May 27, 2009

Jake One – “Home”


Jake One f/ Vitamin D, Note, Maneak B and Ish – “Home”
from White Van Music (Rhymesayers, 2008)

I’m a sucker for hometown anthems and I’ve been meaning to mention Jake One’s album since it came out last fall. It’s very good. The belated video for “Home” dropped today and it, too, is very good. It also features a Mix-A-Lot cameo.

“Posse On Broadway” after the jump, just because.

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20 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Jimmy Pauls

    Hey, why did you take Byron Crawford off the blogroll.

    Please explain

    May 27th, 2009

  2. noz

    He gets back on if/when he goes to atlanta to see about that puerto rican girl.

    May 27th, 2009

  3. Trap Counselor

    I love how this video uses none of the traditional, played-out Seattle imagery (space needle, fish markets etc..) but still captures the true feel of my hometown in a manner rarely seen since like early cameron crowe.

    oh and supposedly there’s a jake one/freeway album in the works that should hopefully help heal some of the wounds created by philly freeway 2.

    May 27th, 2009

  4. TSF

    Wow, never heard the Jake One album. I don’t know why I assumed it would be backpacker rap, this is actually really good.

    May 27th, 2009

  5. noz

    The cool thing about Jake’s album is that it IS backpacker rap sometimes. It’s everything though. It makes shit like Slug rapping alongside Posdnous, Buck atop “Triggerman” and Keak rasping on boom bap all seem like it comes from the same place. Which it does.

    You know, this little thing called hip hop.

    May 27th, 2009

  6. cocaine hyacinth

    i grew up in seattle, we never ever ever thought mix a lot was joke material.

    yall should check the seminar album, if you can, that shit was literally 10 years ahead of its time. regarding his flows. theres a little bit of ice t patterns, but theres also some fucking mind blowing shit. see if you can find ‘national anthem’

    May 28th, 2009

  7. ANU

    sir mix-a-lot is great, his first three albums are perfect minimalist-bass-rap.

    May 28th, 2009

  8. Hele Fitta

    I grew up in NORWAY but as my first exposure to Mix-A-Lot was “posse’s on broadway” I never ever thought of him as a joke. this is a joke, but it’s pretty funny: http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=AAC4007787524E04!110

    also: who is the third dude on the Jake One track? Not really feeling the song that hard, but his verse and the Mix-A-Lot cameo saves it.

    May 28th, 2009

  9. PimpTrickGasngtaClick

    Not really feeling the song that hard

    maybe that’s cause you grew up in NORWAY

    May 28th, 2009

  10. PimpTrickGasngtaClick

    Sorry, that was mean

    Love this track.

    May 28th, 2009

  11. noz

    Yeah I never suggested that Mix was a joke at all. His influence is huge and rarely acknowledged.

    May 28th, 2009

  12. Baltimore

    Jake One is slept on….Good post

    May 29th, 2009

  13. cocaine hyacinth

    it just always seemed growin up to me that the only thing anyone elsewhere was aware of was, obv, that song about asses. and that he never was regarded as a good lyricist or as culturally significant. still doesnt seem it really, of course the heads who comment on cb are knowin. btw, posse on broadway is an even bigger joke. he pretty much made that song so we could say the chorus like 35 times a week without any pun or irony.

    May 29th, 2009

  14. GROOVE

    Here’s another music video from the album: The Truth featuring Freeway and Brother Ali. (Ali really does his thing on this track.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WokfJUK0nAk

    May 29th, 2009

  15. Web Conn

    In fear of sounding dumb I grew up in Tacoma but have only heard of Ish who are the other three?

    May 30th, 2009

  16. slick.moranis

    this is solid. i like the nod to dms on the “biatch, back up off my tip” line in the chorus…just pulled out that cassette the other day. mix-a-lot is definitely underappreciated. i always liked my studio from the i’m a trip ep.

    Jun 2nd, 2009

  17. dq

    Nice video. Back in October Jake One put together a tape of Seattle artists he paid tribute to in “Home”. Born Supreme, Samson & Swift, DMS, Vitamin D, Source of Labor, Sensimillia … Townbizness.The link is still live at http://www.sendspace.com/file/mspcpp This and more of his Seattle reminiscing and tune-giving was at http://whitevanmusic.blogspot.com/

    Jun 6th, 2009

  18. BlutRaiN17

    C.D. Livin’ in the 20Sick…

    Jun 15th, 2009

  19. lar206

    plug
    http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=684682

    Sep 22nd, 2009

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