New York- So as I covered in the post about Artists I want to hang out with Cal and Rez are some cool dudes and Timeflies is the shit. I figured what better time to post their Cotton Bowl video than during the funeral for college football following last nights debacle of a title game.
In case you missed it, there were guys in Iowa State colors running around while your adrenaline was spiking. I don't need to tell you that the build and drop straight up owned music last year, but this has got to be the best example. They've hit the turning point for most new artists where their music can be played over sports highlights and have the entire experience be enjoyable. I'm especially glad that I only spotted 1 Big 10 uniform in the whole video. Songs like turn it up deserve the big boy passing offenses of the Big 12 and Pac 10. Gus Johnson losing his mind on the back end is the cherry on this delicious end of work Sundae enjoy.
Also in case you missed it or are questioning whether or not to root for these guys, i point you to Exhibit B.
Try to hate on em. I dare ya.
P.S. Great move by the Big 10 locking down Gus Johnson, sure the move may have cost him his job at CBS and ruined March Madness but someone had to get us through the college football regular season and this is the only dude I want to get me through another 3 yard run up the gut. This guy could get me amped up to watch paint dry. Put Gus Johnson on a USO tour and the U.S. would win every conflict were embattled in within the next 3 months.
New York- Okay so I'm a little late to the party to break down a best of 2011 music piece so ill take it a step further. What follows are all artists that I discovered within the last 365 days who's music I enjoy, but more importantly I wanna hang out with. That takes a lot as I generally hate people, yet at the same time fear their disapproval. This has lead to many friendships I wish I didn't have, but we'll save the inferiority complex for the unfortunate soul who does my psych evaluation during my inevitable prison bid. These are artists who's music makes me want to put all prejudice aside and spend time with them cracking jokes and probably trying to pick up chicks. Gotta give a ton of credit to baby bro for most of these, because of all his many faults, taste in music is not one of them Before your ADD kicks in ill move onto the list.
HOPSIN
This dude has lost his damn mind. I first heard him as a feature on the Tech N9ne track Am I a Psycho? with B.O.B. Here he is with the King of Independent Hip Hop Tech himself. You should know something is a lil off with a guy when he makes a reported devil worshiper look the normal one in the picture. From what I can tell hes a suburban Cali kid who makes up the craziest stuff he can think of from his childhood bedroom. In the time before YouTube he would be just another pimple faced quiet type who would probably get arrested for beating up an old lady at a cross walk. Now he gets to rap about his fantasies involving Nicki Minaj naked and blowing the minds of hipster rap fans to the tune of millions of views. Definitely a dude I wanna buy a beer for and see what happens.
Dylan Owen
Every high school has a Dylan Owen. That dude who goes to your nearest major city and performs at comedy clubs at 16. He writes poems to girls he wants to bang, and actually does through with it. He's the type of dude who knows what he wants, puts the work in an gets it. Definitely, the type of dude I wanna kick it with and have a chat with. Dude would straight up motivate me, hes lived out just about every dream hes had to this point in his life. If we could all be so lucky I would already have a swimming pool filled with Kool Aid at all times, but I'm no Dylan Owen. It doesn't hurt that hes a fan of real rappers right now, some of which are on this list. Kids just a cool up and comer I recommend to everyone I speak to.
Mac Lethal
Now, most people know Mac either from his days at Rhyme Sayers with Atmosphere and his boys, or from the 8,000,000 YouTube videos he has talking about crazy white boy things. I personally got on him off the Dylan Owen album, a feature that was supposed to validate D.O. not the other way around. Its crazy how things work out, but I'm glad they did. I latched onto Mac and fell in love with his ridiculous cadences. He is a battle rappers wet dream able to spit bar after bar after bar of potent punchlines in a 1 minute round. It would be hard to beat him if you could understand every word. I don't know about you but as a suburban white boy I got really turned to Rap by Eminem and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Em made his career from battle rapping, and Mac seeks to do the same. For that reason alone I would love to hang out with him just cracking jokes and looking for the best way to calculate punch lines. If he could do that while making pancakes that would be dope too.
Miles Fisher
Try to tell me you don't like this track. I know I tried to convince myself I hated it the first time I heard it. But once again baby bro rears his pretty boy head and I'm stuck with this song on repeat for days in my car. The beat is infectious, the lyrics so bubbly and simple. It's a cover for Christs Sake, but dude straight owns it. I know none of his other work, or if he even has any, but this video where he nails Christian Bale to a T and rocks out American Psycho status makes me want to give this guy a glass of red wine, throw on some Huey Lewis and compare business cards. Well that and if I do try to pick up chicks with anyone on this list, hes option #1.
Timeflies
Speaking of being late to the party, it took me a year to get into my high schools Dylan Owen. I'm an unabashed homer, but even if I wasn't it would be hard to omit Cal and Rez. These dudes OWNED 2011 from an independent standpoint in the sense that I've paid to see them twice and bought their album, legit can't say that about any artist other than Tech that's pulled that off from me int he last 5 years. P.S. Tech is now doing tracks with Lil Wayne, just sizzlin. These dudes are fun, funky fresh and I make it a point to find the hottest girl I can at their shows and discuss how pretty Cal is and I've seen these same girls frantically searching for whether or not the band left yet WHILE THE HEADLINER IS STILL PERFORMING. Dudes can def pull groupies, which is more than enough justification to want to chill with him. Unfortunately, I don't get to hang with him cause hes to busy having his music play at the ending highlight reel for the Big 10 Championship to show up to our townie Secret Santa party, but I do get to talk smack to him in 2 fantasy leagues so that's gotta count for something right?
