Features
Coming Of Age: The Blue Scholars Headline At The Paramount
City Arts Magazine, October 2010
"Seattle idolizes rock, and with good reason if you look at our track record. But stealthily, under the official rock-loving radar, the city’s hip-hop scene has grown strong and diverse enough to warrant, if not idolatry, some serious attention of its own. Subversive and solid groups like Shabazz Palaces and THEEsatisfaction are primed to make global ripples. Grayskul of Oldominion has gained devoted fans both locally and internationally. And the group many of today’s fans point to as the first Northwest hip-hop group they discovered and loved, the Blue Scholars, is more popular than ever – especially after the release of its fun-loving EP HI-808 last year. It’s becoming downright inconvenient, if not irresponsible, to continue ignoring the burgeoning scene." [read more]
City Arts Magazine, October 2010
"Seattle idolizes rock, and with good reason if you look at our track record. But stealthily, under the official rock-loving radar, the city’s hip-hop scene has grown strong and diverse enough to warrant, if not idolatry, some serious attention of its own. Subversive and solid groups like Shabazz Palaces and THEEsatisfaction are primed to make global ripples. Grayskul of Oldominion has gained devoted fans both locally and internationally. And the group many of today’s fans point to as the first Northwest hip-hop group they discovered and loved, the Blue Scholars, is more popular than ever – especially after the release of its fun-loving EP HI-808 last year. It’s becoming downright inconvenient, if not irresponsible, to continue ignoring the burgeoning scene." [read more]
"It's The Life: Guns, God, and the tumultuous trials of an up-and-coming hip-hop label"
SoundNW Magazine cover story, February 2009
SoundNW Magazine cover story, February 2009
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"The Curious Case Of Ben Huh: How a culturally confused teen immigrant mastered the mighty meme and made America laugh. Inside the mind behind ICanHasCheezburger"
SoundNW Magazine cover story, April 2009
SoundNW Magazine cover story, April 2009
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