Naw Capella

Eminent Portland Hip-Hop Queen Sontiago's talents go well beyond spittin'. Her acapella version of Samuel James' Wooden Tombstone was a show stopper at his epic release party. Now, out of the same field comes this no-longer acapella song Like Love.

It's a collaboration between Sontiago and Darien Brahms. Feature's Sontiago's lyrics, vox and Xylophone; Brahms' instrumentation and Ric Loyd's drumming.

Sontiago says Brahms approached her after hearing it acapella and asked to get involved. And the collaboration really speaks to the inspiration she must've felt when she first heard it. It really builds into something incredibly cool.

The track speaks not only to Sontiago's concrete lyricism and excellent voice, but to the ineffable "it" that some artists have. To be able to hear a song once and develop such a clear vision for it.

Anyway, it's totally worth checking out.