Ten More Mask Videos

1. Grape God - "Lufa Igno" 2013 (Portland)  This is my first Grape God experience, it will not be the last.




2. Homeboy Sandman - "Problems" 2014  He has good problems. Homeboy Sandman is going out on tour with Hail Mary Mallon (Aesop Rock + Rob Sonic), Darktime Sunshine, and DJ Abilities. Much respect to the person who put together this lineup. My team at ReignCity is hosting their show in Bellingham at The Wild Buffalo on January 23.

3. Pete Rock feat. Inspectah Deck + Kurupt  "True Master" 1998  Rappers in race cars.




4. BADBADNOTGOOD - "Electric Relaxation" 2011  This A Tribe Called Quest cover reminds me of Foscil.




5. L'Orange feat. Blu - "Need You" 2014  Post-apocalyptic lovers in search of a cuddle spot.




6. denitia and sene - "runnin." 2014  All lower case names are way better than ALL CAPS names. "All Caps" is an exception to the rule. They are an electro-pop duo from Brooklyn.




7. Jared Evan + Statik Selektah - "Scene" 2014  He seems like he coulda been a Backstreet Boy, it's a pretty good song anyway.




8. The Black Opera feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow - "Beginning Of The End" 2014  The reflections in his glasses remind me of "Wonderwall."




9. Bishop Nehru - "Fickle Mind$" 2013  This dude is killin it. He just released NehruvianDOOM, his project with MF DOOM, at the age of 18. I'm on a mission to bring him to Seattle.




10. Seinabo Sey - "Pistols At Dawn" 2014  This rad Swedish lady only releases great songs, she has three so far. The other two videos are in lists still under construction.




The first Ten Music Videos with Masks compilation has SBTRKT, Madvillain, Janet Jackson, Crystal Waters, Das Racist, Butts, Ninjasonik, Arcade Fire, JJ Doom, and Camp Lo.

The second installment, Four More Mask Videos, has only four because I loved the songs so much, I just had to publish it right away. It has Midnight Davis, Earl Sweatshirt, Kate Bush, AlunaGeorge, and a special appearance by Chromatics.

Ten Great Songs From The Depths Of My Soundcloud Account

Props to Soundcloud and all they have done for the music community so far. I couldn't just let these songs lie dormant, I had to share them. For a good time follow 206liz on Soundcloud (me). The Soundcloud app is one of my all time favorite inventions.

1. Bipolar Sunshine feat Goldlink - "Future Part 1" 2014  The beat drop at 51 seconds is what dreams are made of. I think I found this by following Oakland's Hot Record Société.




2. King Ara - "Who The Fuck You Talkin' To?" 2013  It amazes me that this song never blew up, which is pretty much how I feel about every song on this list. This is the only song on his Soundcloud account so far.




3. Reva DeVito - "Friday Night" 2014 (Produced by Kaytranada)  If I was into Fridays and all that it represents to 9-5ers, I would play this song on Fridays. Instead, I get to listen to it whenever.




4. Porter Ray - "Blackcherry" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC) New Sub Pop signee and Ish protege Porter Ray is poised for greatness. I actually listened to the entire Fundamentals album repeatedly, it's that good.




5. De La Soul - "Dilla Plugged In" 2014  (Produced by J Dilla)  I would have loved to see a tour for this album.





6. BJ The Chicago Kid + Add-2 - "15 Minutes Of Fame" 2014  (Produced by 9th Wonder)  Instant classic status.




7. Daughter - "Youth (BUDO Remix)" 2014  Budo is one of those producers who can make a great song even better.




8. MED, Blu, Mayer Hawthorne, + Madlib - "The Buzz" 2013  I'm still working on becoming the Peanut Butter Wolf of Seattle so that I can help make songs like this happen. I may fangirl out a little when it comes to my love for Stones Throw.




9. Maryam Saleh - "Nouh Al Hamam" 2013  (Produced by Oddisee)  Multi-genre music fusion is the best, especially when it's for a great cause. For more info about this project, check out the album on Bandcamp.




10. EarDr.Umz - "Live @ Stop Biting 7.8.14" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC) I could listen to this on repeat for hours, actually I already have.

Ten More Music Videos with Bicycles

Here's all the bicycle music videos I've found so far on a YouTube playlist. #YouTubeNchill

1. Flume and Chet Faker - "Drop The Game" 2013  *A few bicycle cameos in a video that is all about the dance moves.




2. Duke Westlake feat. VerBS - "Geyser" 2013  *This bicycle has a starring role in the video, with close-ups and everything; courtesy of Mello Music Group.




3. Latyrx feat. Forrest Day - "Exclamation Point" 2013  *I hereby resolve to stop overusing exclamation points.




4. Isaiah Rashad feat. SZA - "Ronnie Drake" 2013  *One of my favorite things about SZA is that she is not afraid of getting dirty. She's playing with a pile of leaves in this video and can be seen wading in a dirty pond after putting her white sweater in the dirt on Ten Music Videos featuring Reflections.




5. KMD - "Peachfuzz" 1990  *MF Doom's first crew has been down with bikes since 1990.




6. Rocky Rivera - "Ain't No Way" 2014  *This video also has skateboards, playgrounds, bubbles, and dogs.




7. Dag Savage feat. Blu - "Don't Stop" 2014  *Synchronized dance routine for the win.




8. Kwamie Liv - "Follow You" 2014  *It's a blink and miss it bicycle, at 0:45. She is from Copenhagen, Denmark and she is awesome.




9. Mick Jenkins - "Jazz" 2014  *He gives some great advice in the first line of this song. Mick Jenkins is opening up for Method Man and Redman (cue giddy squeals) at The Showbox on November 3. Bonus points for having balloons.




10. Fences feat. Macklemore + Ryan Lewis - "Arrows" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC) *This is a truly amazing music video. It has a double bicycle as well as a tiger, some Wes Anderson shit on a train, a bunch of taxidermied (not a real word) animals and a ladder.




*The first installment of Ten Music Videos with Bicycles can be found here. It has LL Cool J, DJ Shadow, En Vogue, J Dilla, Naughty By Nature and five more.

Seven Music Videos featuring Projectors

1. Divine Scienze feat. Sene, Blu, and Britain Parker - "Happiness Is" 2013  *Courtesy of 2dopeboyz. They have so much music on their blog that it surprises me when I find something I like, the beat that got me starts @ 0:32. In this video, Blu shows us that it is possible to eat In 'n Out Burger and rap (or pretend to rap) at the same time.




2. The Cult - "She Sells Sanctuary" 1985  *Pre-Johnny Depp pirate chic.




3. Jeremiah Jae - "$easons" 2011  *Don't worry, the scary Aphex Twin-like face doesn't actually show up until the end.




4. Nas feat. Amy Winehouse - "Cherry Wine" 2012  *Smoke machines and projectors are the new hotness.




5. Iyeoka - "Simply Falling" 2011  *This was my first exposure to Iyeoka, she coo.




6. Main Source - "Fakin' The Funk" 1992  *From the White Men Can't Jump Soundtrack.

7. Justin Timberlake - "Tunnel Vision" 2013  *There seems to be an excessive number of mostly naked chicks in this video, likely to ensure that guys like to watch his videos too.

Ten More Black and White Videos

1. Primal Scream - "Movin' On Up" 1991  *My mom had this cassette, she is cool.



2. Lady - "Get Ready" 2013  *Lady consists of Nicole Wray (worked with Missy Elliott's Supa Dupa Fly etc.) and Terri Walker (a British R and B singer). [Sidenote: Truly ridiculous that Blogger is unable to correctly incorporate the "and symbol" into blogs.] It is good solid music, I just don't hear myself listening to it that often.



3. MC Lyte - "Cha Cha Cha" 1989  *I didn't listen to MC Lyte in 1989 when I was eleven, but, I can now appreciate her for being a cool lady. My Lyte intro was "Ruffneck" in 1993.



4. Indiana - "Bound" 2013  *For me this song has three sections. The first lasts until 1:13 during which I wonder if this song will get a little better. The second part is from 1:13 to 2:16 in which I think maybe this song is pretty good. The third part from 2:16 to the end, I change the song because I don't like where the song goes. This can all be summed up by the YouTube comment for the video stating, "this song needs a good remix!"



5. Captain Murphy - "The Killing Joke" 2013  *Naturally Captain Murphy (aka Flying Lotus) would take lipstick to the next level.



6. L'Orange feat. Blu - "Alone" 2013  *I have no idea if there are actually any samples of vintage music, but, it sounds like it and that is cool. I briefly tried to research L'Orange and only found out that a French artist named Gilbert Bécaud had a song named "L'Orange" in 1964 which doesn't really sound like this.



7. Lyrics Born feat. Joyo Velarde - "Bad Dreams" 2003  *I don't love this song but I think Lyrics Born is great. My favorite part about him and the rest of Quannum in this era was that it was some of the only new music I was able to find when I was living in the mountains between 1997-2003. I was living in Lake Tahoe when this album came out so it wasn't unreasonable to find Bay Area music in the Tahoe City music stores. I know it sounds crazy but in 2003...I didn't even have a computer!



8. Amy Winehouse - "Just Friends" 2008  *Dear Amy, thank you for making great music.



9. Fugees - "Vocab" 1994  *I, like many others, didn't hear this album until I had already overplayed their 1996 album The Score. Wyclef's part starting at 2:19 is almost surprising because of his octave changes and bugged out eyes. The rest of the song is so relaxing and then he takes it somewhere kinda crazy.



10. The Beatles - "Day Tripper" 1965  *I love that these Beatles videos exist.

Ten Music Videos featuring American Flags

1. Joey Bada$$ and Capital STEEZ - "Survival Tactics" 2012  *I love that these young'ins are using their music as social commentary and not just inspiring kids to do drugs. They are cool. Capital STEEZ will live on through the music he made while he was alive and through the rest of Pro Era.

2. OutKast - "Roses" 2003  *This video is ten years old...crazy. The moral of the story is that chicks don't like guys who fight, they would rather go home with their gay guy friends.

3. De La Soul - "Me, Myself, and I" 1989  *Warning, this video contains simulated death by vinyl. Overall, this is a very upbeat and positive video so don't be scared.

4. STRFKR - "Atlantis" 2013  *The main idea of this video is that you see a lot of crazy shit when you go jogging in L.A..

5. Ginuwine - "Pony" 1996  *It is hilarious that this video takes place in a cowboy bar.

The actual video has recently been unofficially replaced by this video of questionable quality.

6. Blu - "Doin' Nothin'" 2011  *My brain tells me that this is an interesting song, my ear tells me to listen to something else.

7. Del The Funky Homosapien - "Mistadobalina" 1991  *This flag is Where's Waldo style.

8. Pearl Jam - "Jeremy" 1991  *Pearl Jam was definitely cool in 1991.

9. Joey Bada$$ - "Unorthodox" 2013  *This guy is 18 years old and his song is produced by DJ Premier. You can't get much cooler than that.

10. Symmetry - "Streets Of Fire" Song 2011/Video 2013  *This is a portion of a full length music movie by Alastair Uhlig with music by Johnny Jewel (of Chromatics, Glass Candy, and Desire). Sadly, the video cannot be placed on Blogger. You can watch it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXx69K8Efdw

Ten Music Videos with Sped Up City Scenes

1. Pretty Lights - "We Must Go On" 2012  *I never paid attention to Pretty Lights before I saw this video. I will now pay more attention.

2. Berlin - "Sex (I'm A)" 1982  *Warning, this video does contain a moving topless comic book lady and nude mannequins. This is the only music video I've seen that has a close-up of someone eating an oyster from a table with decidedly sexy food.

3. Cracker - "Low" 1994  *Remember this song? No, just remember?

4. Mos Def - "Umi Says" 1999  *This is from my favorite Mos Def album, Black On Both Sides.

5. M.E.D., Blu, Jimetta Rose, and Madlib - "Burgundy Whip" 2013  *It's a pretty good song, but, I don't think I'll star it on Spotify or anything.

6. Fliptrix - "Heart Full Of Love" 2013  *Fliptrix has churned out at least six videos of his own in 2013 already. I can tell he loves to make music, which is cool. I feel that Fliptrix is getting much closer to where he could be.

7. Twista - "Overnight Celebrity" 2004  *This is the only Twista song that I like.

8. Midnight Star - "No Parking On The Dance Floor" 1983  *Watch this video if in search of serious eighties visuals.

9. The Roots - "Star" 2004  *This is a very wholesome music video.

10. Signif - "Drifting" 2010  *OK so, I don't really like this song that much. I do like that she is a lady rapper who doesn't seem like a crazy person (you know who you are...or do you?). She's cool.