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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Video Fly Moon Royalty - "Piece of Me"

Posted by on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:58 PM


Late last night my friend texted me: "what was the name of that movie where Lily Tomlin is like trapped inside Steve Martin?" He was referring to All of Me, of course. I fuckin' love that movie!

Fly Moon is sort of like All of Me: one body, controlled by the saucy Adra Boo on one side, the funky (and rumored ex-Canadian) Action Jackson on the other. They make their music in The Kitchen, where you are more than welcome. Megan Seling loves 'em. You can see them opening for Pickwick next month. They're the rising new faces of Sportn' Life Records, the local rap label that brought Seattle D.Black (supposedly now retired), hard-grinding PDX/Seattle repper Spaceman, and the CD's beastly Fatal Lucciauno (whose long-awaited second album, Respect, drops next month).

The Life has been a bastion of rhymes and beats (having put out music produced by all three of our generally agreed-upon local holy trinity—Vitamin D, Jake One, and BeanOne)—since its inception in 2002 ("feels like 1832," jokes label head Devon Manier), but I was thrilled that they linked with FMR, their most instantly accessible act, attracting audiences who could probably couldn't relate to their MCs. With a soulful crossover act like them, The Life and its whole roster has more room to maneuver—damn good news to lovers of homegrown hiphop. If this leaked Sasquatch lineup is to be believed, Sportn' Life will be representing lovely at The Gorge come May.

 

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So glad I caught there set at Bumpershoot. For every ounce of coolness and soul "Action Jackson" appears to lack, Adra Boo makes up for it. She oozes soul and style. Big ups to Sportn' Life.

Also, Spac3man is fucking killing it. He is everything Northwest hip-hop needs. A big fucking shot of boom bap right in the fucking jugular.
Posted by boogens on January 31, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Keekee 2
Punch me in the throat!
Posted by Keekee on February 1, 2012 at 9:02 AM
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Lacks Soul, who do you think makes the soulful beats for the group?
Posted by Teddy 3 on February 1, 2012 at 9:39 AM

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