[Video] whysowhite: "Get Busy"
The first time I met Nick "Big Fat Nick" McMillan, he told me a breathtaking story on how he and his landlord found and retrieved a dead cat out of the wall of his apartment. That doesn't have much to do with this post, but it sets the mood perfectly for the band that is whysowhite. I'm telling you, if you haven't heard, interacted, broken bread with the guys of the Chicago six piece funk band, you are seriously missing something in your life. Fresh off hosting a sensual Valentine's Day celebration at their renovated 'Firehaus' on the city's north side, the ever-eclectic squad graced us today with the video for their party-starting jam "Get Busy". The visual release, shot by Nocturnal Media, follows the group's trio of frontmen, Charlie Moonbeam, D-Pop Fantastic and Big Fat Nick as their scour their way through a grocery store. If you've ever been pelted with a banana during one of the band's in-show 'fruit tosses', you'll instantly understand the poignancy of this setting. It plays out somewhat like you're stereotypical hip-hop video, if you replace the green of money with asparagus and big booty girls with pomegranates. Nick chokes on spaghetti, there's a spikey neon ball...you just gotta give it a look. Check out the full video for "Get Busy" below and catch the band March 1 at Martyr's in Chicago with Marrow, featuring a special back-up section.
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[Video] Jay Dot Rain: "Grits N' Gravy"
I've been following Alabama-based artist Jay Dot Rain for awhile now, since featuring him on the site as one of our First Look features. The crafty, soul-filled MC brings a flavor from the south that we haven't heard in a minute, doign with boom-bap-like sounds and soul samples what A$AP Rocky did bringing trill music east a few years back. Teaming up with BeatBlockaz, Jay Dot has begun firmly establishing himself as an artist to know as 2014 lurches into full gear. Recently, we got a fresh video for his track "Grits N' Gravy", the first single off his upcoming project, Trap Jazz, due out next month. The video, shot & edited by LeXander Bryant of ORGNZD, follows Jay Dot and crew as they kick in Tuscaloosa and ruminate on all aspects of "Grits N' Gravy". Jay Dot's last video, for "How I Do" showed the same squad doing their thing in Times Square in NYC and here they bring it back home. Check out the latest from Jay Dot Rain, below.
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[Video] Jay Dot Rain: "How I Do"
We've been following the musing of young Alabama hip-hop artist Jay Dot Rain for a minute now, since getting to know him earlier this year as part of the RH First Look series. Newly graduated and with a degree, Jay Dot Rain has been on his grind, traveling the country and building his name outside of his native 'Bama. His latest, "How I Do" is a furtherance of that building, as the video follows Jay Dot and co. around the streets of New York City, an ode to that critical next step in any artist's career. Check out the latest from Jay Dot Rain, streaming here below.
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