
Back to the basics is a series about real hip hop and its regional influences throughout the united states. this artist comes to you from the Pacific Northwest . click image to view artist in itunes Sounds like: Jurassic 5, Rakim, Blue Scholars, Aceyalone What's so good? One guy we gotta make sure to check out before departing the beautiful Pac Northwest is [...]
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 [...]

Despite being just 23 years old, Will Holland started his career as a young producer and musician, he already had 2 records full of funk and jazz influences " Mishaps Happening " and " Pushin' On " these ones rapidly became part of the BBC stations tracklists. In order to make his sound so rich and inventive he tries to be very close to his music, in some cases he plays guitar, bass and sax, so he is definetly a one-man orchestra.For his last creating effort he started a journey with just with a laptop and [...]