TAG: Visionaries

Dec22

LMNO – JAMES KELLY 10-Pack (Review)

LMNO

JAMES KELLY 10-Pack

Released by Up Above Records


Looking for those last minute items but aren’t sure exactly what to gift? Well, look no further—Long Beach based emcee LMNO of the Visionaries has made decision-making this holiday season a no-brainer. Having released an epic ten (yes, 10) albums to commemorate 2010, you can purchase any of his ten records, gift wrap them and put them under the tree for all the music lovers in your family. The albums are: Push That Work, fOnk garden, Next in Line, Selective Hearing Part 2, Determined to Fly, Banger Management, Tripping ...

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Nov17

LMNO & Yann Kesz – Devilish Dandruff with Holy Shampoo (Review)

LMNO & Yann Kesz

Devilish Dandruff With Holy Shampoo

Released by Up Above Records


LMNO (Leave My Name Out) has been a consistent rapper since the day he spit his first verse, yet remains grossly underrated. A member of the legendary Visionaries group, collaborator with Madlib and other prominent artists in the underground Los Angeles hip-hop scene such as Ras Kass and label-mate 2Mex, LMNO’s clinical style is a soothing and head nodding pleasure to listen.  This time around, LMNO pairs up with France’s up-and-comer beat composer Yann Kesz in a laid-back and foundation-shattering album Devilish Dandruff and Holy Shampoo.  Laced for precision, ...

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Feb02

The Lion’s Den: 2 Mex and Ev

Thursday Night, Long Beach, CA.

The venue gradually got full, and like any Hip Hop show, it started kinda late. The lineup was well worth the wait. LA Hip Hop showcase at its finest. From the opening acts: R Crew, the Crux, Pan!k & the Brothers Amor, A.G.E. Records (including underground emcee Pigeon John straight from Hawthorne) to the guest appearance, the stage had lots of energy. 2Mex and Evidence definitely tore it up, hyping the young hip hop crowd. After rippin it up with ridiculously conscious lyricsim 2Mex brought up Zen (fellow Visionaries member). Evidence also had a few surprises for us with fresh producer Exile and Layover LP guest Fashawn.

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Aug28

Evidence Embraces LA’s Hip Hop Soul

Shapeshifters, Visionaries and Dilated Peoples were up in Hollywood’s Safari Sam’s for a night of real LA rap. In fact, the only thing more quantifiable than the “authentic hip-hop heads” was the heat index, as the venue was easily 147 degrees fahrenheit. Easily.

Evidence was the night’s headliner and he played a grip of new material for the first time, including “Celeb Realilty” (over Lil Wayne’s “Let the Beat Build” beat) and “For Whatever It’s Worth” from fellow Dilated People Babu’s upcoming LP. Check the photos from Arturo Covarrubias below:

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Aug03

Peanut Butter Wolf 888: The Sequel

Fucking Sheryl Crow, had me convinced Santa Monica Blvd.’s attractions included nothing more than that Billy guy, and disrobing Budweiser longnecks. I didn’t hear her say shit about Jimmy’s Lounge. See…that’s why you don’t ever have any fun Sheryl. Of course, how was she to know that 8-2-08 was part 2 of Peanut Butter Wolf’s 888 tour on Funky Soul night at Jimmy’s?

A relatively unassuming shell of a building on Santa Monica home to festivities, inside shit was pretty nuts.

Equal parts chill, drink, and dance, PB’s 2nd stop was delightfully charming, wooing patrons with environment, and funky as fuck soundtrack. Shiva-limbed B-girls drew immediate infatuation, multi-faceted skill sets of popping, locking, booty gyration, ballet? Yeah, despite the Missus draped zarape-status, the …

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