Jake One says:Finally, I’m happy to present the video to my tribute to Seattle, “Home”. The song features MC’s Vitamin D, Note, Maneak B and Ish, who have all been big influences in my music. Sir Mix a Lot brought out his orange Lambo and Nate Burleson repped the town and the Seahawks as well. [...]
The video finally drops for my favorite track from White Van Music. Jake One got Rik Cordero to direct this video and it is pretty raw and cool. There are a bunch of shots of each of the rappers in his home city, Freeway in Philly and Brother Ali in ...
I guess we missed this one when it was advertised weeks ago. Anyway, if anyone's interested, there's one week left for this contest. Sounds like an excellent opportunity for the emcees out there. Details below… Included in the new Jake One album White Van Music, (in stores now) is a FREE bonus CD with the instrumentals [...]
Too much great hip hop content this week… hope you all have been keeping up! In anticipation of Jake One's very first album, White Van Music (due October 7th), HipHopDX has put together a crazy mixtape of some of Jake's best productions. If you're not up on Jake One, this is a must download. His [...]
- MUSIC REVIEWSIn the liner notes, Jake One admits on the first track, "Maybe if I wasn't a terrible rapper I would have done a verse too." This is one of the primary strength of White Van Music , Jake One's debut album. Instead of rapping all over the tracks, the producer stays behind the scenes and allows his work to highlight the talent of those who can rap, which is why his combination...
Back in 2004, I'm sure most remember that feeling they got when Plug One kicked in with: "Up in the 5 star tellies, saying two mic rhymes". I know I do. It was the first time in a while the lyricism of one of hip hop's best got pushed to the curve for the ridiculously [...]
Kaze is back at it again! This time around he's armed with a banger produced by Seattle's finest beatsmith, Jake One. The new single, "They Don't Know (Feat. Mr. Mohalyn)" is courtesy of the good folks at SRC/Motown/Universal as part of the Loud.com Presents: BattleRap contest. DOWNLOAD MP3 No Tags---Related Articles at Kevin|Nottingham: This Is Hip Hop:No [...]
Back in 2004, I'm sure most remember that feeling they got when Plug One kicked in with: "Up in the 5 star tellies, saying two mic rhymes". I know I do. It was the first time in a while the lyricism of one of hip hop's best got pushed to the curve for the ridiculously [...]
A few weeks ago, Jake One & Brother Ali stopped by DJ Hyphen and J. Moore's Sound Session radio to talk about Jake's White Van Music album. In these videos, Jake gives an in-depth look at how he created the project, and gives some behind the scenes stories for every song. Brother Ali (who is featured on the album) is there to chime in with his perspective. White Van Music is in stores now and i...
You may remember a few days ago when I did a post about Longshot making the finals for Rhymesayers Jake One contest. The contestant who could rip an instrumental from Jake's White Van Music the best, would win a beat from Jake, a session with Jake and a single deal with Rhymesayers. Well, the good news is Chicago emcee Longshot smashed the competition, and won the battle. He wanted to thank...
Too much great hip hop content this week… hope you all have been keeping up! In anticipation of Jake One's very first album, White Van Music (due October 7th), HipHopDX has put together a crazy mixtape of some of Jake's best productions. If you're not up on Jake One, this is a must download. His [...]