Earlier this week, we introduced you to the new live in-studio concert series out of Minneapolis, Standing Room Only. To go along with Tuesday’s performance of “The Other Side” and the three song EP, we now have another live video from the session. Check below as Murs and Fashawn get into one of the standout tracks off of This Generation, “Slash Gordan.” This jawn is hard right here and definitely has been the highlight anytime I’ve seen these two perform live, check their high energy performance below. This is the last piece of content from this session, look for the next edition of Standing Room Only coming soon.

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The homie Jake has been hard at work on a new video series he’s calling Standing Room Only, which captures the live studio performances from an array of artists when they make tour stops in his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They mix in the artists with their in-studio house band, replay the production of three of their songs and record it all for your enjoyment. For the inaugural episode, we get West Coast underground hip hop mainstays Murs & Fashawn performing a few cuts off their collabo LP, This Generation. Watch them perform “The Other Side,” (while sitting down, ironically) and  get a stream of three of the live tracks, below. This Generation is out now.

props to PIMB on the premiere

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Along with being tired of being Mr. Polite, apparently Notes To Self and Fashawn are tired of rapping in their videos as well. It’s straight whiskey, women, and stone face expressions in the new video for the “Mr. Polite” remix. Video directed by BlendedMalt. NTS’ new LP, Target Market [Recoil], is out now via Decon.

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Murs and Fashawn bring them low lows out for their latest video, “’64 Impala,” off their collabo LP, This Generation. “fuck a 600 Benz, give me a 6-4 Impala” – couldn’t agree more. Some Cali ride out music with Beatnick & K-Salaam supplying the beat. Video directed by Punit Dhesi. This Generation is out now via iTunes.

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Dag Savage (Johaz x Exile) really brought ‘em out for their EP release party last week in Pasadena. I’m mad I wasn’t in town for this one, but luckily, our peoples LA Stereo TV were on hand to capture all the excitement. Most of the album’s guest features as well as their homies in rhyme were on hand to perform including Blu, Fashawn, MED, Aloe Blacc, Thurzday, and Co$$. Watch all the performances below, including Blu & MED performing a “new” Madlib produced song off the upcoming Burgundy EP. The Dag Savage EP is out now.

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As promised, Fashawn comes through today with his long awaited tape, Champagne & Styrofoam Cups. The Grizzly city emcee comes through with 13 new tracks (16 on the itunes deluxe version) with features from Mr. MFN eXquire, TL Cross, Wiz Khalifa, Chevy Woods, and more with production from Jake One, Evidence, Exile, DJ Dahi, and more. Let this one bang, and look for Fash to drop his next LP, The Ecology, in 2013.

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Last week, Rah Digga teamed with M-Phazes and Nitty Scott, MC to let y’all know she never backs down. In case that didn’t make it clear enough, Rashia beasts the beat again, this time with Fashawn and Reks to hammer that point in. This is actually the original version while last week’s was the remix – you can get both versions on the Coalmine Records’ Never Back Down EP.

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Back to back drug reference raps (we’re not living Above The Influence over here). In case the title confused you, that’s Drug Free as in drugs for free. Fashawn hooks up with fellow weed enthusiast, Wiz Khalifa, for this new joint, “Medicine Man (Drug Free)” DJ Dahi on the beat. The song serves as the final leak off Fash’s new project, Cahmpagne and Styrofoam Cups, which will be out tomorrow.

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With Fashawn‘s long awaited project, Champagne and Styrofoam Cups, set to drop next week, he hits us with the video to his latest single, “Diamonds & Girls” featuring K-Young. I liked the song when it dropped, and it’s only getting better with every play. Video directed by Sele. CSC drops on November 20th.

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Two West Coast heavyweights have combined their talents for one of the most exciting albums of 2012. In one corner you have Murs, one of the most prominent MCs in hip-hop, who has worked with everyone from 9th Wonder to Ski Beatz to the Living Legends to Slug and so on. In the other corner you have one of hip-hop’s most exciting up & comers, Fashawn, with one of the most ferocious flows (and one of the best debut albums) released in the past five years under his belt. Combine these two rappers and you have , which is 12 tracks of unadulterated West Coast hip-hop.

The collaboration of Murs and Fashawn, while random in some ways, also makes undeniable sense. Their styles click and they trade effortless bars over production from Beatnick & K-Salaam. Okayplayer got the chance to speak with the two MCs about their new record, their work chemistry, how Brother Ali inspired Murs to take a risky career move, and Fashawn and Exile’s possible Christmas present for their fans.

OKP: How did you guys originally link up and start working together?

Fashawn: Basically Beatnick & K-Salaam and Murs, they already had an idea for putting a project together. Somebody brought my name up – I guess they were throwing names around about people who Murs could possibly do a collaboration album with. And they finally got to my name, and everybody agreed that I would be the right person. Coincidentally my manager called Murs the next day about something else, just asking for advice because we respect Murs, you know. And at the same time, Murs wanted to ask us about the album. I happily accepted. As soon as I heard the production from Beatnick & K-Salaam, I just instantly went to work. The rest is history, man.

OKP: How familiar were you with each other before you guys started working on the album?

Murs: We’d always bump into each other on the road. We actually never worked with each other before this album, or really even knew each other, for that matter. This album was really the opportunity (to get to know each other). Half the time when we were together, we weren’t even making music. We’d just hang out, and get to know each other. Eventually the music started coming, and I think that’s why the process takes so long. It didn’t feel long, but before long we were like six months in. But at the end of the process, I had a friend; it was more than just music.

OKP: When you listen to This Generation you can definitely tell you guys had a fun time making this record. How long did it take to build that sort of chemistry, to make this kind of album?

Murs: It took us a few songs to get it down. I’d say about half way through the process. I think it was better that way because we were comfortable. It wasn’t just us trying to rap back and forth.

OKP: Why did you guys decide to title the album This Generation?

Fashawn: The title came from one of the first songs that I began working on for this album. It was a song about, everything that really encompasses everything that is right now that was before us. And stuff that we hope to see growing up, the stuff that we thought would never happened. I think it’s a really definitive record. The title alone gave us the space to give you all these other stories that come from our generation.

It really wasn’t going to be called that. It was going to be a double EP, we were going to go in our separate corners. Like I was going to take seven beats and Murs was going to take seven beats. But when the title This Generation came about, it really just encompassed everything we were trying to deliver. It just evolved into something bigger.

OKP: The album has a really classic West Coast sound, what made you decide to let Beatnick & K-Salaam produce the whole album?

Murs: They (Beatnick & K-Salaam) were the catalyst for this. K-Salaam was the one who recommended Fashawn as the person I’d partner with. They were in this from the beginning. Fash was used to working with one producer on Boy Meets World and I was used to working with one person. So I think it was natural for us just to work with one sound.

Fashawn: And we didn’t have a lot of features. I think it adds to the cohesiveness of the project. We just kept it in-house. We reached out to our friends – people like Adrian and Krondon. A majority of it is just me and Murs. And it has that harmonious feel to it, not just that melodic aspect to it. When I say harmonious I mean like how the songs flows, and how the story unfolds. I think that’s why it’s so cohesive.

OKP: Was there something that you learned about one another that may have surprised you when you recorded this album? And did you guys learn any tricks or techniques from each other?

Murs: Oh definitely I learned a lot working with him. I was so surprised by how quickly he recorded the first song. How quick he came up with it, and how powerful it was, and just how relative it was to my verse. And his vocal range.

Fashawn: As far as stuff I take from Murs, I’d have to say his work ethic. His work ethic is incredible, man. There’s so many songs that he sent me that he feels that weren’t even up to par for the album, and I was like ‘are you crazy? These records are amazing.’ He sent me a lot of records, and I was just trying to keep up. It definitely made me step my game up. It was kind of intimidating working with an artist of his caliber.

OKP: Murs, you’ve been one of the most prolific rappers out, especially in terms of collaborating with different artists, how was working with Fashawn different from say working with Slug or 9th Wonder?

Murs: Ah man, it’s just traveling the globe, and they’re each different masters of different things. Like Slug is definitely a master of one style of reporting. And 9th has taught me different things about rhythm. And Fash has the best rhythm overall. He’s just really good with cadences. So I think that was what was different with Fash was his rhythm, and his hook game is just amazing.

OKP: Murs, you recently dropped the video to “Animal Style” and you played one of the gay characters in the video. Why did you decide to do that and what has been the reaction towards the video?

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