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Tonight, November 16th | Neighborhood Watch Presents | Temple Bar | West Covina, CA

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Listen/purchase: Ramses by Brownlucci/Snagneto

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2Mex + SAVIORSELF + MC LYFE + SNAGNETO Live @ComplexLA - 806 E. COLORADO ST = Glendale #hiphop1mag #2mexhologram [24 HOUR HIPHOP]

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New Music: Snagneto - Metrolink To Momma

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Ok ya’ll! Only a week later than I planned but this is Part 1 of 2 of Da ILL Spot’s Top Projects of 2020: Indie So Cal Edition (In No Particular Order)

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Noa James & Cas1 - Dirty Gospel

DJ Limegreen - Limegreen Beat

Sahtyre - The Roaring

Vel The Wonder - Trophy Wife

Cam Archer & OhGoshLeotus - NoApologies

Notiz Yong & Theez - Boiz

Mark 4ord - Opioids

Seeforyourself - The Divided States of America

Alph Tha Alien - Black Tax

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Trizz - Black Suburban Music

Pawz 1 & DJ Dister - Watch & Learn

Rokem - From A Distance

Shneaky & Sesh Studio - Highways & Pasttimes III

Konami Homi - Neon Dynamite

Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominique’s Nosebleed

Chelsea Monet - Moody

Snagneto - Earbangs

Frankie OG & Aalgee - Forever Misunderstood EP

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JMKM & My Favorite Producer Thirty Two - Irregular Heartbeat

Cam Gnarly - 333 Hz

Destruct - Dreamstate

The Thought - I Thought You Loved Me

Avi The Most ILL - Raw Material

Phaizrok - Freddi Cougar

Rhys Langston - Language Arts Unit

Viva Mescal - Tomorrow Paused EP

Yung Miss - Social Distance

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Looking forward to an ill set from the OG homey @tiosnag tomorrow night for our 10 Year Anniversary. Don’t miss out ya’ll!💥 ————————————————————————- Hosted by @hoodson_goodwill x @blaktronica ————————————————————————- DJs 🎧 @rawz_ir ~ @leswndle ~ @2high_thai ~ @splice1_soupkitchen ————————————————————————- Also Performing 🎤 @besskepp_ @fawksie1 x @djethos @mouseymcg x @lazymarf @avantgardehiphop @thascool @jonniebars @stico73 #MMUPClan (@facevsit x @barlos92 x @officialshneaky)————————————————————————- 8pm - 2am | 21+ | FREE Entry | Full Bar + Drink Specials 🍻 | Food: @empanada_by_wendy ~ @antojitosmexicanos_latina | NBA Opening Night w/Lakers vs Clippers————————————————————————- Art: @ric_abstract ~ @mallorygalleryart ~ @chrismanlo 🎨 ————————————————————————- Vending: @roughandtumbledgems - @free_elementz - @childrenofvenus - @_livelifeapparel_ ————————————————————————- #daillspot #neighborhoodwatchpresents #neighborhoodwatchpresentsxdaillspot #hiphop #rap #music #katiejakesbar #covina #snagneto #tiosnag #dudeworld #iehiphop #cutsbysnag #theantibiotics #liveart #shows #events #undergroundhiphop #indierap #lahiphopevents #tiosnaglovesyou (at Katie Jakes Bar & Grill) https://www.instagram.com/p/B35NNJJgTlH/?igshid=12oio66vn3aej

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#tbt @tiosnag and toddler Noah on the Rock The Bells promo! Can’t believe he’s about to turn 8! 👐🏿 #noah #snagneto #tiosnag #thekimbles #beatswapmeet #chinatownplaza #rockthebells (at Beat Swapmeet) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqxbWf9lUUg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zbvufam8ewlh

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New Music: Snagneto - DontEverFugginPaintMeBrO LP 

Earlier this year the homey Snagneto dropped his debut instrumental album,  DontEverFugginPaintMeBrO, which is in tape format, consisting of a Side A and Side B. Snag made this funky project on his MPC4000.  The tape was mastered by BDR and is distributed via Grizzly State/Big Syd Records. Stream above and support with a download of $5!

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Today, December 17 • @juicelosangeles Presents Hiphop In The Park • 11:30a-4:30p • McArthur Park Rec Center, Los Angeles • Family Event • Free #hiphopinthepark #juicelosangeles #hiphop #bboys #mcs #djs #graffiti #mcarthurpark #losangeles #free #family #unity #peace #love #respect #shows #events #snagneto #djabel #kenzo #mescal #mykmansun #djseedless #themightyparis #hiphopculture (at JUiCE Los Angeles)

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New Music: Snagneto & BDR - LAMBROS

Check the new collabo album, LAMBROS, between the homey Snagneto on vocals and BDR on production, except for one Snag produced track. Guest appearances include Jim List, Weapon Of The Masses, James Heated, and Bucky Lee, and Brown Lucci. LAMBROS was released on Big Syd Records and all cuts except for one truck are by Snag. Bump this! 

* THIS ALBUM IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF BIG SUSAN RHODA we know you're prouder than ever! 

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Props to all of the heads that came out and made #bringthetoyz a fresh event! #art #toyart #hiphop #snagneto #awolone #fureek #jamieleec #dancerone #cjparra #brokenpigeon #chinatown #losangeles #shadowboxgallery #highergroundpromo #dtlaeveryday (at Shadow Box Gallery)

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New Music: BDR + Snagneto - Funrazor LP

A few days ago the homey Snagneto and producer, BDR, released the fresh new album Funrazor. It features 16 tracks with guest appearances from Bucky Lee, Snare Jordan, AWOL One, Blest One, Dangerisk, and Snag's old crew, Antibiotics. In honor of the 626 area code that Snag represents, the album is priced at $6.26. Click below to stream and support with a download!

FUNRAZOR by Snagneto

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New Music: Brown Lucci - Dead Mean Tell No Tales LP

I just got done listening to Brown Lucci's new album, Dead Mean Tell No Tales. This album is for the heads that like that gritty, hardcore Hiphop. DMNT has that early 90's LA sound, reminiscent of early Psycho Realm.  Big Duke of Psycho Realm actually took part in the production, contributing to two joints The album also features production from Longevity, EQ, Snagneto, Jack Shine, Frankie Knucks, and more. Guest vocals consist of Derty Unit, Snagneto, Estado de Emergencia, and Jai-San. Click the music player below to hear 3 of the 14 tracks on Dead Men Tell No Tales. Also peep the promo video as well as the music video for the joint "Luck of The Draw." This LP hasn't officially dropped yet, but for a limited time, Lucci will be distributing it as well his previously released EP, Flasks and Hatchets, for any donation. Hit him up at brownlucci@gmail.com for the hookup!

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Music Video: Snagneto - Like That

My boy Snagneto just dropped a new music video for the dope joint "Like That," which is featured on his 2011 LP, Hometown Zero.  Check the funky brotha with one leg getting down! The video was directed by ArtLifeForms

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Music Video: Crop Circles720 - Academy Dropouts feat. Snagneto

The homies Crop Circles720 recently dropped the video for "Academy Dropouts" featuring Snagneto. This joint is featured on their current LP, Existentialism. The video was directed by Bad Fame Media. Check it below!

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ALBUM REVIEW: Crop Circles720: Existentialism

ALBUM REVIEW

Crop Circles720

Existentialism

Label: Echoes of Oratory Muzik

Distributed: Echoes of Oratory Muzik

By: Jon I. Gill/Gillie(ad)7

                                                                          Available on Bandcamp 

  http://eoomuzik.bandcamp.com/album/existentialism

(get the physical version, the digital version, stickers, and t-shirts here)

In the postmodern and poststructural shit pool full of underdeveloped instrumentals and even more prehistoric lyrics and concepts, it is refreshing to find gems crafted with golden pens and MPC punch pads descended from divinity. In other words, it has been a long time since I have heard an uncompromising album full of hard, dark beats and catacomb conscious flows packed in battle axed deliveries. Gents and ladies, I present to you La Puente, Ca. staples Crop Circles720’s (consisting of Clock Wise, Word Man, Arty Swell, Nat Key Cole, and Subtrax) newest full length, existentialism. 

In the scholarly sense, the term "existentialism" has been traditionally used by philosophers who created a school of thought bearing that name to discuss the unique situation of the human in the world, from the joys to despair. In contradistinction to Enlightenment, Hegelian, and other philosophical systems that focused on gaining meaning for the world from extra physical sources such as reason or "Absolute Spirit," the existentialist project ponders the phenomenon of the uniqueness of  humans “being in the world” (to steal from the thought of Heidegger) and their experience (and our ability to reflect on our experience), and uses the world itself, not intangible concepts (the products of speculation, such as God and reason) as the basis of how themes (meaning) comes into existence. As a school of philosophical thought having much correlation and direct historical connections with aesthetics, it is not only fitting but appropriate that Crop Circles720 utilize the word "existentialism" to summarize their conscious, out of the matrix approach to both hip-hop and life itself.

An introduction is necessary here. Even for the faithful cult followers of this cerebral movement of SoCal underground hip-hop which could easily put your favorite rapper's head on the tip of a broadsword. The Crop Circles720 placed the foundation of their sound on the earth with their initial 2003 full-length and vinyl 12 inch single releases of Organized Suicide, a collection of dusty samples and tough breaks with blunt and solemn anti-industry lyricism. The development of an audio arsenal rooted in the atmosphere of the Gravediggas and Killah Priest began its formation. The 2008 CC720 sophomore effort, Cursive Melodies, built a solid framework on the foundation of Organized Suicide, staying true to the hardcore boom bap sonic quality they are known for, while verbalizing in rhyme anagrams tales of reptilians and secret societies and facilitating the conceptual space to host “A Community of Thinkers” (to borrow the title of CC720’s in house label’s 2012 compilation). So, with this brief history of the architectural ideas supporting the building blocks of the CCs music, we can now move into the latest offering of the crew, Existentialism.

Laced in heavy thought and a brooding sense of the unknown, Existentialismwelcomes the listener into a sonic dimension in which human pain and despair is not avoided but confronted head on. Like Nietzsche, the situation in which we find ourselves is embraced and dealt with like the Gods that we are after the proverbial “Death of God,” a death which Nietzsche tells us in Thus Spoke Zarathustra has occurred by our own killing of the divine. From the outset of the album with 85er’s intro featuring a sample of a prisoner speaking of the immense power that he has in his cell to the end of this enlightening album, we are introduced to the simple yet immensely complex principle that through our minds, we can convert any reality that confronts us, making solace from chaos. Such resilience and commitment to the power of the mind to transform the empirical is seen in Arty Swell’s bars on the second track of the album, “Cypher 720,” where he boasts the lines, “And if these cats thought that we’d fall off maps/We roll like botanicals, plants and animals.” The track is a lively yet hard jam amidst Subtrax’s instrumental of abrupt strings and classic yet not overbearing boom bap kicks and snares, with Word Man, Clockwise, and Arty Swell MCing mental progression seamlessly. The album takes an immediate turn with “Academy Dropouts,” featuring SoCal veteran MC Snagneto. Over another Subtrax instrumental, minimal yet speaking volumes through the thickness of the piano sample and craftily chopped breakbeat, the CCs almost sound as if their bodies have been possessed by other life forms who see only dry reality when they view the universe. Word Man packs a dynamic punch with a breath-taking verse to open up the “cypher.” With bars such as “Master of my universe, guardian of my galaxy/So when you and I verse, we add on to this reality’s anatomy,” it becomes evident that the academy could only teach him what he already knew. So, he had to either drop out or endure the boredom of industry and independent hip-hop “professors” telling him nonsense. “Bigger Picture” displays the CCs ability to encode the disenchanting reality of how the many are controlled by the few over not only hard and fierce soundscapes, but also over semi light and cool ones. Clock Wise says some standout lines over this Nameless track such as, “One part human, one part of a program/In this cold slow dance, captivating low land/Where I caught on quick, and it isn’t hard to tell/That every step is a risk/Have to pull my own strings like the ones tied to my wrist,” he summarizes Sartre’s own concept of existentialism as not leading to complacency and despair over the hopeless and bleak human situation, but personal action toward creating meaning and joy for oneself with oneself.

Existentialism as an album hosts a severely polished presentation of the aesthetically dense atmosphere through thought provoking boom bap that CC720 have become known and revered for. But the curve ball on the album is “The Listener.” France’s Roger Molls provides a light and funky yet dark and pensive instrumental over which the CCs straddle the line between philosophical existentialism and more metaphysical philosophies such as Spinoza and Schleiermacher. The beginning chant, “Less love, more logic…/Less dumb, more cosmic/Less thugs, more topics…” is the demystification of the images we give lives of their own, while not realizing that these images are our own creation. Just as we created them, we can (and should) destroy them, according to the CCs. Clock Wise’s line, “The less love you have, the more efficient, you’ll see” is held in tension with his line, “The word itself holds people hostage by the names it claims/But I refuse to take the pain and throw my soul away.” Meaning of the world is lost in the same instant that it is gained. As soon as we step out of the matrix, we lose a false meaning and gain a more authentic theme which we author for ourselves. This is the foundation of a new society.

In short, Existentialism is an album that hip-hop needed. It will take several listens to unpack the gold. Even the sharpest treasure seekers will find themselves stranded within in the maze given to us by Crop Circles720. Please set aside time to intake the breadth of content held in this record, a record that would receive praise from the existentialists themselves.