After three years of blood, sweat and tears and just sitting around Astro Nautico brings you Atlantics: Vol. 2, a flick-to-the-balls, balls-to-the-wall, whopping, whapping 40+ track (including intro, outro, interludes and bonus tracks) compilation album that is poised to soundtrack your summer and generally change the game.
Lyrical Homicide is the 4th Video off Fokis’ A Vintage State Of Mind – Mix Tape. It features Brooklyn Rapper and Roc-A-Fella affiliate Livin Proof (Livin Proof was once signed with Memphis Bleek and was featured on the track “Get Low” from Bleek’s “534” LP)
Moe Pope’s career first took off in the early 2000s with the Bay Area-based hip-hop band Mission (who later became known as Crown City Rockers). After a series of 12″s, Pope appeared on the group’s LP, One, in 2001, before deciding to return to Boston in order to look after his daughter. Back in his hometown, he connected with rapper/producer Insight and his five-man outfit, Electric (aka Electric Company).
Currently, Moe Pope is working on a few new projects, with a new production partner and a new label for his latest and most mature works to date. Here is a sampling of some of that new work as Moe collaborates with fellow Boston spitta Slaine on “Dead Kennedy’s.”
DJ Soko (of The Left) is releasing his first limited edition 7″ vinyl next week, to spread the word Soko is giving away the track “Biters feat. Guilty Simpson” that Gensu Dean produced. Soko is on the cuts.
Sixo is an indie hip hop aficionado and professional dirt bike racer
from Ft. Worth, TX who has been dabbling in beat making since the
early 2000s. After being debilitated by some serious racing injuries,
Sixo decided to hone in on his music production craft and advance
his own sound. The songs he created with the group “Imaginary
Friends” lead LA based rappers such The Shapeshifters, 2Mex and
Ceschi to pay attention and collaborate with him on his first solo
venture in 2006. Now in 2012 Sixo has truly developed his style and
has worked closely with Fake Four Inc. to put together a collection of
hip hop bangers featuring Fake Four artists such as Awol One, Sole,
Myka 9, Onry Ozzborn, Gregory Pepper, Ceschi and more
Mic Audio (Stereo Boyz) and Sacramento Knoxx release the third video “Pebble in Hand” off their collaborative effort “Mi Vida Es Como Un Pelicula ( My Life is like a Movie).