“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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“The Hip-Hop Unseen” Read-In-Full

…Kinda like “Paid-In-Full”….or not.

Ok.

Since I’ve retired this column, and the last one got such an amazing response, I figured I’d like to present a link to every column written over the past couple years. Start at the bottom and read up, and you can get a gist of my early zest, focus and determination. Then travel past the first few and embrace my pockets of  uninspired repetition until I burn out in a dull flame, only to semi-ressurect my dignity by the end. Yay.

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Citybeat Column # 20 “Life After Death”

One Final CityBeat Column:
Enjoy and Farewell to my journalism career:)

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Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #19 “Ready to Die”

My (second to last) Citybeat Column.
When I wrote it, I thought it would be my last.

But a couple days ago, I wrote the actual finale.

So here goes part 1:

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Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #17 “The Listening”

New Column

Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #17 “The Listening”

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Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #16 “Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em”

New Column up.

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Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #15 “On To The Next One”

Back Like I Never Left:

Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #15 “On To The Next One”

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Ill Poetic Interview with Freddie Gibbs

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NO BULLSHIT

They say when times get lean, it’s best to reel it in and stick together. Born and raised in post-industrial, Reagan-approved Crack Era Gary, Indiana, Freddie Gibbs gets that. This would explain his grassroots approach to re-inventing a once promising major label-approved career into an independent DIY movement. In 2004, Gibbs signed with Interscope, but not one for the politic game, he grew tired of waiting for Jimmy Iovine to friend him on Facebook, built a team and a sound and began dropping heat himself. Following two underground classic mixtapes, “The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs”, and “Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik” (personal favorite), Gibbs returned in 2010 with “Str8 Killa No Filla” and a co-starring role on XXL’s esteemed “Freshman 10” list. A true representation of recession era hip-hop, Gibbs reels it in and hits the Midwest for a thorough run in promotion of the “Str8 Killa” record. Think back to the classic Midwest and Southern folks we used to watch on Rap City and Yo! MTV Raps in the 90’s. Now fast-forward it 20 years into the future. This is Freddie Gibbs. No Bullshit.

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Citybeat “Our Beautiful Dark Listed Fantasies”

Every year Citybeat Magazine does a year end top 10 list, usually of a music-related theme.

This year is no different. Lots of great lists in here.

CLICK HERE for all of them

For anyone interested, keep reading to view mine:

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Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #13 “Greatest Hits”

New Citybeat Column
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