Keelay & Zaire’s album Ridin High has raised a lot of eyebrows since its release in March, but the boys have only scratched the surface of their upcoming exposure. The video for their latest single “Alright With Me” can already be seen on MTVU and is slated to run regularly in MTV’s video rotation as well as featured on MTV’s Hot Seat. Directed by Jeremy Ian Thomas, who also worked with Kee and Zee on their video for “The Times,†the video opens with a girl listening to her headphones in the park, played by Alycia Bellamy from the MTV reality series Daddy’s Girls. Enwrapped by the sonic soundscape, she continues to jam out to the joint even as Dminor appears, singing his smooth and tender verses almost seemingly directly into her ears. As she wanders through her neighborhood, crossing basketball courts and stopping to gaze at her city’s horizon, she never notices she’s being shadowed by Dminor and his effortless vocalizations; she’s too wrapped up in the song. Our girl eventually makes her way to an LA rooftop party, where she discovers everyone from the song come to life, including Phonte as he spits his flawlessly crafted verse, as well as Keelay, Zaire, Dminor, Phonte and a mass collective of other guests, all enjoying the groove of this instant West Coast classic.
The Background:
Keelay & Zaire are a bi-coastal team that operates with only one concrete rule; creating music with unlimited range. Complementing each other’s styles with precision, Kee & Zee work as a sole production machine that spawns gritty classic hip-hop, soulful R&B, and any other medium that requires an exclusive sound from the team. With Keelay out west in San Francisco, and Zaire in the east, holding it down in Virginia, the two have almost unlimited resources from which to draw talent and inspiration. In their debut LP Ridin High, the pair’s versatility takes center stage, backed up by a talented cast of emcees and singers including Phonte of Little Brother, Supastition, Blu, Cali Agents, Darien Brockington, Tash of Tha Liks, Saafir, Fortilive, The Park, Emilio Rojas, Surreal ,Slo-Mo, Mario Dones, The A.V.E., J.Fish, Jony Fraze, Whooligan, and Tiffany Paige. Keelay & Zaire’s Ridin High is available everywhere nowvia MYX Music Label.