Omina Labs is our neighbor here on 16th St, and is one of the top recording studios in the region. J-Intell, Jae Synth and company are the production and mastering team behind some of California’s biggest hip hop artists. It’s not unusual to see Norcal mainstays like E-40, Bueno, Chino Moreno, Mistah Fab, or Doey Rock there on any given day.

Omina is also a hub for up and coming Norcal artists like Chase Moore, C Plus, and Illecism

Always bringing the debauchery…follow Illecism’s twitter HERE

Lots of things going on in the world of hip hop over the past several days, locally and otherwise.

First, I saw State Cap and DBL perform last weekend at Picnic Day…they put on a great show.

Thank thee Lawd…the Clipse blessed us with their first track off of Til the Casket Drops yesterday – “Kinda Like a Big Deal” featuring Kanye, and produced by DJ Khalil.

Check out the track at the Play Cloth’s blog. Speaking of Play Cloths, we still have a very limited amount of Spring 09 items left.

Also be sure to check out JoEL’s new mixtape, The Director’s Cut, and Chase’s new Steroids mixtape.

Bonus:

Illecism x Lucky Leftys from Illecism on Vimeo.

Watch the whole video, but the 3:00 mark is a must see.

Dear Grind Time,

Please stop making Chase battle the guys who play hacky sack in the quad.

Thank you.

Check out Chase in his element. I see you John and Solo (literally).