Nearly any time The Blue Scholars new music is a welcome moment. They’ve leaked an un-mastered demo of a joint called “The Decisive Moment” and although it’s not in it’s final polished form, I’m sure this will be one of the better joints you hear all week. Check it out via the Soundcloud widget below, […]
Read More Check Out “The Decisive Moment” by Blue ScholarsThe latest cut off of Cinemetropolis (2011) by the Blue Scholars to get the music video treatment is the single “Anna Karina”. There’s nothing fancy about the clip, rather it’s just a simple visual interpretation of the music – from one art form to another. You can read more about the video along with some […]
Read More Blue Scholars Debut the MV for “Anna Karina”The Blue Scholars have never been shy about sharing their love for their city of Seattle and it’s surrounding areas. So it seems like a natural move for them to have collaborated with Sound Transit for a little Hip-Hop marketing anthem to encourage the use of the public transit system and to do it safely. […]
Read More Blue Scholars Release “The Sound” MV (Seattle’s Sound Transit Anthem)This is one jam packed release, folks. The veteran, Bambu, has just released his latest full length LP via Beatrock Music – …One Rifle Per Family. We have 20 tracks on this LP including the previously shared “Sermon” and the new single “Rent Money” ft Rocky Rivera (produced by Chops). There are a number of other […]
Read More Bambu Releases the ‘…One Rifle Per Family’ AlbumBlue Scholars bring us another Cinemetropolis video, and this time it’s for their Seattle anthem, “Slick Watts“. The album may have dropped last summer, but it’s only fitting for this video to be released a whole year later – in celebration of the food and summer fun that Sea-town has to offer. Sabzi gets to […]
Read More The Blue Scholars Debut MV for “Slick Watts”In light of the recent violence that have transgressed recently in the city of Seattle, the Seattle Times reached out to Blue Scholars rapper Prometheus Brown/Geo for a guest editorial. His response was the included song and video – a song that not only speaks on the topic but takes a deeper look and it’s […]
Read More The Blue Scholars’ Prometheus Brown Releases “May Day” in Response to Seattle ViolenceJeff Yoo returns for another guest post, here on a-Tunes. Here, he talks about Hip-Hop in the context of Asian-Americana. I’ve been a huge hip hop fan for years so it’s a great honor and privilege that I get to do a hip hop music review for http://www.a-tunes.net — Shout outs to Mr. Gifted Thought […]
Read More Two Cents: Inspire’s Jeff Yoo Talks Asian-American Hip-HopThis is the latest MV from Seattle’s hip hop favorites, Blue Scholars. The track is “Seijun Suzuki”, from their Cinemetropolis album. I haven’t checked it out myself but I’ll be sure to share my thoughts once I have. [update] Clean, stylistic cinematography that matches the decidedly off-centre content of the song. The incorporation of Samurai swords was […]
Read More The Blue Scholars Release the “Seijun Suzuki” MVAugust gave us the release of the FreEP from Bambu x the Diamond Supply Co. featuring the production of 6 Fingers. One of the tracks, “Bang” has been given a visual treatment comprised of performance footage from the 1st half of his current stint on the road with the Blue Scholars for the Cinemetropolis tour. […]
Read More Bambu Drops a Tour Compilation MV for “Bang”Take a look at this dope performance clip of Bam doin his thing while touring with the Blue Scholars at their stop in Seattle. He spits a little something new and old via “Just(Us)” and “Iron Bam“. It’s crazy how hyped up that audience is! Other MCs need to take note cause that’s how you […]
Read More Watch Bambu Perform “Just(Us)” and “Iron Bam” in Seattle
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