This week, Jonathan Cunningham profiles Dyme Def, an up-and-coming hip-hop group looking

September 24, 2012 12:00 am
...one of the biggest buzzes generated from it all wasnaE™t in relation to the headliners, but rather Dyme Def, who commanded the room for 30 minutes of raucous, sweat drenched rap bliss.
...one of the biggest buzzes generated from it all wasnaE™t in relation to the headliners, but rather Dyme Def, who commanded the room for 30 minutes of raucous, sweat drenched rap bliss.

This week, Jonathan Cunningham profiles Dyme Def, an up-and-coming hip-hop group looking to make their mark on the Northwest’s music scene. Here, we get to see the boys pick up spares. Photos by Renee McMahon.Published on April 20, 2009

TheyaE™ll rap about you, your mom, and stealing your girlfriend all in the same verse but are comical enough with their punch lines and prose that it works.

TheyaE™ll rap about you, your mom, and stealing your girlfriend all in the same verse but are comical enough with their punch lines and prose that it works.

One path theyaE™re thankfully steering away from is exaggerating who they are at their core, or rapping about having fat wads of cash or being drug kingpins aE“ fibs that are all too common at times within the genre.

One path theyaE™re thankfully steering away from is exaggerating who they are at their core, or rapping about having fat wads of cash or being drug kingpins aE“ fibs that are all too common at times within the genre.

In reality, the Black River High School graduates are all a bunch of self-admitted aEœgoofballsaE who love to chase girls, play ping-pong, and go bowling.

In reality, the Black River High School graduates are all a bunch of self-admitted aEœgoofballsaE who love to chase girls, play ping-pong, and go bowling.

This year, theyaE™ve made a conscience effort to release a steady stream of free material via the web.

This year, theyaE™ve made a conscience effort to release a steady stream of free material via the web.

If Blue Scholars and Common Market are the cityaE™s two most exportable rap acts, Dyme Def has firmly planted itself in third place with hopes to move up the ranks soon.

If Blue Scholars and Common Market are the cityaE™s two most exportable rap acts, Dyme Def has firmly planted itself in third place with hopes to move up the ranks soon.

Panic is a concept album with all seven tracks loosely related to the current financial crisis.

Panic is a concept album with all seven tracks loosely related to the current financial crisis.

A few weeks from now, theyaE™ll be heading out on the road for their first national tour, a brief, but exposure-filled 13-date stint with New York-based rapper, Saigon.

A few weeks from now, theyaE™ll be heading out on the road for their first national tour, a brief, but exposure-filled 13-date stint with New York-based rapper, Saigon.