A few weeks back, SXSW happened. I think the world is still trying to recover from the cataclysm of thousands of buregoening artists and filmmakers who: knew, kind of knew, always wanted to know, each other coming together in one city & doing what they do best.

While I was scheduled to take part in the maddness that week, I actually ended up sitting this one out. Murphy's Law is real: I fell ill at the very last minute. All the friends and fam I complained to quickly reminded me that health comes first, to which I couldn't argue. I missed out on some of my favorite folks, [Isis/Thunderheist, A.OK Collective, Cerebral, Pugz, FADER FORT >_< ...the list could get so long] So, sitting out on the sidelines definitely kicked rocks, but I was there in spirit more than ever.

Props to Miz Metro [myspace] & Crosby [myspace], two crazzzy-working NYC artists, for including me in their project the HipHop Howl Mixtape mixed by Melo-X. Basically the two saw fit to 'takeover' SXSW and infuse it with some of the iller hip-hop, soul, and urban artists they knew were holding it down.



That's a lot of crazy sounds there for free, (FREE•FREE99) so definitely see to copping that.

As for me, I'm going to start drinking more green plant and taking multivitamins to ward off the sick that's just waiting to fake me out like an A.I. move. Gotta suck my teeth and look forward to next year. Shouts out to the homies Cerebral Vortex [Analogue Cassette] & Pugz Atoms who worked it out at the festival this year. I promise to make up for all the missed time when I'm out in the Chi guys. For now, I'll just live vicariously through their video:

Pugs Atomz 8 Min. @ SXSW from Pugs Atomz on Vimeo.

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Labels: Crosby, hip-hop howl, Melo-X, Miz Metro, sxsw