The Internet had a lot to say about Ice Cube’s recent team-up with Eames in honor of the ongoing Pacific Standard Time project here in Los Angeles. Turns out we were all just waiting for an excuse to celebrate the dude again. Wrote a little something for the LA Weekly on a whim. Check it. (Even though, with due respect, my E-40 shout-out was omitted by the editor.)
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MP3, Groove Edition: Nite Jewel, Asura, Ana Caravelle, Fol Chen, Madlib, Freddie Gibbs
We’re getting caught up on two weeks of intense blogging for West Coast Sound, and we now present to you some tasty MP3 and/or streaming works. This is Groove Edition (think “fun-kay”).
- FEATURED: Nite Jewel with Teen Inc. for EP, ‘Am I Real?’*
- ‘Timber,’ Lush Electronics from Asura and Ana Caravelle
- Chamber-Funk Ensemble Fol Chen Drops ‘The Holograms’
- James Poyser, Karriem Riggins, Madlib on ‘Funky Butt’
- Arabian Prince and CX Kidtronik in ‘Let’s Hit the Beach’
- Freddie Gibbs with ‘Str8 Killa’ EP, Says ‘F*ck the World’
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
* “Nite Jewel, keyboard queen Ramona Gonzales, is a quintessential artist of the L.A. underground and has now produced a collaboration with a young group that’s starting to catch buzz, Teen Inc.”

