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May 17, 2021

Support FLA Hip Hop

High Tolerance Ent has been on a run for a minute now, booking some of the biggest shows with some of the biggest acts in all of Florida. This weekends $not “Whipski” tour might have been the biggest yet.

Accompanied by the infamous DJ Skum, High Tolerance really taps into the Florida Hip Hop scene, giving artists big and small a platform to showcase their craft. The first High Tolerance event I attended was the Wifisfuneral show that Andy Christ also performed at. The show was pretty dope with some stand out openers.

This $not show was next level though. I really I appreciate $not showing love to his home state by doing this tour and the state definitely showed love back. The first show I mentioned had a pretty decent crowd but this $not show was nuts. Standing room only and a line pretty much a block long to get in. The openers were pretty solid and brought a lot of energy to prep the crowd for $not. DJ Skum was killing it on the 1s and 2s, playing a little bit of everything and all the classics the scene is accustomed to.

Everyone was hype for $not, I didn’t expect him to be in the pit for so long while performing some of his classic joints like “Gosha” and “Beretta”. I don’t like I’ve ever seen an artist get that hype and interact so much with fans, which is the plus side of a smaller intimate show. My favorite song $not performed was “life”, I really felt his energy on that one. Throughout the show $not said this was the best show he’s ever done and that Tampa Bay went the hardest, the 727 was definitely in the building.

Leaving this show I have a greater love for $not and he his definitely doing his thing as the face of the underground now. I am beyond hype for High Tolerance Ents next show the Robb Bank$ and Trapland Pat show, Jit pullin up for sure.

May 16, 2021

Drip Or Drown

After the huge success of the last few events @Selvagemchic is back with a slew of other dope vendors for this months “Drip Con” at The Bends 5/22 8 p.m. to Midnight.

Known for her IG story sales, Selvage has been a staple of the Tampa Bay vintage scene for a few years now. Pretty sure she is spearheading this event, so she might have some exclusives not seen on IG.

Proper Jones is one of my favorite people in all of Tampa Bay. It’s always a treat to see him pop up on any vendors list. Prop has been killing it with the IG story sales, hitting the Tampa Bay Area with some of the most unique pieces around. Being a big sports fan myself, I am looking forward to seeing what kind of vintage TB sports gear he’s got for sale. Keep killin it Prop.

As always it’s really dope to see everyone come together for the culture to put on dope events like this. Not sure of the rest of the vendors slated to be at the event but I am sure they will each bring their own flavor to the Pop Up.

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021

Second Saturdays At The Factory: May Edition

From beads, to Nikes, even a Cypher, this months installment of The Factory’s Second Saturday Art Walk was one for the books.

Starting off with one of the dopest installations I’ve ever seen in my life, the homies at Before The Storm had their “The Sky Is Falling” installation up for the last day so you know Jit had to pull up. Everyone has thrown a pair of Nikes up to see if they would hang on the phone line, so this brought me back to that. The immersive aspect is what took it next level, would love to see this brought to a larger scale at The Fairgrounds one day. It’s like Nike meets Rene Magritte. Big congrats on this one, y’all made some shit for the museums.

Was really nice chopping it up with Bead The Burg. Being a Tampa Bay sports addict, I love her “Brady’s Bunch” and “Champa Bay” handmade pieces she had on display. The “Sunken Gardens” one was really nostalgic for me and even has me thinking about taking a trip over there on my day off. Fingers crossed on that Sandman Motel piece that one would be a game changer.

Finally got the chance to meet Creations By Z, it’s always nice to meet a fellow Leo who also happen to make really dope custom sneakers. Her AF1s pictured above could easily be apart of Nikes annual Black History Month collection, the details in the customs are that good. The concept of her Ying and Yang lion pieces was really creative, and a highlight of the pair.

Big Beyo has been a staple of the art walks but his new kraken piece might be my favorite to date. It has a graffiti wall vibe to it, but how Beyo captured the eye of the beast was on point.

“Calling My Spirit” was still on display from i.b.o.m.s but that just gives me more time to appreciate. Every time I see one of his pieces on display it’s like I’m seeing something can’t miss, I need to soak it all in before it’s gone.

I always start off the walks by going in to see what the Nature of Fire & Fsquared Ceramics are working on, they are always so warm and friendly. It was really cool to see some of their new collab pieces they have made. the Nature of Fire ability to capture the human body is incredible. Desperately in need of a pot made by Fsquared for Lida’s Jungle, my Cacti is growing and needs a home.

After being postponed in April, I was highly anticipating the Rishi Beats & Friends Cypher. Rishi also played a small set of a few of his newest joints, which are in heavy rotation on the SoundCloud playlist.

My favorite artist right now is Johnny Adama , so when I heard he was participating you already know Jit was gonna run it up. Johnny played a couple joints off his new project “The Adama Effect” a few of which take the top spot on my “The New St.Pete” Apple Music Playlist.

I heard rumblings of a couple special guests popping up to the cypher, but damn I didn’t know Alec Burnright was gonna go that brazy. His project Mofongo+ dropped at the top of the year, and is always in constant rotation, shit “Tony Danza” is contender for song of the year.

Sean.mp3 had my IG story feed going brazy with his freestyle, homie was spazzing on some futuristic shit. Sean is a really dope artist and producer that does a lot of work with Before The Storm. Check out his project “MP3 & ME” dropping 5/20.

May 7, 2021

727 Classics Review: Mari So Dope- I’m Young, Let Me Live

After making a name for himself as one of the key members of Local Muzik Group, being featured on the immortal Lake$ide Locals and dropping various EP & singles, on “I’m Young, Let Me Live” Mari So Dope crafts the next evolution of the St.Pete Hip Hop sound.

No one is able to capture that swaggy pimp tyte vibe like Mari does, which is what makes him stand out from the rest. His beats are always mad futuristic as well, shout out to Goodie on “Gameboy”. On this project though Mari was able to bring all his sounds together and push them to the next level.

The album starts off with the usual Mari phone convo snippets fans should be accustomed to on the intro “Servin”. Mari’s flow on this one is really brazy going at a rapid pace. That “booneys” line was really clever, you don’t hear that word used much.

“Cupid” has been growing on me over the listens. With the accompanying video shot by the Rob Gallardo, the song gains a different life, now it’s one of my favorite tracks on the album. The sort of mellow tone of the track is very different than the rest of the tracks Mari usually makes but that’s what makes for me.

Anytime you add in some $lugged out production I am all for it. This track was born to be played on a hot St.Pete afternoon. This track has so many lines, the part about chilling on Clearwater Beach is spit so vividly by Mari, that bird bath line was cold.

So “BMW” featuring fellow Local Muzik member Ameen Spade is my favorite Mari track to date, no lie in preparation for this review I’ve listened to it non stop back to back, something I haven’t done since J Goodie’s “Ancient Barbarian” also featuring Spade. This shit is just the ultimate St.Pete vibe man. If someone ever asks me what St.Pete Hip Hop sounds like, I’m playing them this joint.

The next track has the most fitting title “Cooked Crack”. This is one of the hardest Mari songs, once he hits the “ring on all fingers line” it’s game over. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him spazz this hard on a track before. The video by Rob is also on some other shit like always. Mari always has some of the best videos in the game.

“No,No,No” featuring Ameen Spade was a nice change of pace at this point in the album. I loved the strong structure of this one, with the melodic vocals from Spade in the beginning and end, with Mari doing what he does best in the middle portion.

Hands down one of the most creative tracks I’ve heard in years is “Jugg” featuring Mother Mary Gold who adds some Neo Soul vocals to the track. Like I said anytime some $lugg shit is involved you got me, this time the “Lock Jaw” sampled beat is slowed down. This creates a trippy soundscape for Mari and Mother Mary Gold to float in.

The album ends strong with “Ralph Duffel”. The chill synth production ends the album on a liter note which is needed at times, especially when the bulk of the project is filled with bangers.

While only being 8 tracks there is no room for error, but that’s not a problem for Mari cause you can jam this straight through. His new project “It’s Not You, It’s Me” is already an evolution of this project, but it’s still to soon to call that one a classic. Trust me over at Jit Camp we are running back “BMW” all summer 2021.

May 7, 2021

Boycott Caustic Castle

Putting all their power into stopping the Caustic Castle, Garbäj is adding some “Boycott Caustic Castle” tees to the drop on Friday.

I first caught wind of the message on a tote bag posted from a recent Garbäj pop up, seems like all the exclusives show up at those. Those that follow the Cleric would be wise to get behind the movement. Not sure if the totes will be available but the people at Jit Camp are here to ally in the effort.

Tons of dope gear dropping on the Garbäj site Friday 5/7. Like most of the drops, all these pieces are very limited, so don’t get stuck in the sludge.

May 6, 2021

Tie Dye Typhoon

Hunt is one of the dopest brands making some one of a kind tie dye pieces out of the Tampa Bay Area.

With 1 of 1 pieces going to YG Addie, Soduh, & Lulu P, some big names are already rocking with the brand. The dopest part about these pieces are they are all 1 of 1, pretty much like a splatter snow flake. These are not some mass produced tie dye either, these are all hand made with a unique process done exclusively in house by Hunts Fabrications.

Hunt is just doing work on basic tee they are also taking pieces and giving them new life by adding in that little extra flavor. Not sure if Hunt is doing commissions at this time but Jit definitely needs a piece very soon, 1 of 1s are for the GOATS.

May 6, 2021

Tie Dye Typhoon

Hunt is one of the dopest brands making some one of a kind tie dye pieces out of the Tampa Bay Area.

May 5, 2021

Back And Forth

After saving the game on their last release, Garbäj is here once again with one of the dopest collabs and pieces I have seen from the brand to date.

This go around Garbäj has teamed up with digital creator 2oo2.oo to create a dope new experience for any fan of the brand. The font choice is always my favorite part of a Garbäj tee, so when I saw a sneak peek of these at a recent pop up I just knew I had to pick one up. The style almost seems like some cyber renaissance festival type shit. The sun/star smiley face was a really dope take on what I feel is becoming a tired aspect of some brands. But Garbäj is always able to recycle trash into something beautiful.

So far the announced color ways are a grey tee, a sort of off white pink colored tee, as well as my favorite the bright yellow tee. I heard these are going to be very limited so dope wait they drop on this Friday 5/7.

May 5, 2021

Multiple Maniacs

The infamous NAHP Studios has been spreading all throughout Tampa, even creeping its way into the 727. Soon everyone will be apart of the swarm. All photos for the brand and for this piece are done by Franks Been Dead and D’Angelo Marrero.

Big fan of anything repping Tampa Bay so this TB mosquito hoodie is probably my favorite piece the brand has dropped to date. The color way is something you don’t see everyday sort of has a washed out old school Bucs vibe. The swarm is essential.

One of the brands earliest drops were these twin ski masks in these spooky neon color ways. Would really be dope to see the brand so another batch of color ways on these maybe in an orange or blue for the summer.

I am always a big supporter of simple brand logo tees so this one in the ghost busters green font on a black tee is pretty sick. The drug reference on the back is what takes it over the top from just being a straight up tee.

Not a Yankees fan but I thought the glow in the dark approach to the “Multiply” was a in touch to differentiate it from the TB one. Green and purple always look nice, Slime Flu vibes.

With the brand already infesting many areas of the 727 it’s only a matter of time before the whole Tampa Bay will be consuming NAHP Studios.

May 4, 2021

3 AM At Cascade

In between hosting her various DJ events and running $lugged $ound$, DJ Don Rock puts her producer cap on with a late night beat tape “ With Luv, From Luv”, that will have everyone wanting to make it shake at the rink.

The intro track “Off Beat Flow” reminds me of something that could have been on her previous tape “WTPC”, really dope soul sample chops on this one.

The strings on “Better Left Unsaid” paired nicely with the 808s that pop up later into the beat. A beat like this shows Don Rock’s versatility as a producer.

“I $till Luv” has more of an airy, Cloud Rap style sound to hit. That being my favorite genre of Hip Hop I was all for it. Donnie had me once she added in those washed out vocal sounds, had me feeling like it was 11 Clams Casino, which is the highest complement I can give.

“U Shld Be Here” has Don in her $lugged out soul vibes. This is that one you put on for tha late night creep. My favorite part of a Don Rock beat are her drops, “babyyyyyy”.

The “For U” Sade track hit me right in my heart. Anytime Sade is sampled or used in a track you got me, she’s a living Angel and can do no wrong.

“$lugg Luv” is back on that airy production I love so I was all for it. It’s like I’m floating in the clouds with Don Rock on the way to Astro Skate, and you know we finna rip shit up.

You know Donnie had to close the tape out with that jiggy roller rink sound. This one is gonna have everyone in the line doing all types of stunts. Shit if you can’t meet us at Cascade pretty sure Astro will do, we pullin up on the pink bus.

Personally I am a huge fan of beat tapes so when I heard the $lugg founder dropped a new tape for all the $luggs I had to do a write up. Really hype for whatever project Donnie has up next for the set.