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Portland, Oregon / Hollywood, California artist Mike Bars recently dropped his highly anticipated, much talked about mixtape titled “16 Bars”, which is hosted by Funk Volume’s DJ Hoppa, as a free download. Consisting of 16 tracks, plus a bonus cut, Bars touches on many aspects of life such as love, personal struggles and relationships. Mike also not only raps his …

After his recent release of the swing hop single “Pin Up ‘Preciation“, Portland, Oregon’s Devin “Gatsby” James is back with his latest single titled “Just Ride”. Once again, Gatsby reaches out to Aurora, Illinois’ JCA Beats Productions to provide the soundscape for the ultimate cruising record from the Northwest to the Midwest. The video contains clips of popular movies involving …

Fresh off of his GYBU video interview with Blitz, Mike Bars drops off the eerie visual to his Halloween inspired smash hit “There Will Be Blood”. For the track, Bars went all out: making the trip from Portland down to Cali to link up with Funk Volume’s own SwizZz to snatch up a guest feature. Then, Bars shot and edited …

Blitz B had the opportunity to link up with the ultra talented Mike Bars for this GYBU exclusive interview while Bars was vacationing in Chicago recently. Check in as the fellas go into details such as Mike’s recent videos, his affiliations and his upcoming project “16 Bars”.

Portland, Oregon’s Devin “Gatsby” James links up with Aurora, Illinois’ JCA Beats Productions again to produce this Swing-Hop classic called “Pin-Up ‘Preciation”. For this run, Gatsby went the extra mile by asking Pin-Ups from all over the U.S. to contribute images for the project. And when asked of such a favor… The dolls politely obliged him by saying yes. The …

In anticipation of his upcoming mixtape “16 Bars”, Portland, Oregon’s Mike Bars puts a very clever spin on Frank Ocean’s smash hit “Thinking About You” by adding in some original lyrics and shooting a very emotional video behind it. The song deals with love and Mike’s previous relationship. Anyone that’s lost a loved one will be able to relate to …

Devin “Gatsby” James teams up with long time friend Nick Bonnicci of Bonnicci Beats and Alabama emcee Dirk LP to create this smooth and stylistic South meets Northwest hit titled “Lookin’ Back”. Nick Bonnicci has been working with Devin since he got back into the Portland hip-hop scene and has also produced other hits for the croon rapper such as …

After a buzz that took music blogs by storm, Cassow’s “Cold Winter” album was only one milestone for this young artist, immediately after gaining solid features from Detroit native Danny Brown and Harlem’s Smoke DZA. Cassow refuses to take any kind of break. Prior to showcasing his lyrical abilities over trippy trap beats, Cassow goes back to his deep story …

BabyPaul formerly of Da Beatminerz presents: “#EvG” by iLLa from Portland, Oregon. “#EvG” means “Everything Gucci”, a statement which defines the collaboration between iLLa & BabyPaul aka BpZy!! Stay tuned for the OFFICIAL “#EvG” single which will be available for purchase soon in digital stores via D.O.E./E-One Music. Here’s what BpZy had to say about the release. On behalf of …

Once again, Portland, Oregon’s Devin “Gatsby” James delivers another record that displays why he can’t be categorized into a particular genre. On this go round, he teams up with fellow spitta Rizz for the fully automatic algorithm track “Chopper City”. This song proves that Gatsby can hold his own amongst other fellow Portland choppas, a great showing from both men. …