# 00080 - trouvaille 003.5

the last time, i've been posting on usm (united states of mind, detroit), i've mentioned 5ill's skatter brain fokus rather briefly.. my bad! but don't worry, stupefyingly eloquent reviews can be found, for example in the awesome dead magazine..

but this is no blank reminder.. EXTRA EXTRA! READ THE HEADLINES! there is a video in line with the release! and it does visualize one of my favorite tracks of the record: king heron

5ill - king heron

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# 00055 - trouvaille 003.4

in order to keep this trouvaille (1, 2 & 3) continuously (and reasonably) updated, here the follow-ups:

first, if you're still looking for a christmas present (for ya damn self?!), make yourself or anybody for that matter happy and download 5ill's skatter brain fokus.. just one beautifully grooving instrumental after another..



furthermore, metasyons just dropped another video from (or for?) his unemployment lp, significantly titled crack musik, featuring usm's own w. draztik..

metasyons feat. w. draztik - crack musik

# 00039 - trouvaille 003.3

progress report (d.allie & eddie logix), pairing up with 5-ill and angelica moross, releasing a new track - enjoy the ride - and a rather charming and positive video as a complement.. if you like the track, you can download it for free.. or just enjoy the video..

progress report feat. 5-ill & angelica moross - enjoy the ride

# 00035 - trouvaille 003.2

unexplicably, unexcusably (but in all honesty very expectedly) late, i'm tying up some loose ends.. as previously announced, metasyons unemployment lp (produced by crate digga, coproduced by sleepy biggs) did drop on august 12th and the corresponding tour of "the unemployed smokers" turned out to be a success.. actually, there remains nothing else to say than grab a copy (here) or check once more the video blackman, but this time.. LIVE!

metasyons - blackman (live at the shelter)

# 00026 - trouvaille 003

okay.. there are numerous ways to start this off.. how the city of Detroit is this seemingly endless pool of musical talent (and it is).. how this tough city in the Midwest is and apparently has always been sustaining so many great musicians, regardless of what kind of music.. and so forth.. but, to tell you the truth, i’ve never been there.. thus, i can’t really tell you anything about it.. so, 'nuff blabla and let's cut right to the chase:

U N I T E D     S T A T E S     O F     M I N D

or short: USM, “is a collective of diverse, yet like-minded individuals who have come together to advance today’s stagnant hip-hop culture. The collective consists of five emcees (Asylum 7, Metasyons, W. Draztik, 5-Ill, & D. Allie) and two dj’s/producers (Crate Digga & Sleepy Biggs)“..

obviously, they’ve been around for some time now and since they make a lot of their releases available online for free, it’s easy to check them out.. but, being caught up in this fast-paced world, let’s focus on two more or less recent releases and one soon to be launched project..

although there have been several releases beneath the collective’s banner – an album (memorably entitled kill the bullsh!t) and several samplers (vol. 1, 2, 3 & 4) – their recent ones have mostly been composed by ‘reduced formations’..

one of them is w. draztik & sleepy biggs' smokers cough

coming along with the record, they’ve released (so far) three enticing videos..

w. draztik & sleepy biggs – smokers intro

w. draztik & sleepy biggs – the rest did it for checks

w. draztik & sleepy biggs – ringmaster

another collaboration would be progress report.. this time usm’s d. allie reached outside of the collective to partner up with eddie logix, “producer/mc/audio engineer [&] 1/3 of MidCoast Most”.. they released an album of the same name earlier this year..

again, there are some enhancing visuals..

progress report – wake up

progress report feat. mayaeni – i’m yours

at last, a look into the near future:

metasyons is about to release his next project in august (on the 12^th), the unemployment lp, produced by crate digga.. as an hors d’oeuvre and to get the anticipation going, the visuals to blackman..

metasyons – blackman