Chester Watson hails from St. Louis. He’s an MC, producer, playwright and co-founder of Nu Age Syndicate. Young blood is 16 years old and he already has what sounds like a dope self-realized style, strictly unadulterated. The visual is for the title track off his latest and third mixtape, Phantom. Free download here. …
Author: Tracy Jones
“Skyscrapper” is off U-God’s new solo record, The Keynote Speaker. Notice the ill patterns in his flow and how his syllables are catching the kick drum. He recently dropped the album under Rza’s label Soul Temple Records. Check the visual below for U-God’s “Skyscrapper.” …
Former 90’s member of the crew Natural Elements, Ka is a b-boy, hooded stalker on the street writing rhymes like a reporter telling stories, only subtle. His voice is a stand up bass that whispers ill plots laced with internal rhymes and at first glance, over looked punch lines. Ka creeps on beats like stick up kids in the night, “as free as it seems/ but this shit is a hood prison/ so we sold that poison like Bivins,” he spits on …
Just wrote an article for The Stark Life about Japanese artist 281 Anti Nuke. You’ll probably see why he’s considered to be a Japanese Banksy. Read here. …
Illustrator Ali Graham started the blog 99 Problems, posting images that expose the Earth shoulder carrying burdens of Jay-Z and Kanye West. http://probs99.tumblr.com/ www.grarg.com …