If "bass" is "sponsoring hip-hop shows" then MFT is definitely all about it. This Friday December 5 at Kismet producer Harry Otaku will present a curated show featuring local emcees Rehema McNeill, Pope Adrian Bless, Ace One, the New Wave Collective, and DJ Ninja partying on (the) deck(s). You can peep that poster for yourself, but in case you like your words copy-pastable: the whole thing starts off at 8pm, and it's $5 if you pre-order the tickets (which you can do right here), and $10 at the door. 

Rehema McNeill is sill riding the wave off her towering (especially for an EP) Davu, a word she says means simply "beginning," which feels fitting. There's a sense of unfurling on Davu, of all the different directions things could spin off with McNeill's spoken-word poetry inflected flow. Listen to the EP here and watch the brand new video for the title track below. 

Pope Adrian Bless will, as ever, bring back to my brain this summer's Neighborhood Lights, and with it, will bring thoughts of late, warm nights driving with no place to go. There is something in the way he fits in with those hazy beats that's got cracked windows and late night neon written all over it. 

Ace One is a rap game monster, devouring entire cities in a single bite. On his latest Rap Monster Redux for Strong Roots Records he proved as much with his furious diving flow careening through slick, soulful, funky beats. He recently went and did a music video in a day for his track "Stutter, Step, BANG!" with MFT's frequent partner in MVIAD madness Running Bodies Productions. Watch the video below and read Ace's Q&A about the video with Seth Johnson here. 

New Wave Collective are some serious business up-and-comers. They just dropped Soul Food recently, which is a big long slab of thick tight bass and laid back melodic rhymings. Listen to it below: 

Holding the whole thing down with his hosting abilities will be producer Harry Otaku. Otaku says the House Show name of the event is no joke, he'll be working on driving at that communal vibe throughout the night. He says he'd like for it to feel like "hip-hop shows as they started back in the day," calling it a "humble approach to hitting a big stage." Check out some of his production work below via the MFT player, and don't miss his contributions to Jay Brookinz's #GATEWAY5.