Category: "Straight From"

[Straight From...] Nick Pratt Speaks on Making “Middle Finger Music”

Past feature Nick Pratt is back again at the top of the year with another release called “Middle Finger Music” which is his follow up to The New Cool.

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[Straight From...] LaVish Speaks On Making “POLAROID”

Past feature LaVish is at it again creating a dope piece of work called POLAROID. If you know of him, you know that he’s not a slacker. Though his name isn’t placed with the normal upcoming LA pack, please believe he’s not far behind. POLAROID features Stevie Crooks and Vince Staples from Odd Future and [...]

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[Straight From...] Young Lyxx Speaks On Making “Happy To Be Here”

Since our first encounter with this young artist, Young Lyxx has been picking up heavy speed with his career. Not only did he pick up sponsorship with Rocksmith, releasing wave after wave of free gems, but now he’ll be rocking the stages at A3C October 6th-8th. With everyone paying attention to his moves from New [...]

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[Straight From...] Primavera Vills Speaks On Making “Shorthand Legend” + “Happy Birthday, Brooklyn” Beat Tape

Shorthand Legend was a project I’ve been working on since late 2009 with some insight and life stories mixed with metaphors to events I can relate to, but I’m a major critic of my own work. There are many other verses/songs I wrote for the project that didn’t make it because I didn’t like the [...]

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[Straight From...] e.d.g.e. Speaks On Making “All Flow Everything”

There’s a lot of new quality talent coming from over in Canada. After a large body of work, artist e.d.g.e. finally has compiled what he finally shows who he is as an artist with All Flow Everything. And when people like my folks over at The9elements co-sign an artist, we pay attention. Check out what [...]

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[Straight From...] Young Scolla Speaks On Making “Seconds Away”

Young Scolla is a man on a mission. With countless releases, videos, shows all over the map, Scolla’s consistency is unmatched at the stage he’s in. And connecting with the ever building SMKA, Atlanta’s hottest upcoming production group, they started on a path that started with Kickstarter which provided funding for videos, production, mixing & [...]

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[Straight From...] Beedie Speaks On Making “Beat Bully”

Beedie has been putting in work for years. Since his Ill Spoken mixtape with fellow Pittsburgh artist Mac Miller (back then Easy Mac), Beedie has been an unstoppable force with consistent project releases and strong video visuals. With great poise, things are starting to pay off for the young artist as the city of Pittsburgh [...]

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[Straight From...] Moe Green Speaks On Making “Lionheart”

When you name your project Rocky Maivia you have to recognize two things. Either its going to have hard hitting rhymes or you have a lot of shit to get across. By the end of that project, you should have realized that Moe Green accomplished to do both. Moe Green is no slacker when it [...]

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[Straight From...] Dinner At The Thompson’s Speaks On Making “Off The Grid”

What do you get when you put together a female with a soul/jazz vocal type and a man who is a producer/instrumentalist that pulls influences from hip-hop, funk, and electro? You might think a bunch of noise but after taking one listen Dinner At The Thompson’s you’ll realize that both of the creative minds worked [...]

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[Straight From...] DJ JS-1 Speaks On Making “No One Cares”

Maintaining a career run for over 10 years is no easy task. Going from 12” records to digital downloads takes some getting used to. But DJ JS-1’s ride is still moving and has no signs of stalling. In a time when DJ’s are opting in to more digital works, JS-1 seen his last work No [...]

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