Blog: LocalCut

M64 Rhythm of the Drum (Record Breakin') [A DIFFERENT DRUMMER] It's a no-brainer Portland hip-hop Renaissance man Ohmega Watts and local soulstress Ragen Fykes work well together. In person, both are observant, funny and humble; both take care to look uniquely sharp; and both are students of music—heads in the most committed sense of the word. So after Fykes' excellent vocal contributions to Watts' sophomore solo effort, Watts Happening, their collaboration as M64 (named after two collided galaxies working in tandem) should come as no surprise. And no one should [...]