Blame One recently released a new song, "Dropping Bombs," in conjunction with the release of a very new, very cool T-shirt. Coincidentally, it also comes on the heels of Blame’s first win at the San Diego Music Awards (which he didn’t attend due to an apparent miscommunication though that didn’t stop a fellow, North County-based rapper from bum-rushing the stage in glorious fashion).
The song is a collaboration with visual artist and producer Coper. Coper maintains a solid, break-beat foundation. But then he throws all sorts of layers on top of it. From old school police horns to guitar-driven hippie music to whistles, squeaks, and … god-knows-what, it’s all chopped and twisted into a healthy slab of funk. It’s frantic enough to be borderline moshpit-inducing. Blame keeps his contribution straightforward and to-the-point. For three verses, he spits tongue-twisting rhymes aimed at wack rappers. He calls himself a pharoah and Jack Sparrow, though he also takes a shot at Backstreet Boys slow jams, which is clearly misguided and crazy.
You can check out the song at the Chemistry Surfboards blog here. Chemistry helped release both the song and shirt. If you’re interested in the new shirt, it’s called the Broken Beaker Tee. It’s both a pun on Chemistry Surfboards in Oceanside, which put out the shirt, and also a reference to lyrics from Blame’s 2009 single, "Disturbed," in which he took on the role of mad scientist. You can buy the shirt here. On the horizon, you can look forward to a collaboration project with Blame One and Coper as part of Chemistry Surfboards’ ChemArtistry initiative.
“TDB” Best Of San Diego’s Guests DJThirdRailLooks1 8 25 11 by DJThirdRaiLLooksFresh
Please don’t bother me for the next three hours. I am listening to nothing but San Diego hip-hop for that timespan. Check the playlist after the jump, it will kinda blow your mind. Read more of this post
Baller shit that went down at the first ever Daygo Hip Hop BBQ (formal apology from me: I let small shit irritate me that day and didn’t show up (real reason: I was reading comic books like a few hundred feet away (kidding!))). Crhymes is getting way better with video work and was able to capture Blame, Banish, Scatterbrain, Mansini from B-Boy Mafia, and a couple other dudes (no diss; can I get help on the names?) kicking some freestyles. Cool shit.
After the jump, another video from Crhymes showing the dark side of freestyling at the Daygo Hip Hop BBQ. Read more of this post
Blame One-Rap_Song_Feat. Main FLow-Prod_Exile by BlameOne
I wrote about Blame’s semi-new song at SoundDiego. Check it out above while reading some thoughts below:
Blame One recently dropped a new song, um, “Rap Song,” with Cincinnatti-to-SD transplant, Main Flow. Blame One is currently nominated for two San Diego Music Awards, one for Best Hip-Hop and another for Best Hip-Hop Album, for his latest, Endurance.
I might be wrong but I believe this song marks the first collaboration between Blame and Main Flow since 2004′s “Alumni,” which appeared on Blame One’s album A Complex Burden. “Alumni” was one of the standout tracks, so it’s good to hear Blame and Main Flow together again. Where “Alumni” was filled with braggadocio about why the two MCs were dope, “Rap Song” tweaks that formula a little bit, this time talking about why they’re dope and about why the current crop of wack, run-of-the-mill record label rappers (the title comes from the hook: “Everybody got a rap song”) are not. It seems like it could have fit right into Blame’s Endurance project, which was very much about criticizing and schooling young, ignorant rappers on hip-hop history.
“Rap Song” was produced by Blame’s longtime friend (and a sought-after beatsmith in his own right) DJ Exile. The song is available for streaming and downloading on Blame One’s newly created Soundcloud page. Don’t forget to vote in the San Diego Music Awards.
By the way, would Main Flow count as an SD artist? Not even being a dick, I’m genuinely curious. He’s tight. I’ve just never seen him even on flyers for shows around town. It’s just such a sticky deal with SD because so many people are transplants. It’s hard to judge when/why/how an out-of-town artist can start claiming SD (or I guess from my perspective, I wonder when I can post up Main Flow’s music without someone being like “Main Flow is not an SD artist”).
Also, my bad about the dearth of content. I’ve just been having to entertain a lot of out-of-town guests/family lately. It’s been harder to not have a life so I can keep up this website.
I guess this isn’t exactly an official video (ironically enough) but it was put together by Black Sparx, who also produced the song, so that’s good enough. Really, it’s just another reason to re-visit this track from Days Chasing Days. Dude, those horns and that guitar are god-like. It’s a good note to head into the weekend with.
Via Grandgood.
If you’re in North County, check out Sojourn, Blame, and Kahlee rocking for the Lyrical Skool Yard One Year Anniversary show. Supernatural is headlining (in front of Abstract Rude? I didn’t see that one coming) and you might could impress a girl with his freestyle skill (weird how it works like that right? I guess you get cool points for knowing about it or something). Should be a fun show. Watch out for the cops though. Last time I went, they were hella crawling everywhere as I was getting lost, trying to find the venue. Then one of them pulled me over. I didn’t get a ticket but I’m just saying to be extra careful and shit.
