Baltimore's Rapdragons have been steadily releasing free tracks every Friday...dubbed Cause It's Friday. One of their recent drops was "Angel" - a series of intense... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
This Friday the Fifth Annual All Rap Round Robin is back in effect at Floristree here in Baltimore (more info can be found here). This show is going to be D O P E. The line up is stacked with Mania... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
This week the Baltimore City Paper publishes its annual Big Music Issue , and my story in it, Knights of the Round Robin , is about the 5th annual All Rap Round Robin that will be taking place on August 19th at Floristree. I attended the show the last two years and am really excited about the additions to this year's lineup, could be their best yet. For the story I spoke to Height, OOH, Jones, Mickey Free, The Plural MC, King Rhythm and members of Soul Cannon, Mania Music Group, Disturbed Individuals and [...]
I wrote a post on the City Paper's Noise blog about the exciting lineup that was just announced for the 5th Annual All Rap Round Robin happening in Baltimore in August.
Since the VTT genesis began almost a year ago, easily one of the most exciting talents we've seen come up is the Philly-bred, Baltimore-based indie-sampling champion e-dubble . Well beyond those days, and well before his truly epic Freestyle Friday series, dubble's been honing his craft through an assortment of projects and collectives, leading up to his well-earned status today as a do-it-all hip hop talent. VibeToThis.com Presents e-dubble @ Frazier's On The Avenue [...]
Baltimore hip hop duo the Rapdragons let loose their latest EP, Natural Born Chillers earlier this week - a tight and gritty 5-track set over the sampled sounds of Toro Y Moi, Neon India, Panda Bear, and other eclectic indie names. These dudes aren't gonna wow you with their lyrical prowess or prodigal talent, but it's their down to earth style and crunchie attitude that I'm digging...The title track's still my number 1, peep the rest below... Download: "Natural Born Chillers" [...]
Baltimore's Rapdragons dropped a pretty dope FREE release today called Natural Born Chillers. As you can gather from the title it has the duo stretching their rhymes over a handful of... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
So i'm officially a sucker for great producers. Although i don't know who did this song, the production on it is unreal! With some shaky lyrics, but great overall feel, Rapdragons pulled it together to chill uphill and then chill to the top... Sampling a Moss of Aura song that i couldn't quite figure out, these guys have to step up their lyrics quite a bit more to be in my book of lyricists to remember, but right now, they're in my "Keep an eye out for improvement" books. Imagine this tune as an instrumental! [...]
RAPDRAGONS are a hip hop phenomenon created by Nick Often and Greg Ward who met in Baltimore, MD in 2008. Often and Ward spit fresh raps with enormous hooks that take you to the party, the block, and then over to the block party. Enjoy Rapdragons - She Got Me (Moss of Aura Remix)
Watch out. Chillwave is no longer safe. Rapdragons are on the attack and their first victim is Bmore's own Moss Of Aura. Check it: mp3: Rapdragons - Natural Born Chillers (Rapdragons x... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
On my other blog, Narrowcast, I posted a list of The Top 25 Concerts I Saw In 2010 , and it included 3 very different Baltimore hip hop shows that I reviewed for the Baltimore City Paper's Noise blog in the top 10: * Bossman, Mullyman, Skarr Akbar, 100 Grandman, TestMe & Smash @ the Black Hole Rock Club, March 17 * Soul Cannon, Mania Music Group & The Get Em Mamis @ the Windup Space, July 3 * Rap Round Robin with Mickey Free, PT Burnem, Rapdragons, [...]
After painstakingly putting together my top 2010 albums list a few weeks ago, I couldn't help feeling I'd left off some pretty dope music. In fact I've been listening to some of my... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
This week's mix kicks off with one of my favorite new bands, LA's Kisses, except this time they're remixed by Active Child. Generationals follow suit with a splendid track off their upcoming Trust EP . Once again, Blackbird Blackbird is in on the action; here's a tune off his Seeing Suge collab with Emay and Star Slinger—grab their first single "Breaking" here . At the beginning of the year I was really into Australian electropop duo Empire Of The Sun. They're probably the most remixed group of the past few months but I still enjoy Andre Anjos' recently [...]
Oct 15, 2010, 2:06pm
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If you are on the East coast this Sunday and are getting ready to lose your mind at CMJ, come prepare with us and some cantaloupe at 2pm for some Sunday Brunch in B-more at the Annex with some of our best FRNDS. Whether you can make it or not, grab this mixtape to jam out to. Thanks to our buds Environmental Aesthetics and Breakfast of Champs for making this possible. :: Winks :: :: Truman Peyote :: :: Shock Diamond [...]
Its not to often you get to hear this kind of line up in the middle of the afternoon on a Sunday locally. Before everyone heads off to CMJ, Environmental Aesthetics and co. have put together what... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
After a long time of single-man-blogging, guerolito's loneliness has come to an end. Finally he has found someone who fits in perfectly into guerolitomusic. Rees, who was running the great REES / INDIE MUSIC blog, is working for guerolitomusic from now on. This again means that there will be some changes (all positive) in the near future: There will be more regular posts. There will be more different features/interviews/specials. There will be a nice change in the whole design, making it more unique. So [...]
Some recent live reviews I've written for the Baltimore City Paper's Noise blog : the Rap Round Robin with Mickey Free/Rapdragons/Height With Friends/AK Slaughter/PT Burnem/etc. @ Floristree J Roddy Walston & The Business/Tommy Tucker & The Supernaturals @ The Ottobar and Casual Curious/Andrew Weathers Ensemble/Us And Only Us @ the Hexagon and Tears For Fears @ Rams Head Live . (PT Burnem photo by Al Shipley)
This Baltimore pack-o-rap that seems to be growing every year makes me happy on a daily basis. Finding hip-hop I enjoy has become increasingly hard over the years, but luckily my home town never... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
Rapdragons - Featuring Baltimore (Ltd Comp) Ever since I interviewed these guys last year, I've been intrigued by their plan to feature a different Baltimore band on every track of their 2nd album; I talked about the record in my WYPR spring music preview and also posted a live version of one of the tracks. Then the album finally arrived, and is available for free download at the Ltd Comp site , but it took me a minute to getting around to checking it out. It was [...]
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