That dude Bavu Blakes rhymed on this single Let It Be Known (off D.O.S.'s new album Obey the Raw ), so I checked it out... Obey The Raw by D.O.S. After listening to this single, I got curious enough to peep Obey the Raw. Like Bavu, D.O.S. is fr…
Here's a couple tracks featuring the broadcast baritone of your friendly neighborhood emcee, educator and family man: Bavu Blakes . Psychic Trauma by Verbal Seed Verbal Seed came up in a conversation with a customer at Dallas Comicon... I was tr…
Hip Hop Grew Up by Samax Amen This was long overdue. I won't get into it. I'm sleepy, broke and exasperated. Hope you like the drawing. blah... -samax. Samax Amen draws people, places and things for fun and profit. Whenever possible, he m…
Come hang out with the beautiful people while we bump the heck out of Sivion's long-awaited new album Group Therapy (which sports cover art by yours truly). Info below, or click here to hit up the Facebook event page . Ever the distinguished g…
I don't have a son, I have a daughter. But yeah, embedding parenting advise in random rap singles? That's what's up. Another grown man rap joint from Easy Lee of Mojoe and the mighty minister Bavu Blakes. "I jam Timbaland, but I d…
Here's some new music featuring the mighty Bavu Blakes courtesy of the fine folks at GMGO Music . " And now," Bavu said as he shared Soul Check on Facebook, "a song your whole family can enjoy. File under summertime, family bbq, …
"Violence is all -American . It's been Pop. Not a click-clack, but a tic k tock" Much has been said about gun control, violence in the media and the right to bear arms. Like Bavu, I'm from Texas, a state with Concealed Weapon Per…
Rock with and/or lean with this official video for Better 2 Be , fresh off'a Bavu Blakes' Kickstarter-funded new record Sanct EP . This track features Austin emcee BLAXsmith riding shotgun, and the mighty Reggie Coby on the boom bap. Like t…
Okay, don't get mad at me for that! I saw this 'cause I subscribe to Bavu's youTube channel, and wanted to blog it just so I could use that blog title. And since this is my blog, I did! Here's an interview Bavu and producer Reggie Co…
Feel free to ignore my rambling below and just enjoy this free track by Third Root and Bavu Blakes... Honestly, I've been too upset about this Trayvon Martin killing to speak on it. It's so much more to this kind of thing. On one hand, it do…
I just put a quarter on Bavu's Kickstarter campaign for his upcoming record SANCT EP , which will get me a physical cd (remember those?) and a teeshirt. He doesn't really need my money to make it, though: he's doing fine... I put $25 fro…
The ATX-to-LBC transplant known as the mighty Bavu Blakes chose not to rhyme in this video for Wifey, which features his lady in a series of moments he filmed leading up to the birth of their son... "Wifey 's an instrumental, so it does no…
Apparently things are looking up for one of my favorite emcees. "Since 2007, I've married, moved to Los Angeles and had a son..." Bavu announced in a cheerful email which also announced "a free 2012 anthem for you, your family and…
If you been reading awhile, you know I'm a big fan of Bavu Blakes, and I became a fan of Bavu the old-fashioned way: by seeing him perform admirably on stage with a live band. Here's a recent performance he did at the Austin Music People Lau…
You probably clicked on the link to take a break from laughing at Charlie Sheen and Chris Brown by laughing at Eddie Long some more. After all, what makes you feel better about how much of a screw up you are than pointing at someone else who is out …
Hope your day's going well... Here's some YouTubery: Take It Slow by Strange Fruit Project featuring the mighty Bavu Blakes. From their 2007 record The Lost Documents . I don't have The Lost Documents Volume 1 yet, but I obviously need …
I found a couple new songs from the mighty Bavu Blakes last night... yup. Bavu gets his "grown & sexy" on in the "spit at 'er" track May I and the "cheaper to keep 'er" track CSI, making full use of the bar…
Hello, friends! The mighty Bavu Blakes posted this photo of his Spring 2011 Collector's Edition ceedee and button set Sunday, featuring artwork by me. Bavu is one of my favorite rappers, so when he commissioned me to do this, I was honored and e…
Okay, so it's Labor Day, which doesn't mean much if you're one of 11 million (plus) Americans out of a job, but HEY! Here's some free music from the mighty Bavu Blakes and Element7D, known collectively as World Trade! New Big Idea by…