1997

Dom Kennedy serves up some visuals to accompany this Summer’s West Coast soundtrack. “1997″ to me was the stand out track from Dom’s last tape, From The Westside With Love, so it’s only proper that it gets the full video treatment.

if I don’t start seeing this on MTVU at the very least, I say riots are in order.

 

I’ve said it many times before in my writing and I will continue to make sure that it is said. Dom Kennedy has next where the West Coast is concerned. If these record label folks don’t see it, then they continue to prove again and again that they’re blind and out of touch with the industry. Never mind a rushed and oblivious XXL review, Kennedy spits raps that seem to come as natural as wearing flip-flop’s and socks in his first major print appearance.

Not to mention the fact that Kennedy seems determined to make sure the only thing that leaves his camp are quality, completed projects. You don’t see random leaks and throw away tracks on off days. If there’s a method to this industry madness, they have the recipe.

The video is a continuation of Kennedy’s laid back approach. Simple but dramatic, the video is an entrance to a larger national stage, a statement of purpose. Hard work be payin’ off but only if you can manage to just be cool along the way. I speak for the rest of the Team and myself when I say that we’ll be supporting on the journey