spaceagehustle:

J.Stalin & Young Doe “Champagne & Bright Lights” (2011, Elite Ent. Group)

To start off 2012, I’m exploring Akron, Cleveland, Kansas City and Denver rap in light of the comments section on 100GOMW’s year-end post. On deck for today are Shoboat, Gap, Ren-Fetti, Young Bossi & Bird Money. I’ve heard of a few of these guys by being passingly familiar with Ampichino’s work, but haven’t spent any time with their respective discographies. This Bay Area connection to these Midwestern and Mountain cities has long existed, whether it’s Ampichino’s nearly-decade-spanning collaborations with Northern Cali’s finest, or Mac Dre’s influence in the middle of the country (he was murdered in KC, MO in 2004). It seems that these rust-belt cities share a similar, bleak, post-industrial street-life viewpoint with their peers from the Bay, and an admiration for the region’s storied history of independent hustle. I’ll report back any essentially findings (and I think Thomas has something on the horizon, as well).

First though, check out this track that find’s Stalin teaming up with Denver rapper Young Doe, from their joint project Diesel Therapy.

-SM

(via JuiceManeHugo)

This song is banging as fuck. Wrote about a few weeks ago

http://bayonnaise.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/namn-och-nytt-typ-6/