Jarren Benton loves outer space as evidenced by extra-terrestrial references from Battlestar Galactica to Outkast on the quixotically titled “A Spacesuit and a Parachute.” Lyrically, Benton has talent and he packs the track with enough wacky rhyme styles to please, even if sent from orbit. While the beat doesn’t achieve the plane of Benton’s lyrical whims, the collaboration with Aleon Craft should satisfy those who prefer their Hip-Hop a little avant-garde. Read the rest of this entry »

This Johnny Spanish guy isn’t playing around. The good people over @SMKA Enterprises sent over their latest dabbling in funky production and it just happens to be laced by none other than the up & coming Louisville slugger we’ve been entertained by all year. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a day for football, relaxing and borderline brilliant HBO programming. It’s also the smoothest joint rolled fat in the center off Aleon Craft’s The Stargazing Soundtrack. When you’re as cool as an ice cube’s sweat, a casual stroll around the neighborhood becomes a party on the highway. Read the rest of this entry »

Our friends at Creative Loafing my have said it best – A3C “is not so much a revolution as it is a renaissance” and it’s one we’ve been looking forward to for month’s now. Still, there’s always a ton of work leading up to these events that drain the heck out of you, to the point where getting there means more than just arriving. It means all the labor and hard work are essentially done lol. Read the rest of this entry »

I try not to get too excited about any musical events or traveling period. All of the pre-planning and coordinating involved usually does well enough at distracted me from the anticipation anyways. However, I fell head over heels in love with A3C rather quickly. Read the rest of this entry »

With summer coming to a close, the sounds of simmering hot dogs and perfectly executed shot-gunned beers are steadily dying off like the lightning bugs that illuminate the nighttime sky. Catching the seasonal essence, Aleon Craft and his fellow ATLiens give us visuals to his verse from the Nappy Roots-assisted “A Different World”—showing their idea of summertime fun when the sun goes down. The perfect ode to Wham-O slippin’ and moonshine sippin’, emulate Craft’s video and enjoy the last bits of the season before the first leaves drop. Read the rest of this entry »

All aboard the SMKA space shuttle. Aleon Craft has crystal clear skies in his eyes as he blasts into orbit with Mick Boogie & Terry Urban for The Stargazing Soundtrack. With crew members such as Playboy Tre, Mikkey Halsted and several other literal ATLiens, to summarize this as simply a mixtape would be a crime. It’s pure aeronautics. Read the rest of this entry »

With the final leak from his upcoming The Stargazing Soundtrack hosted by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban Aleon shows us where the draws the force for all of his intergalactic odysseys. Read the rest of this entry »

As ATL-iens Aleon Craft and SMKA continue their stellar journey—the Stargazing Tour, to be more specific—through the A, the duo drop “Brand New Day,” the latest installment from their corresponding Stargazing Soundtrack mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

You can call Aleon Craft weird, strange, crazy or deranged, just make sure you have the “dope” in front. The ingenius genius from the big bad South is lending his talents to Mick Boogie & Terry Urban’s The Stragazing Soundtrack later this artist which are mostly songs being executed live on the Atlanta Stargazing Tour as we speak. Read the rest of this entry »

Aleon & SMKA have been putting in heavy work this summer, both in the studio and performing as a part of the Atlanta Stargazing Tour. As they’re joined by visiting friends often and throughout, we get a morsel like “A Different World” as a result. Read the rest of this entry »

Oh, this new pack of rowdy ATLiens. You have to love them because they’re making music that’s brilliantly fun & cocky without being ignorant or arrogant. Aleon’s been winning crowd’s with live performances of “Donkey Kong” for a while now. Now, we have a version we can load into the whip and play extra loud. Crank the bass up, SMKA’s production deserves it. Read the rest of this entry »

Dre warned us on “Aquemini.” Bobby Ray was one of the first sustained sightings.  Now SMKA affiliated Aleon Craft, ATLien by the way of Decatur, is back with another close encounter for your headphones.  Read the rest of this entry »

Rockwell Knuckles has the potential to be the next artist to breakthrough into the mainstream in a major way. With a flow smooth as a Funkadelic bass-line and an ear for beats that would make any A&R weep from joy, the St. Louis MC is on course to have a very fruitful career that might just reverse the city’s mainstream stigma that Nelly and the like have cultivated over the last decade. His lyrical content is as diverse as his flow; his stage presence as potent as his delivery. Simply put, Rocky is the complete package. Read the rest of this entry »

Live from Mothership Decatur, Aleon Craft arrives to the third rock to bless you with some country rap tunes. Instead of bombarding you with the entire shock gamma ray, this is only the first installment of The Prologue. Produced by the almighty SMKA and a drunken appearance from Playboy Tre, AC won’t ask to be taken to your leader… Read the rest of this entry »