Animuse: "Don't Go" (feat. Auggie the 9th and Blakkass Westley)
Caution: If you listen to this new Animuse cut, you might find yourself replaying the song over and over, so set your schedule accordingly. As Animuse slowly makes their way back into the scene (hinted at last month with Savier's Dead Weight Beat Tape 3 drop), they're dropping quality tracks here and there leading up to the September 17th release of TheLucyList, a mixtape/collection of loosies. Assumedly, "Don't Go" will also be a part of the collection.
Both Savier and Elishua teamed up with my best friend Auggie the 9th and second best friend Blakkass Westley for the ironically named song, considering how the song does, in fact, go, and goes hard at that. Whether it's Elishua and Savier's patented verse trade-offs, Auggie's street punk-inspired, high-energy screech, or Westley's unorthodox rhyme scheme, the four ensure that each listener won't be able to listen to the song just once.
Check out the song below, look forward to TheLucyList next month, as well as Animuse's next full-length, TRANSPIRE, later this year. (Side note: Props to Auggie for the Romeo and Juliet verse.)
[Video] Netherfriends: "Never Walk Out On You"
Netherfriends has been consistently making great music for some time now, but has just recently begun dabbling in film. For "Never Walk Out On You" he teamed up with Impolite Society and shot a home made video at their recording studio, Kimball House. Elee and Westley do their thing, capped by an epic 30 second shot of Westley's angry face. Check out the video below and check out the whole team September 14 for Kimball House Rock.
http://youtu.be/HesEX929Cbw
[Mixtape] Netherfriends: "New CHI-t"
Netherfriends has been a very busy man lately. Besides preparing the full release for his 50 Songs 50 States project next week on America's birthday, the fully improvised Kind of Buzzed series, as well as his kind of, sort of low key album, P3ACE, Netherfriends has been compiling all of his collaborations with a large number of Chicagoan rappers. Today, we bring you the full release, New CHI-t.
Featuring ShowYouSuck, Jams Dean, Auggie the 9th, theWHOevers, ELEE X, Blakkass Westley, Rich Jones, Fess Grandiose, Mig Mora, and Divino Nino, New CHI-t finds the rappers dropping rhymes alongside Netherfriends' eclectic instrumentals and vocal features. Some personal favorites include "Numero Uno" with Chandler London and Mig Mora, "Full of It" with ShowYouSuck, "Jurassic Park 5" featuring theWHOevers, and "Frankfort, KY" featuring Blakkass Westley. The mixtape is a prime example of just how versatile Netherfriends can be with his music. The summer of Netherfriends has only begun, as the aforementioned 50 Songs 50 States, P3ACE, and subsequent Kind of Buzzed installments will be coming out over the season, too. Who knows? There might be some more tricks up Netherfriends' sleeves.
As a reminder, you can celebrate the release of New CHI-t tonight at the Burlington Bar! Kimball House Productions has put together quite the show with Impolite Society, Fess Grandiose (happy birthday!), Chandler London, Shazam Bangles, and The Minneapolis Henrys will also be on tap to support Netherfriends. Details on the record release party can be found here. I hope you all enjoy New CHI-t as much as I do.
[Video] Netherfriends: "Kimball House Freestyle" (feat. Blakkass Westley and Chandler London)
I've been talking extensively about Netherfriends lately, and with good reason; the one-man band/production team/musician extraordinaire has a lot of projects coming out this summer. We're talking New CHI-t, 50 Songs 50 States, and P3ACE. We've heard some of what's in store, including yesterday's "Jurassic Park V" with theWHOevers. Today, we're showing a small glimpse into Netherfriends' next project, Kind of Buzzed.
The video is very lo-fi, tying into the project's theme of improvisation inspired by Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album. Netherfriends and associates, this time featuring Chandler London and Impolite Society's Blakkass Westley freestyling over Netherfriends' instrumental improvisation and Danimal THA CHOPPA on MPC. It's different, rough, and not like normal hip hop releases, and it's exactly why I feel Netherfriends has been making such a wave in the local scene lately.
http://youtu.be/wRh8O6gNilY