Category Archives: The Life Independent™

Live from The Milkcrate, 3.29.10

Live From The Milkcrate, 3.29.10 from Milky on Vimeo.

The Milky Way closes out the night’s work with a nasty jam session from scratch….live from the band’s Los Angeles headquarters, The Milkcrate.
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Next Big Sound (feat. Chris Clarke)

Soundtrack for this post: Chris Clarke – “Serious Mystic” from his new mixtape “The Move-Maker Mixtape”
Sounds like: A belligerent monk telecasting from Planet Grime
Why you should download it: Chris Clarke is L.A. born and bred, and his faith in Los Angeles-based musicians comes across in pure mic agression. My boy is nice. DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE MIXTAPE [...]

The Songwriter’s iPad (feat. Clan Destined)

Soundtrack for this post: Clan Destined – “Patience”, from their new concept-sampler, A Story Never Told.
Sounds like: A platinum space pod fulla the best damn macaroni & cheese you’ll ever shove into your friggin pie hole.
Why you should download it: You never heard a producer-duo this nice on the mic. DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE PROJECT HERE ON BANDCAMP. [...]

Bruce Lee v. P90X (feat. P.U.D.G.E.)

Here’s some good listening to accompany the post. A dab of new music from avant-beatsmith, VJC brother and Milky Way producer/bass player P.U.D.G.E. Wonky funk from his project “One Hand Band”, available on Bandcamp.

I’m always skeptical when there’s a new health craze afoot, and P90X strikes me as no different.
It seems like a quick way [...]

The Warm Side of The Pillow

This part of the grind is what keeps me humble. But it also puts a beer en mah belly.

Every once in a while, I get called in to write something “on spec”. This usually means I have to come in and sound like some other rapper on a beat that’s a knock-off of some popular [...]