#cloud nice

Have you ever woke up in outer space with the most serene feeling of happiness? That’s kind of what listening to Kingdom Crumbs is like. And that’s just at home or thru the ole earphones.

A true triumph of the incredible Cloud Nice collective,Crumbs released their S/T album August, 2012 and are still getting praise from it. That album grows on listeners from all genre backgrounds and infects their brains. Lifelong Hip Hop haters will become entangled in their trance. The best musicians hook you with their album and over-deliver on their live performances. Crumbs make a case for being some of the best musicians in Seattle (not just Hip Hoppers, breh) by following this formula and executing like a guillotine.

Frankly, Hip Hop has been getting progressively more boring over the past fifteen years. Especially live acts. I had a couple lean over to me at a SXSW performance by Roc Marciano and ask, “Is this boring to you?? Because we are bored to tears!” Roc was rocking on an enormous stage alone with only his DJ accompanying him. Whether you like his music or not, no one gets bored at a Macklemore concert. The same is true for other Town heroes like Nacho Picasso, Dave B ., Sol, Sam Lachow, BFA and Grynch. And KingdomCrumbslead the charge. They combine smooth vocals, rapping, singing, outrageous production, choreography, instrument swaps and electronic assistance to create a vibe you can pluck out of the air, roll up, light and inhale.

- Words by Oz

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SAT 7.6.13 - CAM THE MAC WILL BE PERFORMING LIVE AT THE CREATIVE SOUL APPAREL SUMMER LAUNCH EVENT.

THURS 7.11 - KINGDOM CRUMBS x KUNG FOO GRIP x NU ERA x GIFT UH GAB @ NEUMOS

THURS 7.18 - TRASHTALK + NACHO PICASSO x KEY NYATA x KEYBOARD KID @ NEUMOS

The West Coast is on the rise again and younger artists of quality are emerging quite frequently. One of these rappers is Jay L.A.; a Cali rapper who is doing his best to put a newer spin on left coast rap with an even more synthy approach to g funk style cuts.

Recently I had the privilege of listening to Jay L.A's first mixtape "Words I Never Said". This tape goes hard, end of story. Jay's flow is a blunt, deliberate, and heavy one that pairs well with the spacey and synthy beats on this tape. The Cali influence can be heard easily on "Words", but it sounds like a more modern g funk. This "future funk" sound seems to be coming out of the west mostly (S/O to Kingdom Crumbs) and Jay does a good job at putting his own spin on what could easily become a stagnant type sound if done lazily.