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DJ Exes & Slamming Gavel Music drop “Material Things”
“He gave you power. I made you fresh though.” DJ Exes and his production partner Slamming Gavel Music drop new single “Material Things” (with accompanying video treatment). An ambitious storytelling joint, the track is a continuation of Nas’s classic “I gave you power” which was told from the point of a gun. Exes and Gavel’s track, is the viewpoint of the gun owner’s treasured pair of Air Force One sneakers.
Watch official video for “Material Things”: https://youtu.be/7PvTaG3Qf0E?si=0ucQW-6Tv92mxVfv
“Material Things” is taken from The Gavel & The Guillotine LP which is on all streaming platforms now.
Another single from the project “Criollo Vernacular” recently dropped with video Directed by Box-Lo. Flexing his conceptual muscles Exes uses this track comparing his craft to a culinary master does in the kitchen. As he says “Salsa Criolla is a vibrant sauce used in a variety of dishes in Puerto Rican cuisine. Like the combination of tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and garlic, this track is a mix of Spanish and English rhymes over the hard boom bap production.”
Watch official video for “Criollo Vernacular”: https://youtu.be/m7RaA4YEo7Y?si=cCZw6p3XhKjDKl-4
The culmination of a friendship that formed as Exes recalled “in 1992 through one of his closest friends. Slamming Gavel is the cousin of Grand Phunk aka Big Stats frm The Lastrawze. He came down to visit Stats who I was in school with at the time and we instantly connected over our love for hiphop, kungfu flicks, and just buggin out. We’ve been friends ever since. The Slamming Gavel didn’t start producing until years later but when he finally let me hear something, the fire was lit.”
Listeners will also know DJ Exes as the main mouth of Spanglish Boom-Bap triumvirate Grupo HNE (pronounced Henny) with Producer DJ Heron and multi-instrumentalist Nando (percussion, keyboards, vocals). As well as a sizable discography, mixtapes and live event DJ work of his own.
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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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