Video: Nobot and Beeple - "Subprime"

subprime from beeple on Vimeo.

So I'm a few days behind on this one, but that doesn't mean that it's not worth posting about. "Subprime" is the collaboration between visual artist Beeple and digi-pop duo Nobot, who did the music for the short film. If you dig the music from "Subprime," the head on over to the band's MySpace, where you can stream the music from it.

Nobot MySpace Page
Beeple website

(Jon Graef)

Video: Atmosphere - "Shrapnel" (Live at Coachella, with interview at festival)

(Atmosphere - "Shrapnel" - Live at Coachella 2009)

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If you weren't able to attend this weekend's Coachella festival, well, count yourselves as being one of many. The painted gold on that lemon is that videos from the hotter-than-hell (in terms of both popularity and actual temperature) festival have begun surfacing on YouTube. Above you'll see a video of Atmosphere, who played in 2006, performing "Shrapnel," from the recently released record God Loves Ugly.

Below is footage from an interview that Atmosphere emcee Slug did with 91xrocks, a radio station (they still exist?) based out of San Diego.

Apparently, polka is real huge up in the MPLS.



That's news to us. Although, now that you mention it...

Atmosphere MySpace Page

(Jon Graef)

Video: Franz Diego Mixtape Promo (Illuminious 3)

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New Video: The 757s - "Amateur" (Plus: Album title)

Now that we've got news of an new album, it's time for a new video. The 757s uploaded a video for the song "Amateur" to their YouTube Page. Additionally, the new album, titled Freeway Surrender, will see release on May 1st


The 757s MySpace Page

(Jon Graef)

New Video: TRAMA - "Numbers Game"

A song from his recently released .zip tape Mr. T, which has seen press everywhere from Midwest Broadcast (where we got this video), to City Pages, to even Idolator, the video for "Numbers Game" incorporates footage from Menace II Society to tell its tale of, um, the numbers game. Watch it at the top of the post.

Trama MySpace Page

(Jon Graef)

New Video: His Mischief - "Don't Bother"

The second video from this year's The Perfect Lover

His Mischief MySpace Page

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New Video: Atmosphere - "Your Glass House"

From last year's anthemic album for the recession, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.

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Atmosphere MySpace Page

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New Video: His Mischief - "Roman Holiday"

From their latest, the excellent The Perfect Lover

His Mischief MySpace Page

(Jon Graef)

Video: St. Paul Slim @ Artist Meets Artist (Part 2)

Slim uploaded this video of him tearing it up at the Artist Meets Artist concert with Toki Wright. To watch part one of Slim/Wright's set, along with a few highlights from some other notable MPLS hip-hop acts, click here.

To watch the rest of the set, including parts three and four, head over here

St. Paul Slim MySpace Page
Toki Wright MySpace Page

(Jon Graef)

New Music: P.O.S - "Why Go?"

P.O.S. - New Music - More Music Videos

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The hot MPLS emcee covers a deep cut from Pearl Jam's culture re-defining grunge classic Ten in a minimalist, beat-heavy style. Check out the nasty breakdown which goes where the guitar solo normally would.

P.O.S. MySpace Page

(Jon Graef)

Video: P.O.S - "Savion Glover" (Plus: HD Version of "Optimist"

P.O.S. "Savion Glover" by Yours Truly from HipHopDX on Vimeo.
("Savion Glover" for Yours Truly)


(P.O.S. - "Optimist" - HD Version)

In addition to those two videos, you can read P.O.S' interview with Shockhound here.

POS MySpace Page

(Jon Graef)

Video: St. Paul Slim and Toki Wright - Live at "Artist Meets Artist"

Slim uploaded this video of him and Toki Wright's performance at the Rhymesayers' Artist Meets Artist concert earlier this month to a MySpace bulletin late last night, and, if you watch the video, you'll know immediately that Slim and Wright absolutely tear it up. Baldheaded Samsun and A Different Mirror can't come soon enough (actually, Wright's Mirror is set to drop on June 9th via Rhymesayers). To watch another video from the concert, go here, or, check out even more videos of Atmosphere, Brother Ali, and Trauma doing their respective things below (via)


(Brother Ali - "Good Lord" - Live @ "Fine Line Music Cafe")


(Atmosphere - "God Loves Ugly" - Live @ Fine Line)


(Trama - Live @ Fine Line)

St. Paul Slim MySpace Page
Toki Wright MySpace Page

(Jon Graef)

Video: M.anifest @ Artist Meets Artist

Sold Out! Rhymesayers Artist meets Artist Show from M.anifest on Vimeo.

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By all accounts, the Rhymesayers Artist Meets Artist concert was a smashing success. I was looking at YouTube all day yesterday, trying to find footage of Twin Cities' finest emcees doing their thing. Alas, I haven't found anything yet, but Midwest Broadcast scooped up a Vimeo video of Ghana/MPLS-based rapper M.anifest. Watch it at the top of the post. In the meantime, on to finding new videos!

M.anifest MySpace Page

Video: Mayda CD Release Party @ Triple Rock Social Club

St. Paul songstress Mayda displays a strongly deadpan sense of humor in this promo clip for her CD release show this Saturday at the Triple Rock. There, she will be celebrating her latest disc, The Interrogation, by releasing it into the wild, by which I mean into the forest of consumers, who can purchase the disc there. Or at Cheapo. Or at any of the other fine, independently-owned record stores that Mayda mentions in the vid.

Check out the video at the top of the post. Below, check the flyer:



Mayda MySpace Page
Muja Messiah MySpace Page
Heiruspecs MySpace Page

Disclaimer: One of the writers of this blog works for both Mayda and Heiruspecs, respectively. The writer of this post, however, has neither a personal nor professional relationship with either act.

Video: Bouncer Fighter on Northern Outpost

NORTHERN OUTPOST - Episode 5 - Bouncer Fighter - 2/27/09 from Northern Outpost on Vimeo.

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Bouncer Fighter MySpace Page

Video: POS Tour Diary Part 2

This video of manic rapper POS on tour comes courtesy of the Rhymesayers website, who also remind us that the video for "Optimist" will premiere on MTV2 this Wednesday. So what's that? 2 down, 4 more to go? Guess we'll have to wait and see.

POS MySpace Page

Video: Peter Parker Interviews Muja Messiah on B96 (Feb 26th, 2009)

This video is from Muja's appearance on Parker's show last night at about 8:30 p.m. or so. The duo talk about many things, not the least of which was Parker's rant about local hip-hop. Parker also asks Muja about how he earned his success, to which Messiah answers that people need to be self-reliant. Muja Messiah also relates an anecdote about an encounter with Def Jam head Russell Simmons. Check it out at the top of the post. Oh, there's a freestyle too.

Muja Messiah MySpace Page

New Video: Cecil Otter - "1999...The Curse of Gab"

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Though its been POS whose gotten most of the attention lately, it would be the death of hip-hop fans everywhere to underestimate the rest of the estimable Doomtree collective. Poetess Dessa released the MPLS-based nonet's first book, a collection of poetry and essays called Spiral Bound on February 7th; also, rapper Cecil Otter put out his solo album Rebel Yellow last fall. Recently, Otter has signed with label Strange Famous Records, who, in a wider distribution deal, will re-release Yellow. To celebrate, Otter has released a video for "1999...The Curse of Gab," a track from Yellow. Watch it at the top of the post. According to Midwest Broadcast, Otter is currently working on Yellow's follow-up, Porcelain Revolver. 

Video: Illuminous 3 Projects Promo

Hot off the heels of South MPLS hip-hop trio Illuminous 3's debut album, Room, late last year, the three have not one, not two, but three new projects coming out in the next month or so. They are: FranzDiego.com's debut EP entitled "The FranzDiego.com EP," which the rapper has released as a free download; Mavin MC's debut EP entitled "The Craftmaster," which can also be found at his website ; and, finally, Freez's debut mixtape entitled "The For Real It's Too E-Z," which is at his MySpace page.

Check out the video at the top of the post.

Illuminous 3 MySpace Page

Video: CunninLynguists - Never Come Down (The Brownie Song)

This may seem kind of random, but if you stick with this video until the end, you'll find out why I'm posting it. There's a surprisingly local connection to this video, one that involves a guest appearance on Cunninlynguists' upcoming album. Here's a hint: they just announced a tour to support a re-release of one of their earlier records.


Cunninlynguists MySpace Page