Isa ibn Wali Teams Up with DLENS Production for an Acapella Visual for Song “It Was Written”
“I wrote this for the mamas that’s still going crazy, and to the dads who get up and go to work on the daily. I wrote this for the grandmas…
Mic Capes Pays Homage to His Late Father in Latest Visual “W.W.J.D.”
Cover photo by Mohammedx. Mic Capes recently paid homage to his late father, Johnny Caples Sr., in recently released visual, “W.W.J.D.” The song is track 8 on Capes’ latest project, In Spite Of…,…
Talilo Marfil Refuses to Let the Stories and Losses of “122nd” Be Forgotten
Cover Photo / Art by Alex Chiu After a year that saw a record 92 homicides in the Rose City and the tragic loss of one of his 18-year-old mentees at the dawn…
Trox Places Beat on Lute’s “Myself”
Portland legend Trox, long known for placing beats with industry standouts such as 50 Cent and Snoop, is back in town for his birthday, taking a break from his current…
R4PC4MP, Dug & Happy Tooth – Meet Me Where the Sidewalk Ends (ft. Alex Toast & Smoke M2D6)
R4PC4MP has been up to their shenanigans again, this time with “Meet Me Where the Sidewalk Ends” they are taking us through various metaphors for what can happen on an…
Covi – Outside [MUSIC VIDEO]
Portland’s Barry White-voiced rapper Covi gets harmonic on his new track about the increased anxiety Black folks faced in the midst of the pandemic as racist, institutional violence continued through…
Bocha Gets Personal In Visual for Album Opener “BLOCK”
Cover Photo by Reclusive. That Portland Produce section is looking pretty promising… At the tail end of November, we received two new projects from the collective. how you like them…
Vursatyl – Let Me Know [VIDEO]
“Let me know when it’s gonna go down…” In his latest release, Portland mainstay Vursatyl (of the famed Lifesavas) uses his verses to lyrically lay out the endless confusion that…
Summer of George: Civil Rights Activism
After spending years in the same hip-hop orbit without really getting to know each other, well-known local DJ Ronin Roc and I became friends over this last summer between dodging…
Feel It: Urban Decay Pt. II – Rasheed Jamal ft. DookDaGenius
Cover photo by Mohammed Alkhadher. In mid May, I pressed play on Rasheed Jamal’s video for “Urban Decay Pt. II,” featuring DookDaGenius. The song is lucky number 7 on Jamal’s…