Posts Tagged ‘Blue Scholars’
Video: Blue Scholars – “SEIJUN SUZUKI”
If Men in Black were a Seattle rap duo who wore gray suits and carried Samurai swords, this post still wouldn't make any sense. Check out the latest from Blue Scholars. Swag. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t4y9z3eIFLk
Sabzi (Blue Scholars) Offers New Music Through New Year
During the holidays many artists offer one or two tracks to the public for free as a thank you gift to the fans; seldom, do you see entire suites of music offered by groups. But, that is just what Sabzi from Blue Scholars is doing. Each day until the new year Sabzi will offer a new suite of music in his Townfolk series. The songs will be available to stream and download from his bandcamp [...]
Best of 2011: Chul Gugich’s Top 15 Albums of the Year
My Best Albums of 2011 list coagulated over the course of the last three weeks or so. That was just enough time for me to be very strongly influenced by other blogs' Best-Of lists, almost leading me to including Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 and A$AP Rocky's LIVELOVEA$AP in my top 15 based strictly on dubious merit I personally assigned to a few (so-called) experts' opinions. I resisted the [...]
WATCH: Blue Scholars Performing “North By Northwest” in NYC
Check out this sick video of Blue Scholars performing a remix of “North By Northwest” with Grynch and Sol at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. The group wrapped their 2011 Fall Tour in the big apple on 11-11-11. Here’s a little taste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4mFsP7WroM
Weighing In On Kickstarter
While local bands have always seemed to utilize guerilla marketing of some nature (sticking decals on bathroom stalls or busking), the new DIY-movement presents today's bands with opportunities like Kickstarter to help get their word out and aid in funding their tours or albums. If you haven't heard of Kickstarter yet, here is a crash course; Kickstarter is a website that allows an individual (or [...]
How Seattle Hip-Hop Could Take a Hint from Oxford’s Blessing Force
This spring, Seattle emcee Macklemore asked his fans via twitter “I'm interested...what label could you guys see us on? Major or indie?...Or just continue to put it out ourselves?” He received a handful of answers - a few suggested Seattle’s Sup Pop Records, but Macklemore seemed particularly to favor one reply that he retweeted, which said they (he and Ryan Lewis) should start their own [...]
Finally, The Blue Scholars and Bambu Tour
Blue Scholars just announced a tour with Bambu in support of their 2011 release, Cinémetropolis. Check out the dates, and be sure to see them when they hit your city. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJLZQVRMzYM “Finally, the Blue Scholars & Bambu Tour” tour dates: 09/14 - Vancouver, BC - 560 Nightclub 09/17 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Market 09/20 - Eugene, OR - Wow Hall 09/21 - [...]
Blue Scholars – Cinemetropolis
Score: 8.7/10 Cinemetropolis Blue Scholars Purchase: Bandcamp, Amazon Amid the massive amount of success Blue Scholars has experienced since its formation in 2002, MC Geo (aka. Prometheus Brown) and DJ/producer Sabzi have remained stubbornly -- defiantly even -- proletariat in their musical aims. It’s a testament to the duo’s acute devotion to the rank-and-file they prefer to serve that [...]
Seattle Hip-Hop Artists: On Their “Grind”
Former Seattle-based music writer Ann Powers (with help from Seattle Times music blogger, Andrew Matson) curated a week-long interview series for NPR.org called "Grind and Shine." The series focused on Seattle hip-hop artists who are making major local -- and, in some cases, national -- moves on the scene. The area rap movement has been called "the new grunge," for lack of a better description. [...]
Blue Scholars Cinemetropolis Album Release Party at Neumos
At Saturday’s sold-out Cinemetropolis Album Release Party, the second of a two-night run at Neumos, Blue Scholars had Seattle hip-hop fans eating out of their proverbial hands, as has been the case at all of the duo’s local shows for the last six years or so. The energetic all ages crowd followed Geo and Sabzi’s lead for nearly an hour and a half as the crew marched through a set list [...]
