Moonrise Festival

If your on the east coast, this is one festival this summer you do NOT want to miss. Steez Promo in Baltimore decided to go with a complete re-branding after last summer's final Starscape, so they've come up with the new Moonrise Festival. Last year's Starscape, despite its problems (the venue was over capacity, multiple overdoses) was amazing. They had a truly diverse lineup with huge acts such as Flux Pavilion, Wolfgang Gartner, Dada Life, and Shpongle to name a few. Moonrise, however, takes place in downtown Baltimore over two nights at Sun Park. Taking place in early June, it will be Steez's newest creation, and with the hype it's already generated, it promises to be a spectacular two nights. 

We really like Moonrise here at Growth because of its variety. Where else can you get a festival that offers rap (GZA, Hopsin), Jamtronica (Papadosio, STS9), dubstep (Excision, Datsik, Flux Pavilion), electro/house (Porter Robinson, Gareth Emery, Paul Van Dyk) to the unique sounds of heralded artists such as Infected Mushroom, Excision's new live-band Destroid and of course, the headliner, the one and only Pretty Lights. This festival is sure to start precedent for years to come. If your considering any festival this summer, don't let the inaugural Moonrise slip by. 

FRANK OCEAN

FRANK OCEAN

SPIRTUAL HIP-HOP/R&B

Frank Ocean is a one of a kind artist, and thats really an honor in this age of music. He has a very deep and intellectual side to him, but also contains a youthful and nonchalant tone. If you think you have heard of him before, you probably have; he's apart of Tyler, The Creator's "posse" Odd Future. All of Odd Future are decent rappers but Frank strays away from that notion, and reaches a higher level with his music. He's also a great role model and human being in general; not too long ago the guy wrote a personal open letter to discuss his homosexuality publicly. That takes some major balls and we commemorate him for that. Check out some free mixtapes from the link below, and download his albums off of iTunes. 

CLICK HERE FOR FREE [FRANK OCEAN] DOWNLOADS

EARL SWEATSHIRT

Earl Sweatshirt 

Chill, Deep Hip-Hop/Rap

Earl Sweatshirt is one my favorite rappers. He's apart of Odd Future, a group you may have heard about due to the more popular Tyler, The Creator. Earl is another member of the OF crew, and theres a legitimate debate to whether he is the best rapper of the crew. Some even believe him to be up there with the likes of Nas and Jay-Z in terms of lyricism. I love Earl's flow and his lyricism is definitely amazing; his use of repetition, rhyme, and flow just all combine into an incredible stream of dopeness. He recently released a new track titled 'Chum' that has some eerie piano sounds mixed with his raw flow. We've got a free download below, so check it out and enjoy. 

DOWNLOAD 'CHUM' BY EARL SWEATSHIRT