ONE OF MY FAVORITE RECORD STORES AND PLACES TO PLAY IN THE USA IS VERTICAL HOUSE RECORDS IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. BEYOND JUST A GREAT SELECTION, THESE GUYS THROW SHOWS FOR THE AGES. WE ARE TALKING GENRE FUCKING RAGERS THAT PAIR LOCAL GARAGE ROCKERS LIKE THOMAS FUNCTION WITH RAPPERS LIKE G-SIDE.

I’VE PLAYED VERTICAL HOUSE A FEW TIMES AND I’M COMING BACK IN AUGUST TO THROW DOWN WITH MY MILWAUKEE FRIENDS JAILL. NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT IT WILL BE A GREAT SHOW. VERTICAL HOUSE ALSO MAKES AWESOME FREE INTERNET COMPILATIONS EVERY MONTH CALLED EARGASMS, AND THIS MONTH FEATURES NONE OTHER THAN MY NEW SINGLE “LIKE A RENEGADE”. GET THAT SHIT RIGHT HERE. AMERICAN MUSIC – ENTER THE THUNDER ZONE.

LAST AUGUST, I WENT DOWN TO HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA TO PLAY THE BIRTHDAY PARTY OF MY BUDDY ZACH JEFFRIES. THAT NIGHT, I SHARED THE STAGE WITH NO OTHER THAN G-SIDE, WHO WERE ALREADY A FAVORITE RAP GROUP OF MINE. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN HUNSTSVILLE I HUNG OUT AND MADE A SONG FOR MY MIXTAPE “JOURNEYMAN FROM THE HEARTLAND” AT THE SLOW MOTION SOUNDS WORLD HQ.

THIS TRACK, TITLED “NEVER FADE AWAY”, FEATURES VERSES FROM ST 2 LETTAZ FROM G-SIDE AND SLASH AND WAS CO-PRODUCED BY MYSELF AND THE BLOCK BEATAZ. FATE WAS SEALED, A BANGER WAS CREATED AND THE MILWAUKEE/HUNTSVILLE CONNECTION REACHED A NEW LEVEL.

G-SIDE HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT CALLED “THE ONE…COHESIVE” AND IT IS GREAT. THERE IS SOMETHING BOTH CLASSIC AND NEXT LEVEL ABOUT THIS RECORD THAT I LOVE. THE BLOCK BEATAZ REALLY OUTDID THEMSELVES ON THE PRODUCTION TIP, SOMEHOW FUSING NEO-SOUL, EURODANCE AND SOUTHERN RAP LIKE ITS THE MOST NATURAL THING IN THE WORLD. THE RAPPING IS AS ALWAYS FIRST RATE AND THIS RECORD IS OVERALL A GREAT WAY TO START OUT THE NEW YEAR. GET IT NOW!

STREAM/BUY G-SIDE – THE ONE…COHESIVE HERE

LAST AUGUST 2010 I TOOK A LIL’ TRIP DOWN TO THE DEEP SOUTH OF AMERICA TO PLAY SOME SHOWS AND RECORD SOME MUSIC. TWO CITIES, TWO STUDIOS, TWO SHOWS, TWO SONGS.

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