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Hyphie-West Coast/Bay Area’s way of being crunk

usage: “this party is hyphie.”

There are certain places where music just sounds different. It’s intangible, but there’s something in the air that sound and light travel through better. After spending a week in the highest of places (that would be California), you can’t help but think about the interaction between music and illicit substances, music and nature, and music and your brain. And whether you’re climbing Mushroom Trees in Santa Cruz or cruising down an East Bay freeway with a Golden State native throwing blunts and forties at you (occupational hazard), shouting about spreading the gospel of hyphie to colder climes, Northern California is a place where music sounds really, really good. And if there’s anything California’s taught me, it’s that life is about two things: getting stoned and going stupid.

GET HIGH:

School of Seven Bells – Face to Face on High Places

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High Places-Head Spins

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Animal Collective-My Girls

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Blitzen Trapper-Furr

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GO DUMB: (with special thanks to two excellent, eloquent gardening enthusiasts)

Richie Rich – Let’s Ride

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Trakademics – Tell Me When to Go

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Zion I ft. Clyde Carson, Turf Talk, San Quinn, Casual – The Bay Remix

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