Tag Archives: Mike Bars

It’s been five years since Mike Bars released his debut mixtape 16 Bars (and the wildly viral music video for “There Will Be Blood,” which amassed over 3 million views), but the rapper hasn’t lost his step in the slightest. To that effect, the Portland-based spitter is preparing to release his latest EP, “Desperate Measures,” an eight-track offering that is …

It’s been close to three years now since Portland artist Mike Bars released his extremely successful YouTube video “There Will Be Blood” with SwizZz, (which has since accumulated a cult following of “Barheads”, and over 2.5 million views). Now after high anticipation, the mostly reclusive PDX rapper/producer is back on the scene with his brand new visual single “Up To …

Looks like Tree House Gang’s own Mike Bars & Karess are back at it with another slick video for “Game Time”, which can be found on Karess’ previously released mixtape, “SAG: Smoov Ass Gorilla” . Also joining the festivities is Funk Volume resident turntablist, DJ Hoppa. This trio linked up last year for another of Karess’ SAG tracks, “24/7”. While Mike is …

Portland, Oregon collective Tree House Gang drop a dope cypher video that follows the vibe of artists such as Hott Headz & Cassidy. In the “Mmm Freestyle” video, we get slick bars from the likes of Mike Bars, Ajam Smajors and Karess, displaying a no holds barred approach with daunting back & forth wordplay.

Portland, Oregon’s Ellis Pink is a duo consisting of Simon Muir-Filene (vocals/ rhodes/ midi) & Connor Acott (drums/ percussion). The fellas decided to make a live performance submission for the NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest and was blessed to have the video shot and edited by Mike Bars (16 Bars mixtape & There Shall Be Blood video). The song they …

Portland, Oregon’s Mike Bars collabs with Philadelphia producer John Versace to tell a story about temptation, lust and betrayal in “Dance With The Devil”, featuring a smoothly sampled hook from pop sensation Lana Del Rey.

In the latest release from independent record label, UnBranded Entertainment, Portland, Oregon rappers Karess, Mike Bars and Thr33 of the Treehouse Gang collective showcase their sharp lyrical abilities in their first official cypher video as a group. Set to an old school instrumental, the 90’s themed cypher shows off the diverse styles of three of THG’s founding members. The video …

Portland, Oregon’s own Mike Bars is back again with an all new, self directed video with his live backing band, G-Spot, to tackle remixing Usher’s infectiously catchy, “Good Kisser”. Putting a hip hop twist on the track with the addition of some brand new lyrics and some energetic live drums, Mike Bars gives you a whole new take on the …

Looks like Mike Bars is back at it once again and this time it’s alongside Karess & Bourne Reddi as Tree House Gang on the mega infectious single “Hot”. Mike is a triple threat on “Hot”, not only is he featured on the song but he also produced the snap-back-bounce beat and directed the video. Dude’s a monster and with …

Portland, Oregon’s Mike Bars has been living, eating & breathing music nonstop since last year. His video for “There Will Be Blood” has just recently surpassed a half a million views on Youtube and his mixtape “16 Bars” has over 4,000 downloads. That being said, Mike takes to the side of fellow Tree House Gang member and homey Karess for …