Mat Randol – What Are You Afraid Of?
In the first week of July, Mat Randol headlined The Thesis with Young Shirt Mayne as they promoted their joint…
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…
Cool Nutz Brings Cookies and Cuts
When it comes to production and output, the big homie Cool Nutz is elite. Fresh off the New Year’s Day…
YoungShirtMayne Hits The Mark with the “Luke” EP
As I get back into music writing, there are a few projects that I want to cover; none, more than…
Otieno Terry Pulls Our Heartstrings With Valentine’s Day Drop, “If I Had Words”
This Valentine’s Day, I received a gift that I absolutely loved. Fortunately, this gift did not include a huge teddy…
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…
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…
Donte Thomas – la manzana [VIDEO]
Selfie lifted from Donte’s Twitter You can pretty much always expect clean visuals and dizzying lyrics from Donte Thomas, and…
Swiggle Mandela ft. Westside Boogie, Jasey Cordeta & Kenai – Needed
Swiggle Mandela – well known around these parts for his evergreen anthem, Dear Portland Police – looks to have some…
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,”…