100 Days of Summer | part 15

Dom Kennedy is producing really good music! Go purchase the newest work from the Leimert Park native, "From The Westside With Love II".

Download: "O.P.M." - Dom Kennedy

100 Days of Summer | part 12

Tonight... De La... Grind'n...

Download: "Grind'n" - Dom Kennedy 

100 Days of Summer | part 9

Download: "Friends.Women.Money" - Fly Union ft. Dom Kennedy

Fresh Off The Press | The Original Dom Kennedy

With a long hiatus, I am back and ready to share my insight, and new endeavours in my life. Dom is the perfect summer sound, seems right to kick off the summer with The Original Dom Kennedy (released in March 2011).

*click the album art for download

Almost a year after my favorite mixtape of all time (From The Westside With Love), the Leimert Park native provides us with another chill summer collection of west coast hiphop. Feel good music with everything you can expect and more, Dom delivers matching every beat with his mono-toned, smooth voice. Sharing stories of past, present, and future. Teaming up with some young and talented California up & coming artists (cARTer, Cassie Veggies). It's crazy that this was a stealth release; the public had no idea that this project was even underway... the production, rhymes, beats, and mixtape as a whole is on point... even every track has it's own artwork...

Here are a couple of music visuals...

You can look forward to more DOM in... From The Westside With Love II (2 weeks from today... June 28th). 

Stay tuned for a new project, I am working on...

#jussayin | Life As I Know It.

"This is it, life as I know it. It's funny cause noone else could have predicted this for me; not even myself. My dad used to always tell me "you get out of life, what you put in". I never really gave it my all until about 4 years ago. I think it takes about 5 years of constantly working at something, until you become good at it. If that's the case I'm right on time."

If you don't already know who Dom Kennedy is, I suggest you go listen to 'Future Street/Drug Sounds', '25th Hour' and 'Westside With Love'... over and over again; Until you finally understand that he is the 'now' in west-coast hip-hop; ... and the future of hip-hop. Strong words... but I will let the music make you believe so.

Check out Levi Maestro's newest creation capturing Dom Kennedy's feelings, stories and life as he knows it. Just be cool.

This video hit me it the right places. I just wanna be in his position in the future: doing what you are destined to do. I feel like I am in the right place, but "it takes about 5 years of constantly working at something, to become good at it"... I'm in no rush to perfection. Life is for learning, learn as you grow. ListenUp.

Music Visual | Locals Only

Here is the official video short-film for Dom Kennedy's second single off of his most recent mixtape: "Westside With Love". The talented creators at The Top Shelf Company shot this amazing in-depth visual to accompany his ever so talented flow.

In "Locals Only", Dom is captured in train stations waiting for a train.  The chorus being "When the train stops this time // I'm gonna catch it" it seems perfect for the video to be taken place in a train station, but if you think past the lyrics; you can understand the true meaning: anticipating the next step, and making the progression. While Dom is on the train he sits next to this beautiful woman and eventually makes small talk, and she gets his number. Although, when they arrive, she is greeted by a man; Sometimes when anticipating the next step, it changes... so work with the change and move on.



I hope you liked my 'take' on it. If you think I made no sense at all, hope you noticed the verse at the end of the video, which was not in the original track! #hype

CurT@!n$ - 2 Sports Cars Feat. Dom Kennedy

"Everybody Knows Us"- Pav Div, Dom Kennedy, Carter

I have never seen so much The Hundreds in one place hahah. I thought it was ill! Super good track, and beat (from N*E*R*D).

Tuesdays With W.I.L.T.

Since twisting the title of Justin Timberlake’s 2006 album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, to create his remarkable 2009 debut mixtape, FutureStreet/DrugSounds, Dom Kennedy has established himself as part of California’s next generation of rappers. On his latest project, From the Westside, With Love, he continues to forge his identity by repping his coast and explaining more about his upbringing in the City of Angels.

Still relatively new to the game, Kennedy begins by reintroducing himself. On the low-key intro, “In Memory Of,” he breaks down his rap persona and loftily compares his style to hip-hop royalty. “I don’t know a nigga that could scribe like this,” he raps, “and you ain’t probably heard nothin’ since Tribe like this.” On the sparsely-produced “1997,” he recalls his first drink, his first love and, most importantly, the first time he realized he had skills on the mic.

Unfortunately, towards the middle of the mixtape, Kennedy gets a little too infatuated with the idea of catering to female listeners. He raps about hotel rendezvous on “The Hotels,” settling down with “the one” on “Love the Future,” and computer love on “Speaker Phone (Dial 143).” But it only results in a slight detour before the rookie returns to form on the soulful “Long Way Home,” where he boastfully explains how and why he’s been able to come such a long way in a short time. From the Westside, With Love helps Kennedy set himself up as a future ambassador of Cali. It’s more than enough to give him the right to throw up the W with love. —Chris Yuscavage(XXL)

Dom Kennedy is really doing something different than a lot of the up & coming faces of hip hop. I wasn't totally a fan of Dom when he released "Future Street/Drug Sounds"... but I get it now. "From The Westside With Love" brings a chill atmosphere to the table. Thoroughly enjoy it, it has been playing everyday for the past five days.

Download: From The Westside With Love.