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DJ Design drops “I Wanna Be Free” single ft. Gennessee
Bay Area beatmaker/visual artist DJ Design returns with new single “I Wanna Be Free” (Below System Records). Washes of synth collide with a dense horn arrangement and snappin’ drums. West-Coast emcee Gennessee guests on the track spitting a lyrical dissertation on the woes of a police state, racial profiling and surveillance.
Listen to “I Wanna Be Free” (Ft. Gennessee): https://bsr.ffm.to/iwannabefree
This is the 3rd leak from the forthcoming Survival Web Vaults LP to drop in vinyl and digital formats later this year. Additional album guests include Fashawn, Phat Kat, Elzhi, Guilty Simpson, LMNO and more.
Listen to “No Less Than The Trees And The Stars” (Ft. Fashawn): https://bsr.ffm.to/nltttats
Listen to “The Blues” (Ft. Phat Kat & Elzhi): https://bsr.ffm.to/theblues
While more of a behind-the-scenes player DJ Design’s (aka Keith Griego) work has had a sizable imprint on the history of modern hip-hop. As a DJ/Beatmaker and visual artist he has contributed production and art since the late 90’s for notables including The Beastie Boys, Madlib, A.G., Foreign Legion, Rasco, Peanut Butter Wolf and Phat Kat.
As a visual artist, his high point of work with the label was his design of the 12” vinyl cover for Lootpack member Madlib’s side project Quasimoto. The cover for “Microphone Mathematics” featured Design/Griego’s visual representation of Lord Quas as a sort of alien aardvark, which was adopted by the artist and has since become one of the most iconic and enduring
characters in the game today.
More Info: https://www.belowsystem.com/
Young Zee and Psych Major return with new single “Mine” this morning. While the track is head-nod maximum boom-bap the single cover and video is meant to raise the hackles on your neck. Featuring puppetry by BroadcastKing the emcee’s avatars and possessed landscape reside somewhere between The Blair Witch’s territory and Amityville.
Watch official video for “Mine” here: https://youtu.be/PHNy_PgS5FU
This is the fourth and final collaborative track for now from Young Zee featuring production (and guest verses on two tracks) from Psych Major. (links below)
Watch official video for “Brick City Let’s Go!” ft. Cutsupreme:
Listen to “Hold It Down”: https://youtu.be/HgRWZfuXzLw
Watch official video for “Get Down” (Zee verse):
Stream “Get Down” in full (ft. Psych Major): https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/youngzee7/get-down-feat-psych-major-keylow-mix
In addition to these new tracks, the two have worked together previously including Psych Major producing “Nobody Gon’ Die” for Zee’s Da Bros album (2023) and Zee appearing on two tracks on Psych’s 2023 EP The Late Starter.
More Info: https://www.instagram.com/youngzeebars/
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