Kam Moye, for­merly Supastition, is proud to announce the release of his lat­est video, "Splitting Image". Produced by Symbolyc One, and shot and directed by Matt Koza, whose cred­its include Little Brother, RJD2, and Kam's own "Let's Be Honest," the video depicts a story about life's choices forc­ing growth and gain­ing knowl­edge. Apparent through­out the video, Kam's name change is more than just cos­metic - the "split­ting image" also refers to a dis­tinct change lyri­cally towards a wiser per­sona with a great deal of life expe­ri­ence and perspective.

The breathy and angelic vocal stylings of Neenah com­ple­ment the set­ting of the video and serve to bal­ance Kam's con­fi­dent and poised rhymes. Standing amidst a bar­ren back­drop, Kam deliv­ers a pow­er­ful mes­sage and chal­lenges lis­ten­ers to not only "grow older" but to also "grow" as indi­vid­u­als. Kam Moye explains, "I wanted it to doc­u­ment my real life story of becom­ing a father at 16 and show the pres­sure I was fac­ing at the time. I couldn't even take care of myself when I brought my daugh­ter into the world." He con­tin­ues, "It's a way of show­ing younger peo­ple that your life isn't over when you make a bad deci­sion but it means you've got to work twice as hard at your dreams. Hopefully some­one will feel inspired by it." By jux­ta­pos­ing Kam's ver­bals with visu­als of a teenager's unplanned cir­cum­stances, the video makes good on its promise of hope and resilience. Kam Moye raps, "It's hard to back­track, start a new begin­ning. / So start­ing today I'm vow­ing to make a new end­ing. / They say a new you is hard to rebuild / But keep­ing some per­sonal flaws are just part of the deal."

The song is a part of the Evangillest's upcom­ing project titled "Dipped" in Summer 2010 ft. San Quinn, Bambu of The Native Guns and Geo of the Blue Scholars with pro­duc­tion from Keelay and Zaire, T Gragonette, Dex Beats, and Mikos of 40 Love.

I remem­ber the night a few scenes of this were filmed. It was a first time I met Evangillest. If you get a chance, check out his "Quit Ya Day Job" Mixtape which is hosted by J-Ronin and mixed by my homie, Whooligan.

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Following the suc­cess of Jern Eye's lead sin­gle, "Get Down," as well as the song's ener­getic video, the Bay Area emcee is proud to release the offi­cial remix for the club-oriented sin­gle. The "Get Down Remix," fea­tur­ing fel­low California natives and hip-hop leg­ends, The Pharcyde, offers a fresh breath to a song already con­sid­ered a fan favorite by many. While the basic ele­ments of a James Brown sam­ple and a raw, acoustic drum­beat, cour­tesy of fel­low MYX Music Label pro­ducer duo Keelay & Zaire, remain untouched, the addi­tion of such a tal­ented and well-known group pushes the track to a new level, high­light­ing The Pharcyde's effort­less energy and flair along­side a brand new verse from Jern full of con­fi­dent brag­gado­cio. "A lit­tle sick, so the talk's slick," begins Jern, chim­ing in later, "No antics, the rep's so massive/ I ain't no joke, no game, no slap­stick." Working with The Pharcyde was a plea­sure for Jern, whose own style is con­tin­u­ously inspired by the west coast leg­ends' flu­id­ity and power. "The Pharcyde has always been one of my favorite hip-hop groups," says Jern. "The energy and fun they put into their music has inspired a lot of what I do in my own music, so it was only nat­ural to get them on board to do a remix for 'Get Down'. I felt like the song was per­fect for them, and would really bring out that ani­mated energy they're known for."

Jern Eye's sopho­more album, Vision, is now avail­able via MYX Music Label.

The left coast comes cor­rect in Jern Eye's new video for Bay Area anthem "Cali." The song fea­tures Jern, along with vet­eran emcee Spank Pops and star on the rise J. Billion, rid­ing the waves of an infec­tious Jake One beat and trad­ing verses burst­ing with home­town pride. Now, direc­tor Lorezno Escalante, also one of the vision­ar­ies behind Jern's "Beautiful" video, brings the neck-snapper to life. "We filmed 'Cali' entirely in San Francisco to give view­ers a per­spec­tive of the city in California we rep­re­sent," says Jern. And what a per­spec­tive it is. Viewers are treated to a visual tour of the city, as the cam­era cap­tures per­for­mances at iconic loca­tions such as AT&T Ball Park, Treasure Island and Haight Street, while the golden state's pic­turesque coast­line fills out the rest of the video. Shooting was done guerilla style at times, which inevitably resulted in close encoun­ters of the amus­ing kind, as Jern explained that film­ing at Treasure Island caused a stir amongst some of Bay Area's finest. "The local Gestapo were not too happy about it," says Jern with a smile. Be that as it may, there's noth­ing to be unhappy about with the final prod­uct, as Jern & Co. throw down an audi­tory and visual trib­ute to their home­town that every­one can be proud of.

Jern Eye's sopho­more album, Vision, is now avail­able via MYX Music Label.

North Carolina's own, Kam Moye aka Supastition, teams up with up and com­ing Bay Area direc­tor, Charles Barcelona (Homegrown Outfitters/Right Lane Ent) for the Marco Polo-pro­duced banger, "Forever Fresh." The video is done documentary-style and show­cases Kam in var­i­ous behind-the-scenes clips, past videos, and show footage from per­for­mances in the U.S. and abroad. The rest of the video was shot on loca­tion in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The song itself is rem­i­nis­cent of the for­mer Supastition sound with Kam spit­ting rapid fire, while still drop­ping jew­els like "I'm what hap­pens when a child prodigy grows up." Marco Polo's head nod­ding pro­duc­tion shines bril­liantly through­out the track  tri­umphant horn stabs and clas­sic boom bap drums leave the per­fect back­drop for Kam's feroc­ity. "Forever Fresh" is the b-side to Kam Moye's offi­cial sec­ond sin­gle and album title track, "Splitting Image."

Also, be sure to also check out Kam's appear­ance on the offi­cial Wake Up Show Anthem 2010, which also fea­tures appear­ances from Tajai of Souls Of Mischief, Crooked I, Tech N9ne, The RZA, Ras Kass, B-Real, and more.

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Following the release of his well-received MYX Music Label debut Ali'Yah, Seattle-based MC D.Black is show­ing no signs of slow­ing down in 2010. Teaming up with fel­low Emerald City native and fre­quent col­lab­o­ra­tor B.Brown, D.Black is gear­ing up to release a brand new (and free!) EP enti­tled Black and Brown – D.Black will be han­dling all the vocals, while pro­ducer B.Brown pro­vides the beats. In antic­i­pa­tion of the release, D.Black is leak­ing the first song from the forth­com­ing EP for pub­lic con­sump­tion. "Special" is about tak­ing a stand against the destruc­tive ways that most peo­ple live their lives. "We got a gen­er­a­tion dying over wealth, but we con­stantly chas­ing our self," raps D.Black. It show­cases the lyri­cal skills and sophis­ti­ca­tion you have come to expect from D.Black, smooth pro­duc­tion by B.Brown, and fea­tures a guest spot from fel­low Sportn' Life Records label­mate MC Fatal Lucciauno. The trio prove that, just in case you weren't sure, Sportn' Life Records and MYX Music Label are a force to be reck­oned with.

Joining the songs are two exclu­sive videos fea­tur­ing D.Black speak­ing on the cre­ative process behind Ali'Yah. D.Black takes some time to tell us what the album means to him, and where he drew his inspi­ra­tions for it. "I'm tran­scend­ing and ascend­ing into a more spir­i­tual being - in a lighter realm." Black, a firm believer in the Messianic Hebrew roots of Christianity, talks about his jour­ney from dark­ness and lack of direc­tion to the light and new­found direc­tion in his life. "I lis­ten for and I write for those that are in the light," says D.Black. He hopes that lis­ten­ers will lis­ten with an open mind, and re-listen if need be, to fol­low the words that he is sharing.

This is the teaser to the full 30 minute inter­view I (BMUSE) did with Bay area pro­ducer Keelay. In this clip, he talks about what it took to put together his recent Myx Music label release "Ridin High" which fea­tured the likes of Phonte, Tash, Saphir, Cali Agents, and more.

Jern Eye's new video for "Get Down" is any­thing but a "vision all hel­ter skel­ter." Jam-packed with beau­ti­ful girls, spe­cial effects, and an ener­getic front man, the video for "Get Down," the offi­cial first sin­gle from Jern's sopho­more album, Vision, is some­thing pro­vides the per­fect visu­als for the upbeat party-vibe. "Since the song is very high energy, we decided to make it visu­ally dynamic in the post edit­ing," says Jern. "A lot of cool affects were used on the set as well, like hav­ing pro­jec­tion trans­posed dur­ing some of the per­for­mance shots." As the infec­tious drum­beat takes hold, explo­sive spe­cial effects and col­ors pop at all the right moments, the result being a visu­ally stun­ning view­ing expe­ri­ence. Director Jon Santos took a very sim­ple shoot, added the many facets of Jern Eye's per­son­al­ity, and cre­ated a unique and excit­ing expe­ri­ence per­fect as the back­drop of a funky dance club. Although not appar­ent on first watch, Jern Eye's album cover for Vision is inserted into the video numer­ous times as well as a visual reminder of the song's name, "Get Down." The video also high­lights the instru­ments that make the song so pow­er­ful with shots of the syn­the­sizer (Keelay) play­ing its catchy lick and drum­mer (Derek Taylor) push­ing the beat. Jern Eye's sopho­more album, Vision, is now avail­able via MYX Music Label.