Here is footage of me performing my song “Two Five Three” this past Saturday. The crowd was amazing and the night was something special for the city. Thank you, Tacoma.

Directed by Erik Soderquist

My boy Grynch just released a video for his song ‘My Volvo’. Over the past few years he has really been on his grind and is now one of the main hip hop artists out of Washington and I don’t think he has plans of slowing down anytime soon. I’ve never owned a Volvo, but I’ve had my share of hoopties, so I can relate.

Here is a video clip of us performing ‘Last Hope’ at the Freeway & Jake One show at the Crocodile in Seattle.

As I work towards the release of ‘Two Five Three’, I thought I would post this video clip from DJ Semaj’s EP release party back in January. Props to Chan for the video.

24 Hour Karate School

I haven’t been excited about an album in awhile, but I can now say that has changed. I’ve always loved Ski’s beats and thought he was very overlooked. He produced classics on Reasonable Doubt, he has made one of my favorite beats of all time, which is Luchini, and the rest of Camp Lo’s first album. He is putting out an album with a bunch of guests and this video will provide you with some snippets and the cast. I think it drops at the end of March or sometime in April.

Here are five west coast songs/videos that you might not know, but should know. You can thank me later.

Anotha Level – What’s That Cha Sayin’

I remember catching this video back in the day on TV a few times. I was a big Pharcyde fan and this kind of had a similar vibe that caught my attention. Ice Cube discovered this group and Ice Cube was my favorite rapper back then, so when I spotted him in the video, I knew it was legit. The album that this song is on is also really dope. Ice Cube and Pharcyde are featured on the album.

Young Murder Squad – How We Livin’

When this shit came out, I was trippin’. South Central Cartel put these guys on and I remember that their album was hard to find out here in Tacoma. After searching all day, I finally found one copy of their album at the Lakewood Mall Camelot, back when the Lakewood Mall was still open. I was also on the hunt for a purple Charlotte Hornets jersey.

Celly Cel – It’s Going Down

OK, you should know this one, but I know there are heads that weren’t listening to hip hop back in the mid 90s, or weren’t into the west coast underground. I had Celly Cel’s first album ‘Heat 4 Yo Azz’ back in like 1995, so I was impatiently waiting for his second album to drop. This was the first single off of his second album ‘Killa Kali’.

Dru Down feat. The Luniz – Ice Cream Man

This is off of Dru Down’s first album ‘Explicit Game’ and I think it’s also the first time that The Luniz appeared on record. The Luniz could spit and it’s crazy to look back and see a young Yukmouth (who kills his verse). I remember hearing about how this song created some tension with Master P some years later because of the whole Ice Cream Man thing, but this song was released first. Don’t sell drugs.

K-Dee – Hittin’ Corners

K-Dee was real smooth with his style. He wasn’t really rapping about low riders, dickies, chucks, and things that a lot of his peers were rapping about, but he was from Los Angeles and represented. You might remember a small clip of this video from the movie ‘Friday’ when Ice Cube is watching television. If you some how find a copy of his album ‘Ass, Gas, or Cash’, pick it up because it is DOPE, rare, out of print, and Sir Jinx did a lot of the production on it.