Monthly Archives: January 2011

As the World Burns: BoomBox Massacre & Awall aka 2Piece – “When It Burns Down”

Posted on January 27, 2011 by JoeyMC

Beginning with a clip of a livid Tupac acting out, as Juice‘s Bishop, a thug life mentality that would spell his real-life downfall, “When It Burns Down” seeks to eradicate the streets of half-way crooks and shook ones of all … Continue reading →

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Membership

Posted on January 26, 2011 by JoeyMC

As I whore myself out to as many writing outlets as possible, I’m now writing a weekly column for the blog at Members Only. In all seriousness though, I’m excited about it. The homey Will approached me to do one … Continue reading →

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Stretch Your Knees: Hi-Life Soundsystem feat. SOTA – “Bounce”

Posted on January 25, 2011 by JoeyMC

Hi-Life Soundsystem are the dudes who only hit the club every once in a while because otherwise they’d be dead broke and have the insides of someone 30 years older. Who knows what they do between nights out, but when … Continue reading →

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I Wanna Slap

Posted on January 24, 2011 by JoeyMC

I wanna slap. It was trending on the twitters over the weekend, giving folks an excuse to threaten physical violence towards exes and bosses, because there’s not enough of that already, but I agreed with the sentiment: I wanna slap. … Continue reading →

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Wrestling With Doubt: Murs – “Varsity Blues 2″ (prod. Aesop Rock)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by JoeyMC

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Murs – “Varsity Blues 2″ (prod. Aesop Rock) 2011 looks like to be the year of the sequel, again, even more so than 2010. After Raekwon did it everyone thought it would be … Continue reading →

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State of Extrahelladopeness with the Artists

Posted on January 17, 2011 by JoeyMC

Helluvastate, the new collaboration between Helladope producer/MC Tay Sean and SOTA boy Thaddeus aka TH dropped “Make Moves” this morning, the first single off their upcoming mixtape Thadwick Tristen Trevor III & Swan Coltrane: Adventures in a Helluvastate. I got … Continue reading →

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12th Man

Posted on January 13, 2011 by JoeyMC

Fresh off a truly exhilarating playoff victory over the defending Super Bowl champions, it’s not hard for even the most casual Seahawks fan to jump on the bandwagon. The team entered the playoffs in spite of being outscored by nearly … Continue reading →

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Stay Non-Violent…

Posted on January 11, 2011 by JoeyMC

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Killer Mike – “Burn” PL3DGE (via TSS) The lead single from the third installment of the I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind series finds Mike Bigga more fed up than ever. The ensuing … Continue reading →

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Dark Everyday: Sonny Bonoho’s Phone Phreak EP

Posted on January 10, 2011 by JoeyMC

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Maybe the closest thing Seattle has to a Devin the Dude, yesterday Sonny Bonoho released a condensed version of his Phone Phreak LP for free download here. The EP features the intro and … Continue reading →

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Notables of 2010: Northwest Projects of the Year

Posted on January 3, 2011 by JoeyMC

The lists keep coming. Yes, we are almost a full three days into 2011. If the Rose Bowl can happen 9 days late, I’m not doing too bad. You know the drill: for the “obligatory end-of-year list spiel 2010,” read … Continue reading →

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