DON’T SLEEP: Bling47 x DJ Amir (of Kon & Amir) “BLING47 BREAKS DILLA EDITION: DJ Amir” [BEAT VIDEO]
DJ Amir talks to Bling47 about his favorite Dilla sample flip, he picked Slum Village’s classic jawn “I Don’t Know”. Visit Bling47.com, dummy!
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DON’T SLEEP: Dayggs “Fantasy (The Off Pitch)” (prod. by Dayggs) [SINGLE]
Dayggs is releasing a project on Valentine’s Day called “IV THE LVRS” and “Fantasy (The Off Pitch)” is the lead single. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Ableton x Robot Koch “Beats In The Details” [BEAT VIDEO]
Robot Koch in the studio breaking down his creative process and some of his beatmaking/production techniques. The beat he’s making in this video is called “Nano” and he just posted it up on his SoundCloud page yesterday. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: City Slick (Decay x Fluent) “The Believer” (prod. by Fluent) [VIDEO]
This is the video for City Slick (Decay x Fluent)’s “The Believer” off their album “The Money & His Fool”. You probably slept on it. You really shouldn’t have. GREEN LLAMA! Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: DJ Mentos “Field Of Vision” [BEAT TAPE]
DJ Mentos sent me the link to this one of Facebook. He’s lucky I was obeying my thirst and perusing some chick’s new photo folder at the time. Don’t sleep on “Field Of Vision”…
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DON’T SLEEP: Bilal “Free (TBG Remix)” (prod. by Tall Black Guy) [REMIX]
Here’s Tall Black Guy’s remix of Bilal’s “Free” (which Nottz originally did). It’s ill. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: 2-Hammers Productions “Organ-Ink Vol. 1” [BEAT TAPE]
2-Hammers Productions dropped this 19 slap compilation of instrumentals on Bandcamp last week. I found it in the comment box on Strictly Beats earlier today. It’s called “Organ-Ink Vol. 1 (Instrumentals)”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Eric Lau x Guilty Simpson “The Mission EP” [NEW PROJECT]
Eric Lau x Guilty Simpson’s new project “The Mission EP” just dropped today on Kilawatt Music. You can cop it from Bandcamp, Amazon or iTunes. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: PlasmaPL “Golden Puffs BeatTape” [BEAT TAPE]
Here’s a new beat tape from France’s PlasmaPL called the “Golden Puffs BeatTape” via Nemesis Musique. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: RBMA Lecture w/ Chairman Mao “Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito (San Francisco, 2012)” [INTERVIEW]
The all time greatest Hip Hop radio show of all times is the show that Stretch & Bobbito did on 88 tec 9. It was THE official backpacker’s Hip Hop radio. The opposite of commercial. All about the culture and the music. A great time for Hip Hop and radio period. Here’s the copy from the RBMA Vimeo page:
“Pioneering college hip hop radio jocks Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito sit down on the couch for an interview with rap scholar Chairman Jefferson Mao, touching down on the beauty of unprofessional radio and the joy of igniting careers for countless artists like Jay Z, Nas, and Mobb Deep. The interview took place during the Red Bull Music Academy’s ‘New York City To the SF Bay’ lecture series in San Francisco. Oh yeah, and the whole thing is also pretty damn funny.”
Go watch it there because it will not embed. DAMB.
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DON’T SLEEP: plukk.inn “Bad Habits” [BEAT TAPE]
Straight outta Cologne, Germany comes plukk.inn who offers up an impressive 12 slap beat tape called “Bad Habits” for the people dem. Donate if you can and don’t sleep on his beats…
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DON’T SLEEP: XPERIMENT SYNT “XPERIMENT SYNT VOL. 2” [BEAT TAPE]
XPERIMENT SYNT’s 2nd compilation once again features the production talents of Chilean & Brazilian producers UNEK, MARVIN MARLYN, DMN, DELOSBEAT, JOTA A ENE, POLAR & PAKSB but also JMAKER (JMKR), RAS TUNA, CIRCO INVERSO and CHAOS KID. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Rashid Hadee “Aural Sex: The Search For Pinky Tuscadero” [PROMO VIDEO]
Rashid Hadee’s “Aural Sex: The Search For Pinky Tuscadero” album will be dropping soon. This is the promo video, don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: John Graham f/Esha J “Dear Diary” (prod. by Shade Cobain) [VIDEO]
John Graham’s “Dear Diary” features vocalist Esha J over a Shade Cobain beat from his “Success In Retrograde EP”. Here’s the video for said jawn on PIK. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Shateish “I’m Leavin'” (prod. by Nottz) [VIDEO]
Shateish’s lead single “I’m Leavin'” is produced by Nottz and is released by his label Raw Koncept. If you didn’t know before, you know now dammit. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Termanology & REKS f/Dug Boogie “Live From ATL” (prod. by Tone Beats) [SINGLE]
This is another single from the upcoming “Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go” compilation. This one was recorded @ last year’s A3C festival and produced by Tone Beats with scratches done by Dug Boogie. Yes, I always the DJ who did the cuts in the featured credits. I’m from the old school so I know better than to NOT credit them. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Jansport J x Houseshoes “MoveMeants II: The Reprise Behind The Scenes: Trial & Error” [MINI DOCUMENTARY/BEAT VIDEO]
The homies Jansport J and Houseshoes play beats for each other @ Shoes’ spot and they have a discussion that spans a couple of subjects, including both of their upcoming projects. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Pete Cannon “Making Drum Breaks Harder [II] With Pete Cannon” [BEAT VIDEO]
Team PIK member Pete Cannon gives you producers and beatmakers out there tips on how to make your drum breaks harder than trigonometry in Arabic in braille would be for Webbie. Don’t sleep on my dude, shun! Salute to Pete Cannon. For that heat, hit him up at petecannonmusic[at]gmail[dot]com. Serious inquiries only. No one has any time to fuck about you fuckin’ fuckabouts…
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DON’T SLEEP: BENJAMIN ONE “Dragon Mouth” (Live MPD Routine) [BEAT VIDEO]
Here’s a new live MPD routine from the homie BENJAMIN ONE. Don’t sleep on it, kids…
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DON’T SLEEP: Gensu Dean “Forever EP” [NEW PROJECT]
The track “Forever” featuring Large Professor off of Gensu Dean’s upcoming Mello Music Group LP “Lo-Fi Fingahz” is on a limited edition vinyl EP including a remix. Cop it and get that Gensu Dean album when drops on Mello Music Group in the coming weeks. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Tut-Piece “Gold Jury” [BEAT TAPE]
This brand new beat tape from Tut-Piece just dropped today. Nice jawn titled “Gold Jury”. You already know what to do people. I don’t even need to waste any more keystrokes…
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DON’T SLEEP: OffBeatKiD “Reminiscences” [BEAT TAPE]
Russian beatmaker OffBeatKiD is back with a new beat tape. I’m pretty sure he just created a new word with this one. Listen to “Reminiscences” and don’t sleep… *Reaches for a dictionary, encyclopedia and a thesaurus*
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DON’T SLEEP: CRISO x DOPE DEE “BASEMENT BASICS Vol. 1” [BEAT TAPE]
Yet another nice beat tape that dropped yesterday comes courtesy of the left coast duo of Criso and Dope Dee. “Basement Basics Vol. 1” is full of hard, bass heavy bangers that will definitely knock in some serious speakers & monitors. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: illiad “the iLL Beat Tape” [BEAT TAPE]
Another dope beat tape that dropped yesterday I didn’t hear until late last night/early this morning is Chicago product illiad’s “the iLL Beat Tape”. Don’t sleep on it because it actually IS ill…
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