TAG: Sage Francis

Dec19

B. Dolan’s “Film The Police” Goes Viral (Video)

Last week, Strange Famous Records released “Film The Police,” the first single from B. Dolan’s House of Bees Vol. II mixtape. The song is a blistering political anthem featuring label boss Sage Francis, Toki Wright of Rhymesayers, activist/rap journalist Jasiri X and UK crate digger Buddy Peace.

“Film The Police,” pays tribute to N.W.A.’s infamous “Fuck The Police,” and serves as a call to action for the digitized media movement while responding to the recent explosion of police brutality all across the world.

Since it’s release, the video has logged close to 70,000 views in seven days, and earned an incredible number of co-signs from folks like Michael Moore, folk singer/activist Billy Bragg, Killer Mike, Jay Smooth, and countless others. The song has also been picked up and retweeted by Anonymous Central and a number of international #Occupy accounts, making it one of the first popular anthems of this year’s definitive movement. 

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Jun23

Sole Premieres “Hustle Hard” Video + Nuclear Winter 2 Mixtape Download (Video & MP3)

“Hustle Hard” is the latest chapter in Sole’s Woody Guthrie-like détournement of the modern mainstream. This blistering track comes from the rap-as-journalism project Nuclear Winter 2 and features the anticon expat alongside Fake Four labelmates Bleubird and K-the-I??? ripping apart Ace Hood’s hit with their own unique brand of anarchy. Though the three emcees never go airborne over a sand dune in the cart a la Johnny Knoxville, they do get in a good round of Modelo tall can-fueled golf while bringing a fresh, challenging perspective to the original song. It’s surprising how quickly this beat transforms K-The-I??? from space rap weirdo to the long lost cousin of Rick Ross. His new instrumental album Synesthesia, which dropped this week, is streaming over at Soundcloud. Bleubird, who has turned life into one nonstop tour thanks to the Freeebird van, also has a new record coming out later this year.

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May05

Video Premiere: Sole – I Think I’m Noam Chomsky (Video)

For a hyper-literate emcee who routinely references everyone from Guy Debord to Shakespeare, it’s only natural that Sole’s newest song and video be titled “I Think I’m Noam Chomsky.” Properly situated at the lectern, Sole drops science over a cinematic backdrop in the latest installment of his rap-as-journalism project Nuclear Winter 2, which he has been releasing as it is created. This week also saw the unveiling of Sole’s Pedestrian-penned Drake detournement “It Ain’t Over,” which puts the assassination of Osama bin Laden in a larger context.

Sole’s otherworldly output over the last year is rivaled only by that of Lil B, who believe it or not, collaborated with Sole for a track off of his third full-length with the Skyrider Band. Aside from the Based God, the album also features a who’s who of indie elite ranging from Sage Francis to Ceschi to Xiu Xiu. Hello Cruel World, which many are calling Sole’s most focused and accessible work to date, drops July 19th on Fake Four. Check out the first single here.

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Feb15

Buck 65 :: URB Q&A

In a career that has spanned two plus decades, indie rap icon Buck 65 has dabbled in numerous musical realms but always wound up with something undeniably original. On his new record 20 Odd Years, the Nova Scotia-raised emcee has stretched the boundaries even further while enlisting the help of vocalists such as Jenn Grant and Gord Downie en route to concocting a truly beautiful folk-hop gem. I caught up with Buck to discuss the new album, Canadian junk food and x-rated French cinema. …MORE

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Nov30

B. Dolan’s “Weight of the World Tour” Wrap Up + Free MP3 (Video & MP3)

Show’s over for this year, kids.

I played my first set of 2010 on January 2, alongside Sleep and Cecil Otter, and the itinerary never looked back after that. All in all the schedule said I’d play 101 shows this year. I ended up making it to 93 of them before life intervened.

This year has been an absolutely unrelenting gauntlet of work, love, loss and tragedy. It included the release of my most ambitious album yet, and the most substantial platform and success I’ve ever gained as an artist. It also included the long sickness and eventual death of my father on October 26, the exact day I was set to return from the final leg of touring. These things were happening simultaneously all year long, and needless to say I haven’t quite caught up to any of it yet.

Through much of it though, the only place I found peace was during the minutes I shared on stage with you all every night. It’s corny to say ‘all of the shows were special,’ but all of the shows were special this year. To thank you for that, here’s a tune on the house.

B. Dolan – 50 Ways (Paper Planes Remix) – live in London by Strange Famous Records

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