Brainstorm & Spaceman - Illness (prod/dir: Jack the Ripper)

Jack The Ripper - Illness (Feat. Brainstorm & Spaceman) from vH on Vimeo.

LOL @ the Cop CAMEO at the end.

Shouts to EVERYONE on this. Heat.

Jack the Ripper on the beat. Holla!

Seattle's Finest

Local Artist Spotlight: Macklemore

One of the guest acts for the upcoming Blu Show which unfortunately falls on our vacation and we won't be able to attend. Is local Seattle Talent "Macklemore".

I thought I would do a local artist spotlight and maybe turn it into a once a week thing so you can get to know the names you see on all sorts of flyers around here. We'll post up some music and introduce you (if you don't already know) to some of our city's finest.

But before I tell you anything about him, here's a standout track from Macklemore because you should judge an artist by their music anyway.



In an older interview with local newspaper "The Stranger" Macklemore explains his upbringing.

"Yo, I did the same kinda things a lotta kids that are into hiphop did coming up—you know, skating, graffiti," Macklemore explains. "As soon as my parents let me strike out on my own, hop the bus and whatnot, I was looking for something to get into."

"For a while, the spot was the wall of the Comet Tavern, before they put that painting or whatever up there; it was a free wall, and it ended up just being a spot to chill and network with like-minded cats. Drinking 40s, writing, scheming on ways to get over. My boy Frank lived on Broadway," Macklemore chuckles, "and we'd link up and go hustle, meaning the old hey-we're-raising-money-for-team-uniforms trick; then we'd take that money, buy equipment, weed, whatever."

But it's not all about that. On his LP he touches on some problems that we deal with in Seattle I myself call the Condo Crisis but everyone has their own name for it. For example the Mayor prefers to call it development. In Seattle we don't try to fix peoples lives for the better. We build condos everywhere and price everyone out of their neighborhoods and force them to move elsewhere.



You can buy his last LP at most Local Seattle Record Stores. Easy Street Records is always supporting local artists, you can buy it from his myspace page, and probably other places online if you look.



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Emerald City

I was going to wait until MAY to post this, because that is when the festivals all write back and then ya'll would realize exactly what you're messin with but the director told me not to wait. By the way, it's already been accepted to the UK Swansea Bay film festival, EARRRRLLLYY (c) Freeway.

Elijah, also known as Ellipsis, feels connected to his past. The elements of his childhood start to play key roles in a recurring vision that affects the aspiring musician on another plane; a place that separates the norm from extraordinary.


Trailer:
The Official Emerald City Trailer 2008


Some behind the scenes footage:

The first day of shooting:


Pre Production, Choosing Cars at 206customs:



www.emeraldcityfilm.com

www.crookedlakeproductions.com

www.myspace.com/crookedlakeprod

www.myspace.com/streetacademy

www.myspace.com/therealstreetacademymyspace

www.myspace.com/dblackmuzik

www.myspace.com/kublakai1

Trailer has over 300 views in 2 days. It ain't Chocolate Rain or nothin, but for Seattle, it's good numbers.

What you guys think? Leave some comments.

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