Hip Hop Columns

The First 5: Seezmics

It’s been a big year for the Educated Consumers’ lyricist, Seezmics. First was the release of the well-received The Waiting Room EP, which was followed by Dezmatic’s “Bigfoot’s Dick Tour” that hit eight different venues. Next was the drop of, Hello Big Mama that created cause for the 10-date “Hello Big Mama Tour” with Cubbiebear, [...]

The First 5: Chum The Skrilla Guerilla

Chum Zilla aka Chum The Skrilla Guerilla is a DJ and producer who has worked with some of the biggest heavy-weights in the indie scene. He’d produced tracks for the likes of Styles of Beyond (“Hey You!”) to Apathy (A good portion of Eastern Philosophy) and the rest of the DemiGodz crew. His style of [...]

The First 5 with Jern Eye

Jern Eye is an MC from Oakland who got his start as an artist performing with Spear Of The Nation and Khai Sharrieff in the group Lunar Heights. The release of their group effort, Crescent Moon brought them much local success but it was Jern Eye’s subsequent largely-self-produced solo debut album, Authentic Vintage that has [...]