Basement Made
Northern Culture, Art, Hip Hop & Working Class
You’re always getting an angle. Whether it’s word of mouth, scientific data or your own research – the information we interpret is always from a particular perspective. Every individual on Earth has their own way of thinking but the media knows how to connect to large groups at one time (March 7, 2016). What a...
I met singer-songwriter Josh Dominguez after moving into my current traphouse in Hollywood. He’s a smooth criminal, Josh. His ability to finesse the upper echelon of Californian women impressed me, and so I listened (November 8, 2015). I heard a talented musician but a distracted man. The Costa Mesa native has a pain in his...
UPDATE (December 10): Visuals are attached below. Little to say here, Joey Bada$$ is bad. The connection with Statik Selektah is once again lethal. The Brooklyn emcee did set a date for the B4.DA.$$ album since I last checked up on him, January 20th, so lock that in. If you’re still shleep, consume its “Big Dusty”...
From what I’ve seen in the music industry, consistency breeds progression, which is, for better or worse, usually for those that get compensated for their work. So when I saw Ohio State celebrating last night to Shy Glizzy’s hit Young Jefe joint, I looked to see what else he’d done since. Lo and behold he just unleashed...
UPDATE (Aug 5, 2015): Links for “War” and Dussy Music have been deleted from B. Ortiz’ account. B. Ortiz and Cole Jordan came with the murder one flow on “War”. On a record instigating battle with opposing emcees, these two are warranted. The video begins with frames of gunshots, blood and a chase through the...
I like the Shady Cxvpher from the jump because they use ambient city noise in the background instead of one of those basic, 90’s beats. If you’re going for straight lyrical delivery it makes no sense to restrict everyone’s flow to the same tempo. Acapella is the most revealing of talent. I’m not going to...
Lupe back. Lupe back to tell the world that the pizza man won’t deliver pies to the hood because it’s dangerous. Pizza is an Italian food (white) and delivered primarily by white pizza boys. “Deliver” is a politically charged record explaining to the world how white people are the source of evil and use schemes...
I’m quite confused by this song. Is it just me or does every single aspect of it conflict? From the jump the beat fills my brain with thoughts of a suburban east-coast rapper sing-rapping about how they smoke lots of weed and miss their ex-girlfriend. Then Kidd Kidd hops on confessing his love for bingo. It...
