Tagged: killermike + musicvideo

Danish electro-pop band When Saints Go Machine will release their second album, Infinity Pool , on May 28th via !K7. According to a press release, the followup to 20112s Konkylie will be "harder, darker and more synthetic", stating that it was "a record born out of an atmosphere of chaos". The four-piece preview Infinity Pool with its harrowing opening track "Love And Respect" featuring guest vocals from rapper Killer Mike . Check it out below via its equally dismal, dystopian music video, directed by Frederik Hviid and Sebastian Birk. [...]

Copenhagen's artful pop four-piece When Saints Go Machine, whose 2011 debut Konkylie deserved far more praise, have taken an unexpected route with their followup, Infinity Pool, wrangling Atlanta rapper and onetime FADER cover star Killer ... read more �

David D. on the 1s & 2s Sure, every rapper speaks on their past occasionally. But, the daring ones dedicate entire tracks to reflecting on their upbringing. These evocative cuts [...] The post Back In The Day: 20 Reminiscent Rap Songs appeared first on The Smoking Section .

Need your weekly dose of Killer Mike goodness? Take a gander at his verse on Sonnie Carson's "Feet On The Ground," found on Carson's Flight #2012 mixtape. Nothing exactly groundbreaking [...] The post Sonnie Carson Ft. Killer Mike - "Feet On The Ground" Video appeared first on The Smoking Section .

Favorite Music Videos of 2012 (Alex) There was no way I was going to be able to watch all the music videos released this year. I liked so many different videos for so many different reasons it seemed silly to try and rank them. That's why I have presented my first year-end list (several more to come) alphabetically. The reasons I liked music videos this year was for a wide variety of reasons, ranging from the ones that might not have made the list [...]

By now you’ve read through  Consequence of Sound’s Top 50 albums of 2012 , racked your brain trying to figure out why certain albums landed at certain spots, and why others are missing altogether. You demand answers! This week’s episodes of the Rock it Out! Blog look to provide those answers. From Tuesday to Friday, Sami Jarroush will host a roundtable discussion on the top 20 albums from that list, joined alongside by Publisher Alex Young, Editor-In-Chief Michael Roffman, Managing Editor Jeremy Larson, and Associate Editor Sarah Grant. Previous episodes focused on albums #20-16 and [...]

Dee-1 takes it back home to the NO for his latest video for the track "Never Clockin' Out." Shot in the 13th Ward, the clip captures Dee-1 posting up with [...] The post Dee-1 Ft. Killer Mike - "Never Clockin' Out (Remix)" Video appeared first on The Smoking Section .

Killer Mike will drop the Reagan 7”, a companion piece to his much-loved latest album, R.A.P. Music, on Election Day, November 6th. Mike has dropped a new animated video for “Reagan” that was directed by Daniel Garcia, and you can watch it below. Reagan 73 (11/6, Williams Street Records) [...]

We can't say enough good things about Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music. The entire project, from the actual album to its quality videos thus far, have solidified it as one the [...] The post Killer Mike - "Reagan" Video appeared first on The Smoking Section .

“A lot of people try to peg me as a political rapper and I’m not. I’m a social commentator and at times people have politicized the things I say, but I don’t care too much for any political party. I care about people. Under Reagan, drugs were allowed to flood our community and wipe out two to three generations of people that could have kept my community growing and I take exception to that. I threw a BBQ when Reagan died. It’s not a vehement hate though, I’m not gonna spit on his grave. I wanted to break down what [...]

Killer Mike unleashes the well animated, politically charged visual for " Reagan " off his R.A.P. Music album Perfect timing in the midst of the US Presidential debates eh? Get out and vote, I guess? Video: Killer Mike - "Reagan" |

Killer Mike "Reagan" Politics, conspiracy and dope flow (sorry, I'll refrain from ever using that phrase again) fuse together in this entertaining animated music video. "Reagan" was directed by Daniel Garcia & Harry Teitelman and is off Killer Mike's El-P produced album R.A.P. Music . -Alex Reagan by KillerMikeGTO [...]

• KillerMikeGTO - Reagan

Good times.

When I was in 3rd grade, way back in the fall of 1984, my class held a mock presidential election. Just like the eventual outcome of the real election, Reagan won in a landslide. Apparently we all made a huge mistake. I am really sorry ok but we were just children, I was also probably wearing a pair of parachute pants , so I was clearly not making the best life choices, a trend that continues to this very day.

Perfectly in time with tonight's presidential debate, Killer Mike drops a clip for "Reagan." The video is entirely animated—with flavors of Basquiat's drawing style at moments throughout—but despite its lack of real-life visuals, the war ... read more �

Killer Mike' s recent obsession with high-art continues in the new animated clip for "Reagan", off his Top Star-earning LP R.A.P. Music . Here, the rapper's ultra-political lyrics are translated into sleek cartoons, lending a child-like sense of playfulness to otherwise unsavory scenes of police beatings, gang warfare, Reagan's backroom dealings with Iran, and the general commercialization and exploitation of black youth. The piece de resistance, though, is the ending scene, where Reagan's Star Wars initiative is taken to its most literal conclusion and the carnage takes on a sci-fi-lean with [...]

I haven’t really written about Atlanta rapper Killer Mike’s amazing album R.A.P. Music that was released back in May for Thought on Tracks, but that’s not because it isn’t one of the best albums of the year.  The album’s bombastic production from El-P fits like a puzzle piece with Mike’s booming delivery, giving R.A.P. Music a sound as heavy as its message.  Mike has already released a short film for “Big Beast” , which features verses from Bun B and T.I. as well as a crew of zombie strippers [...]

When it's time for our Finale entry at the end of '12, Killer Mike and his R.A.P Music LP will be all over it. Its message was executed to perfection, [...] The post Killer Mike - "Untitled" Video appeared first on The Smoking Section .

Killer MIke illustrates "Untitled," the personal mission statement from his recent, Southern history-revising album R.A.P. Music, with a series of living portraits, drawn from various eras but all rendered in a uniformly dim, baroque style. ... read more �

In the music video for "Untitled", Killer Mike and guest star Scar recreate a series of historical art tableaus. The reworked pieces cast Mike as a saintly deity, a Saddam Hussein-inspired dictator with matching sword, an imprisoned civil rights leader and, finally, a severed head (with his old pal El-P their to hold it up on a golden platter). Save yourself a trip to the museum and watch the video below (via Pitchfork TV ). Mike's latest album, R.A.P. Music , is out now via Williams [...]