Dark Sister - Red Velvet (Owlhead Collective, 2011)
Dark Sister finally dropped the video for Red Velvet, on the most appropriate day of the year. Please watch this (and also check out my review of the project this came from, Swag Hag, as well as my interview with Dark Sister themselves).
There’s cake!
No Jumper Catch-Up
In case you didn’t know (possible, we’re working pretty much on the DL anymore), No Jumper has been back for about two months. I’ve posted most of what I’ve written, but our other contributors have written a lot of great stuff too. There’s a lot more coming soon, and possibly even a big change that I can’t quite discourse details on just yet. As always, many thanks to our supporters, and fuck everyone else. Blogger Sweatshirt running wild.
Feminine Pressure: A Brief Summary Of Ladies Rapping in 2011 (Maxwell Cavaseno)
Das Racist As An Indie Band (Frank Irby)
Kitty Pryde Interview (Maxwell Cavaseno)
Danny Brown - XXX [Review]/Max’s Year End Perspective (Maxwell Cavaseno)
Left Leberra - Bubble Quiet Dos Mil (Internet, 2011)
Bandcamp’s resident graphic artist/director/editor/musician/artful stoner came through with his 6th project this year(?!) yesterday, Bubble Quiet Dos Mil. Leberra’s a gifted young rapper with some of the chillest melodies this side of Curren$y, and even though some maybe quick to dump him in with the other stoners, Left brings a creativity and earnestness that’s often missing from rappers of his ilk. Featuring production from Keyboard Kid, Giorgio MoMurda, and Silky Johnson, as well as features from Supa (of SortaHuman) and my dream-wifey Tiffany (of Dark Sister), Leberra drops yet another strong project in a long line of them. This boy’s grind is commendable alone, but the consistency of the output has him on another level. Stop sleeping on Leberra.
I did an interview with my girls Dark Sister over at No Jumper. There is interpretive dance and shout outs to goat cheese.
Lost Planet (Sorta Human x Party Trash) - Lost Planet (Mixtape, 2011)
Sorta Human, they of Stoner Gang fame, linked up recently with Party Trash, he of dope instrumental infamy, for an album full of hardcore Southern rap and oddly infectious, lo-fi instrumentals. Dark Sister makes two appearances here, as do Himself Thy Majestic, Squadda B and Shady Blaze. It’s only two bucks, and it’s totally worth it.
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Dark Sister - Red Velvet (EP, 2011)
Dark Sister said that this will most likely be their first full-length video, and I can’t wait to see the results of that. This is easily the darkest song on Swag Hag - as I said in my review, it pretty much represents the loss of any innocence and sanity that Tiffany and Jessi had (which was already slipping pretty heavily from the first moments we’re introduced to these girls on Strange). Expect a lot of blood and possibly some severed organs. Likely no red velvet, though.
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Dark Sister - Take Me Down (EP, 2011)
This is easily one of my favorite tracks this year.
Dark Sister - Swag Hag (review)
(internet, 2011)
by Yayo
Before 2011, the idea of a succesful white female in rap seemed absurd. Despite being a strong part of rap music’s listening demographic, the group never had anyone to speak for them – and it’s arguable that they still don’t. Kreayshawn’s Gucci Gucci was a hit, but having been writen by a man and speaking on little more than “haters” did little to give the snow-bunnies a voice. Dark Sister may not correct these injustices, but they’re at least giving a more three-dimensional look into the lives of young caucasian females.
Having said that, it’s only right to clarify: these girls have more in common with Gangsta Boo and La Chat than they ever will with the White Girl Mob. They’re young and beautiful, devestatingly frail looking girls from Tennessee, who just happen to cover themselves up in blood and perform on stage while seemingly writhing in pain. Their approach to rapping is is far more atmospheric, relying on the overlying dark elements and tension their production creates in order to further enhance their macabre themes. At the same time, they’re completely human, exposing their emotions in a manner that only makes themmore threatening to whatever man wrongs them.
