Jeremiah Jae - Seventy 8 prod. Jonwayne

What this video is

Released in July 2013 as part of the Bad Jokes mixtape — Jeremiah Jae's debut release on Warp Records — 'Seventy 8' sits at the intersection of Chicago rap sensibility and the Los Angeles beat-scene ecosystem. Jae, a Chicago native and son of jazz composer Robert Irving III, relocated to LA and entered the Brainfeeder orbit before signing to Warp, where he joined artists such as Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada. The…

Why it matters

A key artifact of early-2010s left-field underground hip-hop, 'Seventy 8' documents the creative cross-pollination between Chicago's gritty rap tradition and LA's experimental beat scene. The Jonwayne production — described by Resident Advisor as 'effortlessly cool jazz' that 'abruptly morphs into…