New Release: Main Attrakionz: 808s & Dark Grapes II - News
Artist: Main AttrakionzAlbum: 808s & Dark Grapes IIRelease Date: Out nowLabel: Mishka
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Bay Area duo Main Attrakionz had their New York debut at Manhattan's New Museum Theater this weekend, as part of their Get Weird series. Photographer Erez Avissar was on the scene. Check out a...
View Article808s & Dark Grapes II - Album Review
The young Oakland, California, DIY lo-fi rap duo couldn't have come along at a better time, but their fourth freebie mixtape released in the past year offers an endearing voice where others simply troll.
View ArticleCMJ: Odd Future, Zola Jesus, AraabMuzik, King Krule, and More - News
Photos by Erez Avissar, Will Deitz, and Alexander Stein; Odd Future crowd-surfing photo by Will DeitzOur CMJ 2011 coverage continues with bullet-style reports and photos of sets from Odd Future, Zola...
View ArticlePhotos: Pitchfork Presents Altered Zones at the New Museum in New York City -...
Photos by Erik Sanchez and Erez Avissar. Above photo by Erez Avissar.On Saturday, Pitchfork and the New Museum presented Altered Zones, an event highlighting 2011's thriving DIY music culture,...
View ArticleMain Attrakionz Announce U.S. Tour - News
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.3325]The Oakland cloud-rap duo Main Attrakionz have announced their first U.S. tour. They'll tour down to SXSW from February to March.
View Article"Focalin" - Track
The Oakland cloud-rap duo Main Attrakionz have announced their first U.S. tour. They'll tour down to SXSW from February to March; check out the dates here. Grab the new track "Focalin", produced by...
View ArticleDas Racist's Kool A.D. Announces New Album - News
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.4301]At the beginning of the year, Das Racist member Victor Vazquez, aka Kool A.D., released his mixtape The Palm Wine Drinkard. It's April, and he's already got a new...
View ArticleMain Attrakionz Announce New Album - News
Oakland cloud rap duo Main Attrakionz have announced their follow-up to last year's 808s & Dark Grapes II. Bossalinis & Fooliyones is out October 23 via Young One. It features production from...
View ArticleWatch: Main Attrakionz Go Out to Sea in the Video for "Do It for the Bay"...
On October 23, Bay Area duo Main Attrakionz will put out their debut album Bossalinis & Fooliyones through Young One. Here's the new video for album cut "Do It For the Bay", featuring DaVinci. It...
View ArticleCMJ 2012: Main Attrakionz, Sasha GoHard, Cities Aviv, Supreme Cuts, Kool...
Photos by Ebru Yildiz; Above: Sasha Go HardThe forced consolidation of two sizable CMJ showcases-- which, in this case, created a bill overstuffed with rap acts tailored to the online crowd-- would...
View ArticleBossalinis & Fooliyones - Album Review
On the 70-minute proper proper full-length from cloud rap duo Main Attrakionz, a sound that seemed all but doomed to stagnate is brightened and reconfigured in appealing ways. Bossalinis &...
View ArticleWatch the Vintage-Looking Video for Main Attrakionz' "Take U There" - News
Bay Area duo Main Attrakionz have posted the video for their Bossalinis & Fooliyones track "Take U There". The clip's got a very soft vintage home-video sensibility that, oddly enough, recalls......
View Article808s and Dark Grapes III - Album Review
808s & Dark Grapes III comes almost four years after its predecessor, and though rapper Squadda B still drops tapes semi-regularly, Main Attrakionz haven’t released a project since 2013. That...
View ArticleMain Attrakionz Share Trippy "Dip" Video, Directed by Kreayshawn - News
Last month, almost four years after its predecessor, Main Attrakionz released new LP 808s and Dark Grapes III. Now, the Bay Area duo has shared a video for "Dip". Filmed in Oakland, the trippy clip...
View ArticlePitchfork Essentials: Back to Cali: New School West Coast Rap - Feature
After years on the periphery, the West Coast is once again a dominant force in hip-hop culture thanks to trendsetters like Kendrick Lamar, Vince Staples, and DJ Mustard. Winston Cook-Wilson details the...
View Article"Perfect Skies" - Track
It's easy to view the lo-fi, bedroom rappers Main Attrakionz through a post-Lil B lens. Their often self-produced sound follows directly in the path of the murky, muffled beats of frequent Based God...
View Article"Take 1" [ft. ASAP Rocky] - Track
You've heard "Perfect Skies", and here's another cut from 808s and Dark Grapes II, the free, Mishka-distributed album from DIY Bay Area rap duo Main Attrakionz. "Take 1" features Harlem rapper ASAP...
View Article"AC" [ft. G-Side's ST 2 Lettaz] - Track
Now here's a collaboration that makes a bit of sense: Oakland, Calif. DIY cloud rap imresarios Main Attrakionz have teamed up with ST 2 Lettaz, of Huntsville, Alabama grinders G-Side, for the below...
View Article"Do It for the Bay" [ft. Davinci] - Track
Here's "Do It for the Bay", the first single from Oakland rap duo Main Attrakionz' forthcoming LP, Bossalinis & Fooliyones, whichis out October 22 via Young One. The song features production by...
View Article"Cloud Body" - Track
The latest single to be let go from gauzy Oakland rappers Main Attrakionz' forthcoming LP, Bossalinis & Fooliyones, is the Grown Folk-produced "Cloud Body", which finds the rappers rhaposidizing...
View ArticleYoung One Records Launches With Mixtape With Main Attrakionz, Cities Aviv,...
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.4506]Today marks the launch of Brooklyn's Young One Records, an imprint of Partisan Records, which has announced Main Attrakionz, Children of the Night, and Fat Tony...
View Article"Perfect Skies" - News
Oakland-based DIY hip-hop crew Main Attrakionz recently shared this homespun, approriately ambient clip for single "Perfect Skies".[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.2691]
View Article808s and Dark Grapes II - News
808s and Dark Grapes II is a free, Mishka-distributed album from Main Attrakionz, one that finds the DIY Bay Area rap duo taking full advantage of a studio. That and recent single "Perfect Skies" are...
View ArticleLists & Guides: The 50 Best Rap Mixtapes of the Millennium - Feature
From Lil Wayne to Max B to Nicki Minaj, a look at the best free downloads, tapes, and CD-Rs released since 2000
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