On Friday, Burn Money Music dropped the latest episode in its Bridge City Cypher series, featuring some of Portland’s most talked about hip-hop talent. Since everyone pre-recorded their verses for the video, it’s not exactly a true cypher—an informal gathering in which one rapper freestyles after another—but this is one of their strongest videos yet.
Over a beat produced by Sxlxmxn, Bocha is first up, and raps about the grind with his signature laid-back delivery. Next, Naturally Grown Misfits co-founder YoungShirtMayne takes the spotlight. In his typical shirtless getup, the rapper effortlessly switches up his flow multiple times. Then MC Danny Sky—a Portlander by way of Georgia who made an excellent love letter to cannabis in “THX”—comes in with a high-energy verse where he expertly talks his shit. And Donte Thomas, who recently created the Produce Organics Records collective and dropped his new single “Magenta,” closes out the cypher strong.
Past editions of the series have included Rasheed Jamal, KayelaJ, Swiggle Mandela, RC $pitta, Scooty, Dre C, and more. Check them all out on the Burn Money Music website, and find your favorite.
