SPECSWIZARD - Floyd

SPECSWIZARD - Floyd

SPECSWIZARD - “Floyd,” a 2020 self-released single.

Michael Hall is a long-time fixture of Seattle's hip-hop scene, recording under the names Specs One and Specs Wizard. (Seattle's bi-weekly alt-paper The Stranger dubbed him "the Holy Ghost of Northwest Hiphop.") He began rapping and making beats while growing up in the High Point neighborhood of West Seattle in 1979, began releasing albums in the late '80s, and made waves with his crew The Elevators throughout the '90s.

Today's Song of the Day is a powerful reflection on the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. "And if you Black, you know that this is nothing new," he raps solemnly against a wistful piano loop. Hear his musical memorial below.

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Camp Cope - The Opener

Camp Cope - The Opener

Camp Cope - The Opener - from the 2018 album How To Socialise & Make Friends on Poison City/Run For Cover Records.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22 Jan 20183min

Alyeska - Stones

Alyeska - Stones

Alyeska - Stones - a 2017 single on Unsatisfied Records.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Jan 20184min

Roadkill Ghost Choir - Classics (Die Young)

Roadkill Ghost Choir - Classics (Die Young)

Roadkill Ghost Choir - Classics (Die Young) - from the 2017 album False Youth Etcetera on Freakout! Records.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Jan 20184min

Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive

Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive

Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive - from the 2018 album What A Time To Be Alive on Merge Records.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

17 Jan 20183min

Makeness - Loud Patterns

Makeness - Loud Patterns

Makeness - Loud Patterns - a 2017 single on Secretly Canadian.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 Jan 20184min

Cut Worms - Song of the Highest Tower

Cut Worms - Song of the Highest Tower

Cut Worms - Song of the Highest Tower - from the 2017 EP Alien Sunset on Jagjaguwar.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Jan 20186min

Falon Sierra - Sprained Ankles

Falon Sierra - Sprained Ankles

Falon Sierra - Sprained Ankles - a 2017 self-released single.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Jan 20183min

Shredders - Fly As I Dare

Shredders - Fly As I Dare

Shredders - Fly As I Dare - from the 2017 album Dangerous Jumps on Doomtree Records.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Jan 20183min

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