Seattle is known for its hipster vibe and knack for inventing new strains for already popular things. We took alternative music and made it into Grunge. We took computer technology and made it into Microsoft. Now, we’re making over underground hip hop.

The makeover started with rappers like The Blue Scholars, Macklemore, The Physics, and Common Market who took hip-hop — a genre dominated by drum beats and synthesizers — married it with old samples from vinyl, and created what we have grown to know as the classic Seattle Sound. The Seattle underground hip-hop scene is revolutionary.

The best part is that the revolution continues in the youth. All over town there are kids making beats and spitting bars in their basements. Garfield is familiar with usual teen rapper suspects Shankbone. But guess what, Garfield? They are not the only ones. If you find yourself bored on any night of the week, head down to Studio Seven and you’re sure to find a cornucopia of teens waiting for their spot on the mic. That’s where I found Brothers From Another. 

Coleman DeleonJones, a.k.a. Breez, stands 6-foot-1 and likes to spend his Sunday mornings watching soap operas on channel four with his mother.  

Isaiah Sneed, a.k.a, Goonstar, stands a whopping 5’3” and can always be found wearing a hat except for at formal dances, weddings, and church.

It was a Wednesday night. At first glance, they look like two random Lakeside 2010 kids — not exactly your typical MCs. But once they hit the stage, their music played and my view was changed. They were artists — performers in the truest form. They didn’t just stand on stage talk ing to me in rhymes, they wooed me. Since they were having fun, I was having fun — I was thoroughly entertained.

Watching them, it’s hard to believe they only started last year. It began at school. “Everyone was trying to be the next big Lakeside rappers. These two homies of ours did this song and it was whack and we were like, ‘we could do better than that,’” said Isaiah.

Isaiah, Coleman and fellow classmate Spike Anderson teamed up in the Lakeside recording studio and Brothers From Another was born.

“Our first performance was the May Day festival at school. There were like 10 people in the crowd and I was so nervous. I was like, ‘This is huge, like this is so big, man,’” said Isaiah.

“I got on stage and I forgot all my words. I was trying to play it off and then halfway through the first song Isaiah goes ‘Alright guys, we really messed up,’” added Coleman.

Since their start, their songs have gotten smoother — and so have their performances. Brothers From Another has shared the mic with Garfield senior Okoye Berry and shared the stage with Shankbone, Knowmads, Antbeezy, Inglish, SOTA, The Blue Scholars, and Macklemore.

It’s not just me who has noticed that Brothers From Another is on the rise — they’ve had nods from The Stranger. “It was hella random to me. I was at dodgeball and Paulina Castro came up to me and was like “Hey, you guys were in The Stranger” I was like ‘Oh word? That’s dope. What’s The Stranger?’” said Coleman.

With two EPs available for download at www​.brothersfromanotherbandcamp​.com and their one year anniversary around the corner, we can expect great things coming from Brothers From Another. “We’re cooking up some stuff for a big anniversary festival, which is whack cause I don’t usually do things for my anniversaries, but this one is big,” said Coleman.
If they stay on their current track, Brothers From Another seem poised to join the likes of Blue Scholars and Common Market on the Seattle hip-hop scene. If you’re curious, search them on Youtube — I recommend “Beeba Vision.”

Just in case you can’t wait until next month to see them live, BFA is on the bill for the Seattle Youth 4 Haiti Benefit Concert on Saturday March 13th at 7 p.m. at The Vera Project. Until then, hit them up on facebook and keep an eye out for Brothers From Another — they could be the next big thing out of Seattle.