DON’T SLEEP: JuSoul “Justrumentals v0.5: odds+ends” [BEAT TAPE]
Yesterday JuSoul dropped the next installment of “Justrumentals”. This edition is titled “Justrumentals v0.5: odds+ends” and if you sleep on this jawn then you don’t deserve ears. There it is embedded below. Do the right thing…
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DON’T SLEEP: Nazzy “Snazzy Nazzy” & “Ghost” [BEAT TAPES]
I ran across these two beat tapes not too long ago but didn’t post them during my “Lost Weekend/WHY WONT SOUNDCLOUD EMBED ANYMORE?” Era. Better late than never I always say so here’s Nazzy’s “Snazzy Nazzy” & “Ghost”. I hope something else drops this December, too. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: KENO x HAZ SOLO “Foolish” (prod. by Zed) [SINGLE]
KENO and HAZ SOLO teamed up over a Zed beat with Jun on the cuts to make the jam “Foolish”. It’s dope. Listen for yourselves below…
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DON’T SLEEP: ffrew “Charmed Life”, “He Is Risen”, “First Black Eye” & “At Dangerous Speed” [INSTRUMENTALS]
ffrew’s Bandcamp has 4 beats on it. His SoundCloud has one beat on it. Add them all up and you have a beat tape… *Shrug*
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DON’T SLEEP: MoTD (Man of The Downtrodden) “30Beats30Days” [BEAT TAPE]
Man of The Downtrodden (MoTD) entered into a beat making challenge with fellow beatmaker/producer Mindbenda and the end result is “30Beats30Days”. This shit is dope and I first ran across it on Beat Tape Co-Op. I had to give it a listen and DAMB. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Esbe “Sweet&Sour 3rd collection (in progress)” [BEAT TAPE]
Esbe’s latest beat collection popped up last on Bandcamper back on Thanksgiving before I started doing/eating other stuff(ing). I remember it being dope so I went back and searched for it. Yep, I was right. Don’t sleep on “Sweet&Sour 3rd collection” (even though it supposedly still isn’t finished yet)…
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DON’T SLEEP: k a y o. “***PRESS START*** EP” [BEAT TAPE]
Again, I was browsing through Bandcamper while my brothers beat each other up playing old Sega Dreamcast games on Thanksgiving. I ran across a beat called “***PRESS START***” on Bandcamp. Today I remembered it and went looking to see if k a y o. made anything else to go with it. Lo and behold, the “***PRESS START EP***” is on SoundCloud and I finally figured out how to embed SoundCloud again last night. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: P Smoov “Face Scrunchers Vol. 2” [BEAT TAPE]
This is one of those beat tapes that I found by using the Bandcamper app on my iPhone. After the 8th beat, I got off my ass and went to my MacBook to hear the rest and make this damb post. P Smoov “Face Scrunchers Vol. 2” is the embodiment of the phrase “scrunchface music”. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: IZRL Records x Forty Ounce Gold presents: On Deck Instrumentals [BEAT TAPE]
So what it took me a full week to figure out how to embed SoundCloud after it upgrade to HTML5, changed it’s options and WordPress updated? Here’s a beat tape from IZRL Records featuring 35 beats from C. Watts, Default, Red, Areeezzy, Juels, Izymon & Jonathan Tramp. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Black Star (Yasiin Bey x Talib Kweli) “You Already Knew” (prod. by Oh No) [SINGLE]
Black Star drops the Oh No (The Professionals, Gangrene) produced lead single “You Already Knew” from the upcoming “Aretha” mixtape. You can hear it via Soundcloud and D/L it directly from Black Star Hub via Okayplayer right now. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Black Star (Yasiin Bey x Talib Kweli) “Fix Up” (prod. by Madlib) [SINGLE]
New Black Star rawness courtesy of the dynamic Brooklyn duo with Madlib The Beat Konducta behind the boards. You cop either listen to it on SoundCloud on cop it from iTunes. The choice is yoooooooooours! © Dres
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DON’T SLEEP: Low Budget Crew “A Low Budget Christmas ’11” [COMPILATION]
The stakes are high but the budget is low. Here’s the long awaited Low Budget Crew holiday album “A Low Budget Christmas ’11”. The entire crew is involved with this project so DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: This Is Tomorrow “Meltdown 2” [BEAT TAPE]
This Is Tomorrow is back with the sequel to the incredible beat tape “Meltdown” called “Meltdown 2” (no Electric Boogaloo). Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Wizard “Beat Tease 4” [BEAT TAPE]
Beat Fanatic fam Wizard just dropped a brand new beat tape via YouTube called “Beat Tease 4” featuring many beats you’d recognize from being on here first over the past year. 19 new beats are cut together into a 10 minute beat reel. Hit Wizard up via DM with inquiries on Twitter @ @WizardBeats or add him on Facebook. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Bishop Lamont f/Rapper Big Pooh, Swish & Rick Thousand “It’s Over” (prod. by King Karnov) [SINGLE]
I present to you the lead single from King Karnov’s upcoming project “Black Powder”, “It’s Over (For You)” featuring Bishop Lamont, Rapper Big Pooh, Swish & Rick Thousand. You can stream it and cop it directly from the Castlehouse Worldwide Bandcamp page. Don’t sleep on this jawn…
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DON’T SLEEP: ELMNT f/Slakah The Beatchild “4A Way” (prod. by FS Green) [SINGLE]
Toronto’s own ELMNT teamed up with PIK favorites Slakah The Beatchild (on the hook) and FS Green (on the beat) and the end result was the infectious “4A Way”. You can stream it and cop it from ELMNT’s Bandcamp. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Cream Child “Parasomnia.Rmxs” [REMIX PROJECT]
Cream Child’s Ritmo Sportiva LP “Parasomnia” has ben remixed by arists such as the previously mentioned Chris△re, Bugseed, ichiro_, JOOB, Rbe, Knight One, Feyorz and Thallus. This is the kinda stuff I run across @ 3 AM. Insomnia…
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DON’T SLEEP: Chris △re “the p△st is nøw” [BEAT TAPE]
Chris △re dropped a new project called “the p△st is nøw” today that you bastards all need to hear. It’s off the wall like Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones & Rod Temperton for real. Don’t sleep. I don’t…
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DON’T SLEEP: Ciph Barker “Freeze” (prod. by Lockheat) [SINGLE]
Malkovich STAYS bringing the heat outta the Netherlands. The latest jawn comes from Ciph Barker. “Freeze” was produced by Lockheat and it bangs. Fuck you waiting on? Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: SKYWLKR “Blueberry Cough” [BEAT TAPE]
SKYWLKR dropped a 47 slap physical beat tape (as in a cassette tape) called “Blueberry Cough” with all the beats that he didn’t put on “Strawberry Cough”. This shit is hella raw. Cop it now as it’s only $5 and they’re in limited supply. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: SONNYJIM “Tall Poppy Syndrome EP” [NEW PROJECT]
SONNYJIM x Elaquent =”Tall Poppy Syndome”. Add to the mix an Elaquent remix to “Awwwwshit” and you have the “Tall Poppy Syndrome EP”. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Question “Kush” (prod. by Question) [INSTRUMENTAL]
Question of Analogue Studies/Mellow Orange Records just dropped this new instrumental called “Kush” yesterday. It’s below. Enjoy…
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DON’T SLEEP: AstroLogical “FLUX EP” [BEAT TAPE]
AstroLogical “FLUX EP” dropped a few days ago. Here it is. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Wizard x Jack Flash f/ApaTight “Fizunk” (co-prod. by Wizard, Jack Flash & ApaTight) [INSTRUMENTAL]
Wizard x Jack Flash’s “Progression” will drop soon but in the meantime they teamed up with Team PIK member ApaTight to make “Fizunk”. It leads off with a classic Snoop quote from “The Wire” so check it out here. Don’t sleep…
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