New Music: Mackned, Dave B and Sango, Porter Ray and Tele Fresco.
First, I want to shout out the guy Spekulation for his most recent productions, his best and most effective work to date. My favorite stuff of Spek’s was his Beast Mode tribute “Bout That Action,” but his recent viral videos breaking down important local stories—just little things like the Seattle Police Department’s secret contract negotiations with Mayor Ed Murray, the city’s efforts to build what may be the most expensive police precinct in the United States in North Seattle (complemented by a $210 million youth jail in South Seattle), and the social-media gaffes of former police union head (and pistol-packing member of the Iron Pigs biker gang) Ron Smith—have quickly taken the top spot…