On Monday a little gem dropped in Portland, Oregon when TxE released TETHERBALL, a spicy tribute to 90’s hip hop. A flurry of great beats and tasteful lyrics; this project came as a huge surprise to me, personally. I always expect nothing less than great music from TxE, and they do not disappoint. But, this project is so creative, I don’t think fans really saw it coming. Recorded over a period of only two days, with the help of Noah Porter and DJ Celsius, this is absolutely an EP to check out.
“We are all huge fans of People Under the Stairs, Tribe Called Quest, OutKast, Del La, Pharcyde and all of the other great 90’s acts. We chose to make our ode to that era of music. Once we came up with that concept, it was all a go,” Calvin Valentine relates, about the influence of this new project. “Noah Porter was a big part of the record also. In assisting with the on-point 90’s music video and album artwork. He really killed it… I want to make sure and give credit to Celsius for making the project what it was with his scratching. Nowadays people forget how important a good DJ is to maintaining the integrity of hip-hop.”
Check out Noah Porter’s video to TxE’s track “Swing Set” below, and download “Tetherball” HERE.
As always, you can find TxE on Facebook, and of course Twitter.
