Son Raw is heading out for the weekend. Lots of talk about Trap music these days. I won’t bore you with anymore details here (I have a tumblr for that) but it turns out that Americans who are into Dubstep shockingly ALSO enjoy Hip-Hop beats. Who’d have thunk it? Thankfully, while the Master Faders’ “It’s […]

Son Raw just got back from NYC. Here’s some recent listening from his ride back up state. Elijah Vs. Shiftee: USA meets UK mixtape This kind of cross-cultural meeting of minds rarely ends up as anything substantial since the gulf between what’s going on in the UK and the US rarely allows for any direct […]

Son Raw is NSFW At the risk of getting this site blocked at your place of employment, here’s another fairly NSFW video, this time from booty-house purveyors Hot City. I’d write some pseudo-intellectual justification for this one but frankly, I just like watching Japanese girls on exercise equipment while listening to booty-house. Don’t blame me, […]

Son Raw’s sippin pepto bismol. Also that video’s got drugs and titties so NSFW. Biggie, Jay-Z or Nas? These days the discussion around these parts goes Kendrick, Danny or Rocky… with Bam Bam Bronson and Freddy Gibbs getting nods for good measure. While there’s still plenty of scrubs getting media attention (save Nicky and Azealia […]

Son Raw’s into the underground. The valley? Not so much. The mighty Fact magazine comes through this week with a particularly strong mix courtesy of Sheffield Bassline don DJ Q. This one’s unabashedly oriented towards the floor so if you like your music slow and low or made for bedroom listening, fall back and start […]

Son Raw lick 50 shots. There’s a strong argument to be made that from the early 70’s on, every form of music I love and enjoy is directly or indirectly the result of Jamaican ideas and musicianship. Throw in an amazing run of 60s Ska, Rocksteady and Roots and it’s apparent that this tiny island […]

Son Raw has climbed mountains but owns no electric guitars. Lots of interesting things happening on the margins in Montreal. A few months ago the Dubstep crowds and Bass-House kids couldn’t have been further apart musically, the former insisting on heavy-octane riffs and the later on a mix of 4×4 thumps and 10 year old […]

Son Raw quit smoking. No for real. Domo Genesis carries weed but he’s no weed carrier. That’s the mission statement behind No Idols, the first Odd Future release created entirely with an outside producer and Domo’s calling card to a wider rap world still unsure of where OF fit in. It’s a smart move, Rolling […]

Son Raw is a replicant. I’ve been meaning to post this video for Slackk’s frostbite inducing Grime anthem for a minute now but droughts and heatwaves aren’t conductive to this sort of thing. His recent Clash-mag mix and interview convinced me however: anyone who writes music while on codeine and who ponders whether or not […]

Son Raw is playing Piknic Electronik tomorrow from 2-5 alongside Jacques Green, Lunice and Machinedrum. Fact: you can throw an old scratchy recording of a jazz man speaking over just about any ol’ beat and we’ll post it here on GP. It just feels right. Thankfully, Jack Sparrow’s meditative roller comes with a flawless pedigree […]