{"id":106518,"date":"2018-04-22T10:26:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T18:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siccness.net\/wp\/?p=106518"},"modified":"2018-04-22T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T18:26:53","slug":"smoke-dza-blu-fly-anakin-dj-revolution-head-above-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/smoke-dza-blu-fly-anakin-dj-revolution-head-above-water","title":{"rendered":"Smoke DZA, Blu, Fly Anakin, &amp; DJ Revolution \u2013 Head Above Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Record Store Day 2018, Ohio-based Funk\/Soul label Colemine Records, and the Brooklyn-based indie Hip-Hop label Coalmine Records, have teamed up for a limited-edition 7-inch release, \u201cHead Above Water.\u201d The double label venture boasts a new Soul jazz groove from the LA-based Funk\/Soul collective, The Rugged Nuggets, B\/W a reinterpretation of the track, flipped by Coalmine\u2019s go-to producer, Small Professor, which features blistering verses from Smoke DZA, Fly Anakin and Blu, with cuts by the incomparable DJ Revolution.<span id=\"more-58392\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Side A, as referenced on the Blue Note-flipped donuts as COLE SIDE effortlessly demonstrates why the The Rugged Nuggets are the newest collective to carry the torch of instrumental music. Emerging from the tight-knit Los Angeles Funk\/Soul community, the 7-piece live band deliver a sound on \u201cHead Above Water\u201d that\u2019s as inspired, realized and refreshing as the city landscape and culture that the musicians reside within.<\/p>\n<p>Side B, as noted on the \u201cbuoy-themed\u201d donut as COAL SIDE, represents a coast-to-coast Hip-Hop flight as DZA kicks things off by putting on for his hometown of Harlem in a major way. His verse is pure braggadocio-tinged flames and brimming with bars, among them his NY Jets-referencing closing line of \u201cI\u2019m Broadway Joe with my mink on drag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Rev shreds the first hook chock full of quotables from Mos Def, Nas, M.O.P., 50 Cent, AZ and more, Mutant Academy\u2019s Fly Anakin picks up right where DZA left off and delivers a relentless stream of rhymes. The VA native continues the stylish boasts when he spits, \u201cThey got a warrant for my style,\u201d amidst a flurry of raps that demand repeated listens.<\/p>\n<p>That same sentiment applies to Blu\u2019s verse, which ends \u201cHead Above Water\u201d with thoughtful lyrics. The Los Angeles stalwart waxes poetic about trying to make enough bread to raise his daughter and \u201cteach her how to bodyslam Sgt. Slaughter\u201d\u2014the perfect blend of wisdom and bravado that\u2019s made Blu a legend.<\/p>\n<p>This sure to be collector\u2019s item, which boasts artwork designed by Joe Buck, is now available exclusively for Record Store Day, and can be purchased through all participating Record Store Day vendors. An even more exclusive version pressed on transparent blue haze can be purchased online via Fat Beats, while supplies last. Both the music and partnership embody the spirit of RSD, which emanates feelings of community and soul over the bullshit\u2026cause we\u2019re all just tryin\u2019 to rise up and keep our heads above water.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1104\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F432404244&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1104&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Record Store Day 2018, Ohio-based Funk\/Soul label Colemine Records, and the Brooklyn-based indie Hip-Hop label Coalmine Records, have teamed up for a limited-edition 7-inch release, \u201cHead Above Water.\u201d The double label venture boasts a new Soul jazz groove from the LA-based Funk\/Soul collective, The Rugged Nuggets, B\/W a reinterpretation of the track, flipped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":106520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,548],"tags":[11987,22887,39059,557],"class_list":["post-106518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio","category-singles","tag-blu","tag-dj-revolution","tag-fly-anakin","tag-smoke-dza","post_format-post-format-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}