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SHOW (WIN TICKETS!): Boot Camp Clik at The Crocodile – TONIGHT, 4.2.12, 8:00 pm
The demographics of Brooklyn may be changing (sections of Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy barely resemble the ‘hoods of even five years ago when I first relocated out here from Seattle), but the hip-hop...
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NEW MUSIC: Delridge – Sabzi
Click album cover to download. The latest homegrown beat tape from Sabzi. Delridge makes me think of White Center, which makes me think of Zippy’s Burgers, which makes me think damn, yo, I’m hungry.
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NEW MUSIC: Yesler & Cine Riddims – Sabzi
Click album cover to purchase. Two new beat tapes from Blue Scholars’ producer/DJ, Sabzi. The first is Yesler, a 20-track collection of instrumentals designed “to accompany your reflecting and...
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NEW MUSIC: “May Day”– Prometheus Brown (prod. by Sabzi)
Hopefully by now you’ve seen Pro Brown’s spoken word commentary in the Seattle Times on the recent (and not so recent) gun violence plaguing Seattle. It’s unsettling to see how regional (cough!...
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VIDEO: “Slick Watts”– Blue Scholars (dir. by Jordan Nicholson)
Blue Scholars’ new video for “Slick Watts” is a pantheon of northwest hip-hop cameos — the food and Townfolk variety. Jordan Nicholson helmed the high-def for this one. Chances are good you’ve seen...
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VIDEO: “Wassup Pham / Pho Life”– Sabzi of Blue Scholars
Click image to download. Blue Scholars’ DJ/producer Sabzi is going in for phở. Rapping. Directing. Producing. And of course, EATING. Peep Kickstarter game here to learn more about this Townfolk...
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NEW MUSIC & VIDEO: “The Decisive Moment”&“Anna Karina”– Blue Scholars
Alright, welcome me back from my week-long vacation out West. The irony of me traveling to Seattle (from my now more-than-temporary home of New York City) is that I don’t actually get any blogging...
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SHOW: The Flavr Blue (with Avery Storm, Alisha Roney and DJ Sabzi) @ Cameo...
Click image for more info. See, there are good reasons to treck to Williamsburg, Brooklyn on a Wednesday night! Music out of the 206 invades New York City for the next two evenings as electro/dance...
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SHOW: Blue Scholars at The Retreat on Lopez Island – 8.17.13
We don’t post a lot about shows here at 206UP, but I thought this warranted a special mention: Blue Scholars will be headlining a skate and BMX event sponsored by the Tacoma-based ramp surface company...
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SHOW: Hiero Day Oakland, CA – Monday, September 1, 2014
What’s good, Bay Area family? You’re probably already up on this, but coming up on Monday, September 1st is the region’s annual Hiero Day, featuring an outstanding lineup of hip-hop including (but not...
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