The video is directed by The ICU and explores the historic scene of the 1992 L.A. riot that rocked South Central and includes various footage from the incredibly unjust lynching of Oscar Grant by the Oakland BART police.
Says Chace Infinite:
We support the people’s desire to retaliate, but we also understand that these actions often lead to us destroying the communities we live in. The 1992 Revolt changed the collective conscious of an entire generation, but some the landscape has never recovered from the destruction. The locations used in this video illustrate the decay that exists long after the statement is made. Billions have been spent on the redevelopment of Los Angeles but the areas that were effected most have yet the benefits. We tore this muthafucka up, and they never rebuilt. Who got the last laugh? Fuck The Police, but don’t destroy The Community. Peaceful.
J. Cole recently spoke to DrozDailySteez out in Copenhagen, he mentioned he’s still sitting on two videos he shot with BBGUN and revealed he’ll be appearing on a song with Freddie Gibbs in the near future.
Yo, I have nothing but respect for Jean as an artist and all that (no chauvo), but is there anything sexier than a beautiful woman on stage MCing? Like, really MCing, not just looking cute and rapping? Wow. I need a minute.
Moe Green’s latest visual doubles as a Golden State Warriors highlight reel:
Every rapper shows love to their hometown, but it’s rare that their hometown returns the favor. Recently however, Vallejo’s own Moe Green was called upon by The Golden State Warriors to be featured on their weekly TV program, Warriors Weekly. Not only did the basketball team use Moe’s song “Lights, Camera, Action,” a perfect compliment with it’s driving, synth-laden beat and chopped up sports announcer vocal samples, but they also shot a full video, combining performance footage of Moe with a mix of highlights from the week. “I was excited to know that the Warriors wanted to use my song for the TV show,” says Moe. “I have been watching the Warriors since I was a little kid, and my dad would take me and my little brother to the games.”
Houston MC Montana and Easy Yves Saint of The Niceguys link for a track off dude’s project Lift Off, which dropped last week. Produced by Cristolph, also of The Niceguys. I don’t know much about this guy, but this is pretty dope.
New Elzhi! Highlight of my day so far. El laments the tribulations of the music industry and even touches on some of the static between him and his former partners over a beat by 14KT.
But I’ma show em, that it was nice to know ‘em
or maybe I should hoe ‘em, and throw ‘em in poem
because they think that I’m below ‘em, just wait until my shit drop,
’cause I got a drive that don’t slow down for pit stops
This is a bonus cut off the long awaited, much delayed, highly anticipated and probably never dropping eLmatic mixtape.