Fearce Vill: 1/3 of the Dyme Def rap tandem, an MC with flow, voice, and individual style. His solo cut on DD’s debut Space Music, “Let It Be”, was a heartful, deep-breathing standout his family and relationship I found genuinely stirring, espcially during their Bumbershoot performance a couple years back. That said, Fearce still doesn’t get the shine as an individual lyricist as much as an integral element of the double-D flightplan.

Beanone: one of the very top tier of Seattle’s hiphop makers, with more than a few local classics under his belt(Framework’s Hello World and the aforementioned Space Music both come to mind), and nuff national work on his resume. He’s an all-around bboy, with work put in on the mic, turntables, pavement- as well as cans and markers, which no doubt fueled his bold, if again underappreciated, design aesthetic. All and any accolades that Bean gets—and the real know he’s the truthiest as he himself would say—are more than deserved, but he has not yet seen the propers he deserves.

Together, they make hiphop that makes you make that face so it’s only right they form like Voltron to make YUK. “Basically me and him partnered up creatively to become YUK”, Bean spilled via G-chat, “we will be doin MASSIVE audio and video for free to promote the brand, starting with tee shirts”. This clothing line will be sold exclusively at Goods from the looks of things—and to me, things look real fuckin’ good. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.