“Gone” Official Video

Nearly a year in the making, here is the official video to “Gone”, directed by David Damen// of Arris Productions & Walter Nini, and Premiering through my friends over at Citybeat.

This is the first definitive release for my new EP “Synesthesia: The Yellow Movement” , which will be dropping later this Summer. It’s also the first domino we’re tipping over in a *very* long line of dominoes (be on the look out for new songs, videos, tour footage, shows, documentaries, etc.)

To quote my twitter timeline from yesterday, as I’m too lazy to write more today:

This video was made for people brave (read:stupid) enough to jump off the cliff and follow their dreams & passions. Leaving my job and life behind to do this as a potential career is easily the craziest, scariest, dumbest, smartest thing I’ve ever done.  The video is also a token of appreciation for all the people, places, and memories Cincinnati has given me. Thank You.

If you genuinely dig the music and video, I just ask that you share, RT, post and spread this as far as possible. If not, don’t;)

Below is a full list of contributors who made this possible:

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Tags: arris productions, cincinnati, Citybeat, david damen, gone, ill poetic, synesthesia yellow, walter nini

Killer Mike + El-P “R.A.P. Music” Live Stream

I knew this would be great when I first saw it on paper. It sounds like I thought it would but better. Nothing else to say. Listen.

Enjoy the commentary via Killer Mike.

Tags: el-p, killer mike, r.a.p. music, spin magazine, spin.com

Ill Poetic “Gone” Video Cincinnati Debut Friday 4/27 @ Northside Tavern

This Friday, we’ll be debuting the video for my song “Gone” at Northside Tavern as part of DJ Pillo & DJ Apryl Reign‘s Selectas Choice series.

The whole evening will be amazing automatically, as Pillo, Apryl & DJ Rare Groove are spinning all night long. The video is really just the bonus.

Plus, it’s my Birthday weekend, so come out and kick it. 21 & up, FREE.

Friday, April 27, 2012
@ Northside Tavern
4163 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati

#SynesthesiaYellow

#BeCool

Tags: apryl reign, cincinnati, dj pillo, DJ Rare Groove, gone, ill poetic, northside tavern, selectas choice, show, video

Stalley Homecoming Show this Thursday 4/19 + OU Show Footage

This Thursday marks the return of Ohio Hip-Hop artist Stalley to his hometown of Massilon.

As part of the Ohio Takeover 2012 Tour, myself and LxE for the Uncool will be joining Stalley for his Homecoming Show at Lion’s Lincoln Theatre on Lincoln Way (hence the “Lincoln Way Nights” album).

This is a pretty unprecedented event, and I think it’s going to be really special. Our homie Jean P will be opening alongside Maaly, L Jordan & CORE.

Buy your tickets HERE

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Tags: arris productions, core, ill poetic, jean p, l jordan, lxe for the uncool, maaly, ohio takeover 2012 tour, Stalley, VoiceOfRzn

The Miseducation of Central State University

My name is Tim Gmeiner. Those of you who read my blog know me as “Ill Poetic”, a Hip-Hop artist based out of Cincinnati & Columbus, Ohio. Over the past 4 years, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to pursue my artistry as a full-time career; touring and performing everywhere from Skate Parks in Germany to Community Centers in Cincinnati. One of the greatest gifts this winding career path has given me is the prospect of meeting so many people from so many different walks of life, all tied together through our common experiences and love for Hip-Hop Music and the culture surrounding it. From scene to scene and city to city, we become families of different races, genders, creeds, and sexual preferences. We’ve become a generation of kids who’ve peeled away our forefathers’ ugliest stereotypes without even realizing we were doing so. We are a culture with a wide range of values, beliefs, and life experiences, capable of exhibiting artists with messages from all ends of the spectrum; those positive, as well as those with the negative. Yet and still, a recent experience with Central State Universities Administrative faculty has shown that 25 years later, Hip-Hop as a genre, culture and community still finds itself defending its music and lifestyle to a population of people who group millions of complex, creative and intelligent people into a single negative image of the likes that Mainstream television and radio outlets project hip-hop to be.

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Tags: central state university, Hip-Hop, ill poetic, lxe for the uncool, ohio takeover 2012 tour, springfest, Stalley, stereotype, VoiceOfRzn

Ill Poetic x DubMD x Prefyx x SoulStice x Truth Universal “S.O.S”

A while back, my homie DubMD reached out about hopping on an EP he’d be dropping titled “Requiem”. The record is now prepped to see the light of day this Summer, and he decided to leak our song as one of the first singles. I’m really glad this beat found a home (I always wondered how an emcee would’ve approached it).

If you’re not hip to DubMD, he’s done mixtapes for everyone from Columbus’s Dominique Larue to SlaughterHouse’s Royce the 5’9″.

Enjoy the song and download free HERE

Tags: Dominique Larue Royce the 5'9", DumMD, ill poetic, prefyx, S.O.S. Requiem EP, solstice, truth universal

Stalley “Savage Journey to the American Dream” Free Download

As we prepare to announce a few more dates for the Ohio Takeover 2012 Tour w/ myself, LxE & Stalley, I figured I’d pass along the link to Stalley’s new free “mixtape” (read: album) “Savage Journey to the American Dream” (insert Hunter S. Thompson reference).

Download HERE. Hit the jump to stream live and watch the “Party Heart” video that was packaged alongside the album release.

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Tags: bcg, free album, ill poetic, lxe for the uncool, mayback music group, mmg, ohio takeover 2012 tour, party heart, rick ross, savage journey to the american dream, Stalley, video

Plug Research Compilation FREE DOWNLOAD

I came across this compilation a couple days ago and have been listening pretty steadily. Plug Research is a label home for a really diverse array of artists, ranging from Sonnymoon and Bilal to Hawthorne Headhunters (a dope-ass group featuring St. Louis artist Black Spade).

“This is a free compilation that we wanted to share with everyone. All brand new musiccoming out on plug during the spring quarter of 2012. We have been at this for the last 15 years and at some point this year, we will have had our 200th release. This is the year of letting go. Opening the flood gates of Plug Research for all to enjoy all of the wonders we have in our vaults.”

DOWNLOAD HERE

Tags: bilal, black spade, compilation, free download, hawthorne headhunters, mp3, plug research, sonnymoon

EL-P “The Full Retard”

I love the shit out of El-P’s music. Finally, a follow up to ISWYD (which was his masterpiece to me). Dude has been sorely missed in hip-hop these past few years. I posted about his insane joint “Drones over Brooklyn” a few months ago. Now, “Full Retard”.

New Album “Cancer for Cure” on deck.
Download the song HERE. Peep the change up at 2:42. This dude is so on some other shit.

Peep the Camu Tao/PRZM  “Lil Bitch/Count These Bars/On the Floor” Reference. Boom.

Tags: Camu Tao, Cancer for Cure, DJ PRZM, el-p, Full Retard, Hold the Floor, ISWYD

Big KRIT “Forever N a Day”

I usually don’t like posting about things everyone else has already posted about but….every once in a while something of genuine quality actual gets the attention it deserves. “Forever-N-a-Day” is the genuinely amazing record that is actually garnering this attention. I honestly didn’t expect to like this record as much as “Return To 4eva”, but I think I may like it even more (which is saying A LOT). Plus, I got to hear KRIT soundcheck “My Sub”  at the show a couple weeks back in Athens and I got all pumped and shit, so I’ve been in a big KRIT mood anyway.

KRIT’s writing keeps getting better and better. There are points in this record where I genuinely feel like I’m losing my breath at some of these verses (see “Red Eye“). KRIT’s (self-built) production is always on point. He’s diving into live instrumentation which is only adding to the lushness of the music behind him. Dude is EVERYTHING I love about Southern Hip-Hop. He gets it. I love his mind frame and where he’s headed. I don’t see him folding for much of anything to complete his sound and vision. That alone deserves attention in this day and age.

Oh yeah, and it’s FREE.

Tags: Athens, BIG KRIT, Forever-N-a-Day, ohio takeover 2012, OU, Return to 4eva