It's been seven years since the inaugural Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Festival took place in Los Angeles. The annual music festival has since gained a solid reputation for its celebration of the diversity in the underground rap universe. Curator Murs' vision hasn't changed, even if the fest's venues and sponsors have—his commitment to supporting up-and-coming artists is unwavering—but this year, it seems he had to make a few concessions to keep attendance up in this economy, and as a result, Paid Dues 2012 had more big name acts than ever. Beyond the stacked lineup, the event was [...]
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Los Angeles based duo Self Scientific are concerned with one thing and one thing only: partying in expensive clubs. Actually, what I meant to say is that Chace Infinite and DJ Khalilare only concerned with the exact fcking opposite, as new release State of Man, making its worldwide premiere right now, once again so aptly illustrates. Behind the board Khalil puts together a simultaneously spacey and darkly epic beat that see-saws between synths, strings and pounding percussion. It's the perfect backdrop for Chace to deliver lyrical reminders that we the people – not politicians, not preachers – are the ones [...]
Download: Self Scientific - State of Man As those who've heard Self-Scientific's previous features on The DJBooth – War Stories, Peaceful (For Oscar Grant), Deeper Roots – the Los Angeles based duo are concerned with one thing and one thing only: partying in expensive clubs. Actually, what I meant to say is that Chace Infinite and DJ Khalil are only concerned with the exact f**king opposite, as new release State of Man, making its worldwide premiere right now, once again so aptly illustrates. Behind the board Khalil puts together a simultaneously spacey and [...]
New video from Self Scientific"God's Language", taken from Trials of the Blackhearted EP. Directed by Todd Angkasuwan. Download: Self Scientific - Trials of the Blackhearted EP
Trials of the Blackhearted free D/L I posted a little before this dropped but didnt actually post the link to the free D/L of Trials of the Blackhearted so here it is. I downloaded this when it first came out and I listen to War Stories at least once a day, the track is up there with shook ones , dragon kings , manimals and krazy . The rest of [...]
Self Scientific is a hip hop duo comprised of mc Chance Infinite and DJ Khalil, who together have established a prominent influence on the underground LA hip hop scene since back in the 902s. To this day they still are creating real raw hip hop music, and their latest 8 track EP , Trials of The Blackhearted EP, proves just that. Although they might be somewhat unheard of in mainstream music, this project has features from popular artists like BIG K.R.I.T., The Game, and Freddie Gibbs. Definitely give this a good listen and grab all the tracks [...]
Raekwon - Footprints Of Osama Download audio file (07-Footprints-Of-Osama-Prod.- by-Scram-Jones-Snippet.mp3) And to think, The Chef made that Scram Jones-produced joint over 2 years ago whilst recording for OB4CL2 . That's just one of the gems on this month's Blind I Says GO!, which features 17 ill joints guaranteed to keep your mind busy. Musiq Soulchild, Lupe Fiasco, Curren$y, Tyler The Creator, Miguel, Elzhi, Raekwon, Self Scientific, Prodigy, The Strokes, Radiohead, DJ Quik, Raphael Saadiq, Ill Bill & Vinnie Paz, MED, Bilal, Blu , and Juicy J all [...]
I'm a bit confused. Here I was thinking that Self Scientific's new album, Trials Of The Blackhearted , was going to be... well, an album . You know, an album. One of those shiny plastic discs that you used to buy when there used to be record stores on the high street. Turns out, Trials is actually a Free-P. I think. Unless there's a Trials LP which dropped on the same day. If there is, it might not be the [...]
DJ Khalil and Chace Infinite drop a new EP. Trials Of The Blackhearted is a cathartic 8 track EP featuring artist such as Talib Qweli, Freddie Gibbs, Krondon and BIG K.R.I.T. For the track list and complete download shoot the J. Download : Self Scientific - Trails Of The Blackhearted
Download: Self Scientific - Trials of the Blackhearted EP
Self Scientific have been around for a long time so its good to see they still have the incredible chemsitry that created classic albums and established them as one of LAs most respected, challenging and talented groups. Trials of the Blackhearted will be released tomorrow (hopefully...its already been pushed back) check out the video teaser above for Gods Language and two more tracks below War Stories and Verses vs Versus . Khalil and Chace have always moved and evolved over there career but kept the same strong ideals. Chace has a great ability to deliver [...]
K.R.I.T and SS join up to tell some tales of trials of tribulation on this track off of off Trials Of The Blackhearted.
This is some dope story telling. "How can we survive, when they ain't making no way for us to get high" - Big K.R.I.T.
Download: Self Scientific "War Stories" ft. Big K.R.I.T. Self Scientific drops another track off their upcoming EP Trials of the Blackhearted , track titled "War Stories" featuring Big K.R.I.T..
Self Scientific - God's Language (Video Trailer) Trials Of The Blackhearted Directed by Todd Angkasuwan
Download: Self Scientific - Verses Vs. Versus Self Scientific drops another track off their upcoming EP Trials of the Blackhearted , track titled "Verses Vs. Versus". "You jokers are just jesters. . . suited to entertain us / These are songs of retribution VS. / Hymns of enslavement" – Chace Infinite
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The official music video from Self Scientific for "Peaceful" featuring Freddie Gibbs and Krondon. The record is produced by DJ Khalil and the video is directed by The ICU.
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.
I've got a bit of a soft spot for Self Scientific (known individually as DJ Khalil and Chase Infinite). The two-man team from the City of Angels have been quietly turning out quality music as a group and individually for years now. In a couple of days time, Khalil and Chase will drop a new album, Trials Of The Blackhearted. And there's sure to be some fire throughout, especially if the first leak (well, the first one I've heard anyways) is anything to go by. [...]
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