Today's Afternoon Video comes on the heels of SXSW, the biggest industry music festival in the US (if not the world). 1,400 artists play 30 minute sets at over a dozen venues over the course of 4 days, as fans, producers, label reps, bloggers, writers, and thousands of others involved with all aspects of music come to watch, take notes, sign contracts, call their friends to make them jealous.
It sounds like paradise - usually. Here's a video of Brother Ali - who is quickly moving up to the #1 spot on my favorite rappers of all time list - talking honestly about the great parts and the less than great parts of SXSW. If you don't know about Ali, you're missing out. He's one of the most profound, honest, and personable voices in hip hop, and his story is incredible - an albino, legally blind, Muslim rapper from Minneapolis.
Here he is talking about SXSW:
And a bonus video of his 2009 SXSW performance, of 2 songs. The first, "Walking Away" is one of the best tracks from 2007's Undisputed Truth - toward the end, the beat drops out and he a cappellas a new verse epilogue that is straight fire and brutally real. He segues that into another beatless flow that is captivating, fast, and furious. Zack and I are seeing Brother Ali and Atmosphere in Boston in May, and this gets me pumped up for the show.
Check out a cut from his latest EP, Truth Is Here - love the piano on this track.
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