The Knox Family

It goes down tonight! The Knox Family is Seattle's newest supergroup comprised of MC's Jerm & Julie C. (of Alpha-P) and DJ B-Girl. Above: the newest episode of Porch Jams featuring Knox Fam... Porch Jams is the hilarious and dope animated series put together by the homies Amos Miller & Mark Oi, if your not hip you can check the whole first season at youtube.com/amelation206. Also, check Seattle Weekly's article The Knox Family: Natural Born Thrillers by Jonathan Cunningham. The EP Release Party is tonight (5/23) at Chop Suey with 2 more of the Town's newest supergroups: Black Stax (Silent Lambs Project & Felicia Loud) and Black Aries (Yirim Seck & LaRue) along with Suntonio Bandanaz, Shamako Noble, DJ Gumbeaux and more! Good music to start your summer off right! That's my people!!! I'm proud of you family!

"Kick It With Me" - Jerm & Rufio of Alpha-P (Video Teaser)

Directed by Roo Chambers

ooooooooooohhhhh... NWup!!!

Think Tank Compilation

the Think Tank Compilation is finally available online, via iTunes, EMusic, Amazon.com and more! what you got here is an ill compilation of Seattle underground Hip Hop... featuring over 30 MC's, 6 producers and 3 DJ's... all recorded in the Think Tank Studio. 21 tracks! i've got a few favorite tracks on here you might want to check out, right before you cop the whole album.

"Carry On" - Rajnii, Kwame, Ayoka, Chelsey Richardson, Mic Flont - produced by Phreewil
this was easily one of my favorite songs out of Seattle in '07... one of my town anthems... played this everywhere we went last year...

"47N 122W" - Julie C., Jerm, Inkubiz, Phreewil, Open Hands - produced by Unorthadox Zero
another one of my seattle theme songs... if you want to know what our lives are like just play this on a rainy day...

"Progress Report" - Asun, Rufio, Khanfidenz - produced by Phreewil & Dead Noise
Sizzle. and Rufio's vocals!!! Seattle has so many secrets that shouldn't be a secret...

"The Layout" - Asun - produced by Dead Noise
Asun over this beat is crazy. definitley a highlight. if you see me driving on Alki banging my head this is why...

"Comrades" - SistaHailStorm, Ayoka, Mic Flont - produced by Phreewil
SistaHailStorm... i really love her verse on this one. since we met in late '04 shes been reminding me why i do this again & again...

"Beautiful Thing" - Kasi, Asun, Audiopoet, Phreewil, Diez - produced by Phreewil & Dead Noise
Kasi is one of the illest emcees in Seattle... you probably never heard of him. this compilation is really the first chance you get. this track is a highlight... so is every song on his myspace...

...aaand look who else is on the cd!

don't sleep!