Bulls vs. Pistons '91 (feat. Outlaw Mel)

In Spite Of...

I WAS THINKING...

Luke EP

Bird Of Paradise

Surface Tension (Sorry I was Gone)

Offworld

Coastin' ft. Blu and C'est La

Solitaire

Rubicon

WHAT YOU GET

oddz & edz

Blue? II

Just Outside America's Test Market

3:31

U KNOW WHO IT IS

Tweedheads

Power For Destruction (demo)

Mi Chico

High Noon At Cobra Island [The Instrumentals]

Crying On Holidays

The 5 Deadly Venoms

Satyricon

Glass House

Wolf

notes // pandemic groove

Tearing up / On fire

Versace Esque (Feat. Milc & Mat Randol)

FEVER

THE GRIOT TAPE IV: THE FINAL CHAPTER

In Loving Memory...

Wolf Side

Heart In The WIld: Side A

Hermit Crab Vol. 2

THINK ABOUT IT

3D (feat. Open Mike Eagle)

University Park

blue / i'm not free

Vignettes

Eat My A**

South Of Nowhere

bustication

Shima

$100 Pasta Plates

Strictly Inglish

Free Lunch, Vol. 1: Fish

The Long and Short of It

Short But Sweet, Vol. 4

No Need Chant

Termina

Strictly Based

Free Lunch, Vol. 2: Salad

SABOTAGE

onanonanon

Damn, Can I Do My Thing?

Régine (feat. Fat Tony)

FreeLuv

Ribbons: Total Loss

Pantry

It's In Me Not On Me

BUDS (Be U, Don't Settle)

The Blackberry Song

Cut Behind- single

Tiger Milc

STAR TRAVEL (WITH BON WAVI)

blangtape vol.1

Garlic Parm and Other Flavors Freestyle (Not a Freestyle Though)

BASAMBU

The Giraffe Tape

Dying Wish

23[E]

CURBSIDE PICKUP

DA FENCE LESS

Meets Paper/Upper/Cuts

Sommelier

THE GRIOT TAPES II

Driving South

Mike Mo Raps - Demos

THE GRIOT TAPES III

THE GRIOT TAPES

SQUAD THE ALBUM

Why Are You Like This?

Weed Is Awesome

Femboy

unintended soup song

gotta blast.

BTA WORLD 64

Com Postables 3: PPS Lunches

Free Lunch, Vol. 3: Rap Ballads

summer bleeder

CARTWHEELS.

John Candy / Coastin'

These are all of my favorite releases from Portland artists on Bandcamp in 2021

DJMrMom

DJ MR. MOM'S Favorites of 2021 from PDX (Portland, OR)

Art Of Evolution

The Fantods

Needed (feat. Westside Boogie, Jasey Cordeta & Kenai)

Loom

Hoodie Season

All This Juice

Funny Money

A Charlie 3rown Christmas Vol. 1

flipse

bathtub bumps

VILLAINS NEVER DIE

TORCHER

I Just Gotta Work Harder

ALL I AM IS ALL I HEAR - EP

Reset Sunset

J.O.Y. 2: The World

BIG BELLY BLANCO

Ceviché ft. Bocha & Soop Dread

the sun is still out.

Spark

Portland, OR is a music town, but it feels like Hip-Hop, R&amp;B, and sample-based music flies under the radar of too many local music lovers. Here's a list of winter releases that I've recently purchased and enjoyed, or releases that are on my list of things to buy on Bandcamp Friday, when the artist receives 100% of the sales. In my opinion, it's our obligation as local music fans to support artists that are facing dried up revenue streams from COVID, and the best way to do that is to buy music directly from them!

A list of recommended winter releases from Portland, OR artists

PDX Bandcamp Friday // Feb 2021 Recommendations

Dura Mater

Addendums

The Master Plan

RÉGINE

Teen Gohan ft. Covi

Sensitive Creature

8:46 (Freestyle)

CATHARTRITIS

JUENETHIA

No People

Somewhere Off Alberta

22 Grams | iAMTHATiAM

Wait, Huh?

how you like them APPLES?

RECOLLECTIONS

IM TRYING TOO

Complete Breakfast

J.O.Y.

Respecognize*

Honey

BOUNCE feat. KayelaJ

Save The Planet

You Eraser

Anti-Villain Theme

Culture

Hermit Crab

I Like U

Mind Twisted

isoulazn

ATTITUDE ERA

Out Of The Blu

Transitions

2 Real

GOATMILC

COLORS [Deluxe LP]

Sweet Dreams

BLACK

Skydrone

Post-Everything

'91 BULLS VS. PISTONS

The Friends Of Eddie Coyle

Things I Whispered in The Dark (side B)

1800-FINESSE / Black Fist

Hand Me Downs

seasons // change

y'all still ain't washin' y'all hands.

High Noon at Cobra Island

EVERYTHiNG AT ONCE

MENACE (Remix)- Ft. Bocha and Glenn Waco

COCAINE COBRA

SIFTINGS

What About Us?

SocietyFreestyle (prod. SL333p)

Dream Child

Aware ft. jjjr

COMPUTER CHIP

You won't be here for long

No Sympathy

Monologues Of A Narcissist

No Clout

The 3rd iDea

FLY AWAY EP

DEAD RAPPER CLUB

DookDaGenius

Willie Lynchings (Prod. Samarei)

Sleepwalkin'

Things I Whispered in The Dark EP (side A)

2020 was a shitty year, and I hated it all, except for the music. PDX proved to me again that music is worth fighting for and believing in, especially when the stakes are the highest. ﻿ My favorite local records of the year were Omari Jazz's&nbsp;Dream Child and Parisalexa's&nbsp;2 Real.&nbsp;Omari is a super-talented producer and beatmaker that crafts intricate and gorgeous melodies with crazy beats, for a sound that is dreamy and narcotic. Subscribing to his <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.twitch.tv/omarijazz">twitch channel</a> this year was some of the best money I spent. It seems to me essential viewing if you are interested in production.So I know that Parisalexa was living in Seattle when&nbsp;2 Real&nbsp;was recorded and released, and that she just recently moved to PDX. So technically, probably not a Portland record, but I'm including it because&nbsp;I think Parisalexa's&nbsp;2 Real is as big a leap for her as Aminé's&nbsp;Limbo&nbsp;was for him. Both are strong 2nd albums that put their respective artists on a national tier and in conversation with the best music of its kind being made anywhere. It's such a beautiful record and writes lovely melodies,&nbsp;I feel like Portland needs to get hip and claim her with pride.[bryson, the alien] also killed it this year, with especially strong singles paired with L.A.-based space rockers Pioneer 11. Their single "'91 BULLS VS. PISTONS" was described by my favorite music journalist as "levitating in the robotic, futuristic, George Jetson stratosphere,” which I cannot improve upon in any way. It was pretty easily my favorite PDX single of the year. Another song "RÉGINE" had me muttering "clean hands, mask on / gimme six feet /&nbsp;walking down that street /&nbsp;got my wolf on a leash" all summer along with its weightless bounce. Another smart artist taking advantage of bandcamp with a yearly membership &amp; exclusive merch.&nbsp;Hanif Collins is a Northeast Portland legend, and he released two projects this year as bandcamp exclusives.&nbsp;The MC formerly known as Luck-One paired up with local hero/producer&nbsp;Tope as&nbsp;HANiF The Barber, their record No Clout has some of the most brutally real album art I saw this year along with a really excellent run of songs, with wise lessons imparted over impeccable beats evoking summer nights and roller skate jams. He also collaborated with beatmaker Mike Mo on No Sympathy,&nbsp;spinning yearns over soul loops and modern trap beats.One of the outstanding runs in recent PDX rap belongs to the year Milcmane had in 2020. For real, Blanco's year reminded me of Ichiro's rookie season, how every time he stepped in the box, you had to watch to see what was gonna happen. Same when MILC stepped in a booth. He started the year with a fantastic collab with producer&nbsp;Sxlxmxn (aka Stewart Villain) called&nbsp;Friends of Eddie Croyle, and the two recently released&nbsp;BIG BELLY BLANCO. He worked with emcee&nbsp;Dust as DEAD RAPPER CLUB over classic beats,&nbsp;then paired up with PDX native &amp; shit-talker extraordinaire&nbsp;blangblanglang&nbsp;for my personal favorite,&nbsp;GOATMILC.&nbsp;The insane, coked-out action movie atmosphere of COCAINE COBRA with Lawz Spoken is neck-breakingly good, and COMPUTER CHIP with Ton Be Fresco&nbsp;has some of Milc's best bars of the year. In all, it's a run that reminds me of...Old Grape God (a.k.a. Tronfucious or just Tron) undertook an artistic challenge to release an album a month last year. The <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://timetravel444.bandcamp.com">Time Travel 444</a> series is a fascinating, loose, improvised set of collaborations with all kinds of different musicians from Portland and beyond. This year, he released isoulazn&nbsp;and CATHARTRITIS, the latter of which is in my opinion is one of his high water marks as an artist. It really felt like he pulled together everything he does really well, which in my opinion is one of the most unique lanes in modern music.Jordan Fletcher's debut album&nbsp;first bandcamp single "8:46 Freestyle" was released in early June in response to George Floyd's murder by the police. His first full length&nbsp;Somewhere Off Alberta&nbsp;followed in&nbsp;August, and it was an introspective look into what it means to grow up Black in Portland. Jordan frequently performed at and participated in rallies and marches against police violence and&nbsp;in support of Black Lives Matter, and I would consider his contribution to Portland music in 2020 to be essential.It was also an incredible year of releases from Rasheed Jamal, who put out two eps and a full length through bandcamp this year. The veteran MC from Arkansas has been dropping knowledge for years, and his music was something I returned to again and again this year for perspective and wisdom.&nbsp;Illest combination of album art and soundscape goes to&nbsp;Saltfeend for&nbsp;Skydrone, the perfect music for gazing out over a gorgeous alien vista on a faraway planet where none of this 2020 shit is happening.Scooty had a really great release early in the year that I wish more people were listening to.&nbsp;Wait, Huh?&nbsp;was a really fun record was one of my favorite good mood records of the year, super catchy and bouncy. This one was also produced by Tope.Buy music! From artists directly! Especially if they live in your city!

A playlist heavy on Hip-Hop, R&B, and beats releases from PDX musicians

DJ Mr. Mom's FAVORITE PDX RECORDS OF 2020

There's a Place for People Like You [LP]

Vanna White (August Son)

MAARQUII - HeavyPetty [STYLSS049]

Most of this list is comprised of Black artists from Portland, OR that make Hip-Hop, R&B, beats, jazz, and music that defies genrefication.

DJ Mr. Mom

PDX 🔥🔥🔥