If you’re like me you’ve probably been wandering whatever happened to Phan and UG from the Cella Dwellas. This Flatbush duo just had crazy chemistry together and always had a stellar production team behind them. Nick Wiz. Large Professor, Ayatollah and Rockwilder just to name a few. Recently we’ve seen U.G. pop-up on a few collabos like Riot off General Steele’s album and many of our T.R.O.Y. heads will recall the Nick Wiz compliation Cella Sounds that came out a few years ago. But what’s up with the new shit? Well the wait is over.
Upon checking out Addicted To The Vision I came across two tracks from U.G. that just restored my faith in the hip-hop I miss. If you need to taste the product first those tracks are available to stream and download. Don’t sleep! –Philaflava
If there was a version of De La Soul that I could say that honestly was from the DMV (or an extended link to the Native Tonues even), Poem-cees is very close to it. From the time they put projects such as I.O.U. Street and Paranoia to link with fellow DMV artists Priest Da Nomad and Storm The Unpredictable forming SPP Waxworks, these brothas stay busy. Known for their back and forth beatbox performances and slam poetry approach to rhyming, they’ve been prominent in the DMV scene for their originality.
Okay, if they don’t look familiar…..peep this bit from Def Poetry Jam…..
Aiight….now that thats out of the way, time to put you on some more game with their new album, “Everything You’ve Always Wanted” coming out this year. Not sure when but it is this year.
Here’s a sample from the album entitled “Honor” feat. Smokey Temptation (the voice may sound familiar, LOL)
And last but not least….artwork for the album with the guest of who’s who on it (yes, yours truly is part of it):
starring:
BLACKPICASSO as Marcus Busta
NATURALAW-dp as Gold Fro
DJ STYLUS as Nimble Tendrils
also starring:
BASHIR as Pay Shir
SMOKEY TEMPTATION as Himself
ODDISEE as Joe Schmoe
RODDY ROD as Benjamin McMulligan
BILAL SALAAM as Ibrahim Linkin
ARDAMUS as The black Shooter McGavin
PRIEST DA NOMAD as Grown Man Knuckles aka Mr. Moov Sumthin
STORM THE UNPREDICTABLE as Rico Smooth aka Mr. Melanin aka Nestle Snipes
APEX as Oliver Heavyside
BILL VAUGHN as Boogie Otis the Overlord of the Mix Board
KOKAYI as Urs Major
KERSTEN STEVENS as K-Solo
THEORY as Plushy Lowdown
TAMARA WELLONS as Ivanna Saang
CELISE as Laranegra Croft
DARIEN as Cyrus
CYRUS as Morpheus
WAYNA as the real Jamie Sommers
AND FEATURING ASHERU AS BLACK MOSES
coming 2010…..
www.poemcees.com
Sharon Jones & Co have a new album coming out in May called I Learned The Hard Way. I believe the song below will be the first single, and it’s pretty damn good. If this is any indication the album will follow the same formula they’ve used before, making Stax-inspired retro soul. Whatever works…
So I’m basically stealing this whole post outright from Spinner because frankly it’s too good not to. This is a stream of Valleys of Neptune, a first look at what to expect from an upcoming compilation of the same name featuring previously unavailable-ish Hendrix material to be released on March 9th. I threw that ‘-ish’ in there because this particular song and possibly some of the others in this collection have appeared in bootleg form before, however I’m assuming the sound quality offered here will vastly trump the previously existing versions.
Stream the song below, and read on for more information.
Here’s a new mixtape featuring some of Philaflava’s forums finest talent. About half the songs have vocals, and the rest are instrumentals. Artists include: Captin Planit, DeffEnders, chump change, dirtybird, Can-U, Tack-Fu, Godamus Rhyme, ardamus, elohim, still illiterate, and The Red Scare. –Philaflava
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No this ain’t the Mack 10 album, this is the newest compilation compiled by True King. Check it out as The Paper Route sports a few obscure gems, underground classics and get money anthems. –Philaflava
Everyone that lives in other regions of the world thinks they know DMV now because they downloaded a few Wale mixtapes and heard about Diamond District. No disrespect to those artists at all (who’ve definitely gotten a dope buzz in the scene) but, just like cities such as L.A., New York, Chicago, and etc., there is more than enough talent to go around. For the older heads, some of you will remember such artists as Nonchalant, Questionmark Asylum, or even Section 8 Mob. If I were to mention Opus Akoben, you may know who I’m talking about but most of the time you either know them from living in DC or being overseas in France (where they were popular). Funny thing is, previous articles in the City Paper about the hip hop scene in DC being overshadowed by go-go but until over the past decade or so the two have been merged together more than ever; this doesn’t include the remakes of popular hip hop songs but the actual go-go based production (i.e., Best Kept Secret) and go-go based bands with a hip hop feel (i.e., Mambo Sauce). With that said, here’s an older mix of DMV shit that I made for those who want a taste. You’re welcome, bitches. –Ardamus
Father Scott Unlimited – “Sweet Potatoes”
Flex Matthews – “ROTY”
Head-Roc feat. Noyeek The Grizzly Bear – “Tarzan”
The Insurrection – “Exquisite Fck U”
Mr. Cliff – “Hypnotichronic”
OSV – “What Does It Mean?”
Panacea – “Classic”
Poemcees – “Glasses”
W. Ellington Felton – “Dear Kanye”
Young Raven ft. L. Blev and Dre Carnegie – “Round Here (pt. 2)”
I’ve been on a Jacka kick lately because the only album I’ve been listening to this break is “Tear Gas,” so I asked the good folks @ Philaflava if anyone could make a best of mix and the great Ackbar responded with this freshly made compilation. Check it out and if you haven’t picked up Tear Gas you need to. –Philaflava
01. Rain feat. The Jacka, AP.9, Husalah & Rydah J. Klyde
02. Dopeman feat. Husalah & San Quinn
03. Aspen feat. The Jacka
04. Never Blink feat. The Jacka, J Stalin & Dubb 20
05. From The Hood feat. Traxamillion, Husalah, The Jacka & San Quinn
06. Rapper’s Island feat. Bad Business, Mac Dre, J-Diggs & Rydah J. Klyde
07. Thrones And Crowns feat. The Jacka
08. Not Tha Same feat. The Jacka, Berner & Fed-X
09. Starz feat. The Jacka & Ampichino
10. Cuttin’ It Up feat. Husalah & B-Luv
11. Drama I Been Through feat. Cormega, Husalah, The Jacka & Fed-X
12. Please Don’t Depend On Me feat. The Jacka & Messy Marv
13. Underworld feat. Rydah J. Klyde & A-Wax
14. No Surrender, No Retreat feat. The Jacka, C-Bo, Husalah, AP.9, Fed-X & Rydah J. Klyde
15. Zestways (Coke Remix) feat. The Jacka, Husalah & Andre Nickatina
16. Slap N Da Trunk feat. Husalah
17. 20 Bricks feat. The Jacka & Laroo T.H.H.
18. Get My Money Up feat. AP.9 & Rydah J. Klyde
19. More Crime feat. The Jacka
20. Sleep With Da Fishes (Boom Clack) feat. Husalah
