I am deeply digging this based-out young wolf from the DMV.

Get Some

Zo Black is getting some attention with this Jeezy jack. The Ultimate Fly Obessions Squad have some jamz for sure and deserve the shine. Definitely jumping off of counters. All damn day.

The incomparable Ardamus is now DMV video-licensed. This would almost work as an East Coast companion piece to “Al Bundy.”

Peace,
Employee

There some artists who do more than just perform and make a name for themselves. You have artists out there that conduct radio shows, become positive figures in the community, and……most importantly show the scene how to have their own lanes paved for themselves. With that said, I introduce to you all Enoch 7th Prophet. He is a critical part of the DC Hip Hop Scene for his contributions over years. Alongside being the host of the Tru Skool open mic for consecutive years (taking over from Born Infinite and Capt. Caveman) to being the host of his 2008 Award-Winning Podcast online radio show entitled “Mental Salvation”, Enoch has consistently put out musical projects that he has blessed the scene with; sharing affiliations with Pay It Forward Records located in Georgia and Vintage Music Group in Washington, DC. Currently, he released his new project with DJ SE entitled “ElectricSolforce” that he has been pushing independently. Also, if you know about the scene, you can also catch Enoch 7th hosting the popular once-a-month open mic, Cakes & Kisses, located in the heart of Adams Morgan at Asylum. Here’s a taste of what Enoch can do musically:

If you would like to tune to his radio show, Mental Salvation, here is the link:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mentalsalvationradioii

A.I. Love You – L.A.M.S. from AyindeFactory on Vimeo.

A.i. Love You “Critically Acclaimed” from A.I. Love You on Vimeo.

See, what I mean? Not only that……but they got some good promo game. Exhibit B….they’ve been doing promos for their show at Expo to premiere another one of their videos with a 3D Donut Show. Free Donuts and premiering some videos on some big screens with 3D glasses. With performances by A. I. Love You, S.O. S. Band, Ndelible and more on 4/25 @ EXPO for all my DC heads; thats on 1928 9th Street NW. But anyways, here’s the promo vids for their show:

The 3D Donut Show! – April 25th @ Expo (1928 9th St. NW) 6-11pm from AyindeFactory on Vimeo.

The 3D Donut Show! (Part 2) 4/25 @ Expo Lounge 6-11pm from AyindeFactory on Vimeo.

Exhibit C (no Jay Electronica) is the music. I’m not sure if they had much more out than these projects but here’s two to give you guys a listen as far as what they’re going.

A. I. Love You – “Sincerely Yours”

http://www.zshare.net/download/605688384b696383

A. I. Love You – “The Lonely Hearts Club”

http://www.zshare.net/download/72327602ad08df24

A good part of the reason why I blogged about these guys is because they seem to know how present what they’re marketing well. The music matches the images and vice versa. And they have some original ideas they incorporate with it. If anything, the world deserves to hear and see what A. I. Love You is all about.

Known for his output of the 202 mixtapes that flooded the DC/MD/VA area and rolling his crew 3 Stars 2 Bars, Benji blesses us on 4/20 with SSD2 (Same Shit, Different Part 2). Ok, you wanna check out Part 1 beforehand? Peep the blog: http://www.3stars2barsmusic.blogspot.com/. Everything you need to peep from what Benji has done over the years up til now will give you an idea of this man’s hustle. Now back to the project. This project features Diamond District’s X.O. as well as DMV artists Whitefolkz, D.O.E. C.I.G.A.P.O.M., Ab The Producer (who produced hald of X.O.’s 1.1.10), Toney Night, Gordo Brega, K-Beta, Ricky Parker, and Yanistar. He is one of the main cats you’ll see hold it down at the PURE Open Mic and also one of the cats you will see take out of town trips and hustle his product. Then hustle some more with his projects giving him a pretty decent catalogue. Not only just for himself as well as his collaborations with other folks. And for all smokers, get your coordination back for a second, put down the doritos, and download this shit right chea’.

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From time to time, you get artists from any scene you’ve always heard of but have never been able to build with. Just recently, I’ve been able to contact the DMV’s own Day One. In my opinion, probably one of the most slept on artists in the scene. I remember checking out his mixtapes Roll With The Prince Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, hearing some well done mixtape tracks as well original songs recorded. Few years later, he’s still at it with not only Roll With The Prince Vol. 3, he dropped an album entitled History’s Child and an EP entitled The Capitol State Of Mind. Now, I remember hearing about his album but never being able to get a hold of it personally until a mutual friend of ours put us in contact. Day One hit me with his website: www.dayonerap.com where you check out his bio, get his contact, and etc. And also, he has all the projects I mentioned for free download (just be sure to click on the free music tab at the top). –Ardamus

Or preview his mixtape stuff beforehand: