DON’T SLEEP: Lynd-oh “Calm Saturation” [BEAT TAPE]
Lynd-oh’s “Calm Saturation” is the latest release from Singapore based label Darker Than Wax and it BANGS like Jehovah’s Witnesses on the doors of the unresponsive…
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DON’T SLEEP: Esbe “Late Night Headphones Vol. 3” [BEAT TAPE]
Esbe’s “Late Night Headphones Vol. 3” is another beat tape you all need in your lives. You know what I’m going to type next…
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DON’T SLEEP: Ikabod Bum “Raw Data Chips” & “Rise Of The IkaBots” [COMPILATION/BEAT TAPES]
Ikabod Bum’s “Raw Data Chips” is a compilation/beat tape featuring slaps from Shon J, 4th Dimension, IonthePrize, K Pizzle, Coco KaKnuckles, Ewokietalkie, ScaleZ, Gloam, Drew James, One Werd, Poindexta, Dan Status & Krikit Boi. “Rise Of The IkaBots” is an ill solo beat tape so don’t sleep on either…
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DON’T SLEEP: Samuel Truth “Veritas” [BEAT TAPE]
Samuel Truth’s re-up to “Past Tense” dropped a few days back. It’s called “Veritas” and if you sleep on it I hope someone steals your WiFi signal…
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DON’T SLEEP: ZedIKa “Beat Tape / Volume One” [BEAT TAPE]
ZedIKa “Beat Tape / Volume One” is yet another beat tape you need to not sleep on. I got a few more before I step off for the night…
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DON’T SLEEP: Wizard “Chill Pill 4 ” [BEAT TAPE]
Beat Fanatic fam Wizard teamed up with our friends over @ EATGood Records to release the newest edition of his “Chill Pill” beat tape series commercially. “Chill Pill 4” features appearances from Jack Flash, Konchis, Kosyne, Scizzahz and PIK fam ApaTight. You can cop “Chill Pill 4” from UK iTunes, UK Amazon & Juno. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Locotes & DJ MVP “Jazzilator” [BEAT TAPE]
Locotes & DJ MVP’s “Jazzilator” is a 16 minute beat tape made with an SP 303 & two turntables that you’d better not sleep on…
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DON’T SLEEP: AbJo “The Abjonian Suite” [BEAT TAPE]
AbJo teamed up with Potholes Music to release a dope ass 34 minute beat tape titled “The Abjonian Suite”. This jawn is RAW so don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: CohenBeats “Milk & Honey” [BEAT TAPE]
Raw Tapes’ latest beat tape is “Milk & Honey” from CohenBeats where he pored through Isreali records from the 60’s to the 80’s and used them as sample sources over 27 slaps. Don’t sleep on this…
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DON’T SLEEP: Fonetik Simbol “mem.O.rees EP” [BEAT TAPE]
Fonetik Simbol dropped a new beat tape this morning called “mem.O.rees EP”. You already know the damb drill…
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DON’T SLEEP: Chize “SOULxGOOD” [BEAT TAPE]
Chize of SilentHand made a beat tape called “SOULxGOOD” that you better not sleep on…
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DON’T SLEEP: Jogging House “Longings” [BEAT TAPE]
Jogging House dropped “Relations” back in January to open the year and then cap it off with “Longings”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Scoop “Retroscooptive Vol. 1 & Vol. 2” [COMPILATIONS]
These compilations cover French Hip-Hop producer Scoop’s production between the years of 2001 and 2012. Don’t sleep on “Retroscooptive Vols. 1 & 2″…
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DON’T SLEEP: KING “The Logical Heat-tape (Signet.1)” [BEAT TAPE]
This KING jawn “the Logical heat-tape (signet.1)” has garnered over 1000 likes on Facebook and been around since late September but I don’t hear it until yesterday. The sleeper has awoken…
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DON’T SLEEP: XLOVE “Iced Out Reindeer” [BEAT TAPE]
Here’s XLOVE’s holiday themed beat tape “Iced Out Reindeer” with an iced out reindeer on the cover. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: SmashTales “BadDudes Nov011” [COMPILATION/BEAT TAPE]
This is last month’s SmashTales compilation “BadDudes Nov011” compilation/beat tape. I forgot about it until 10 minutes ago…
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DON’T SLEEP: Andherpackage “Drawing EP” [BEAT TAPE]
Andherpackage AKA Naoto Taguchi just dropped another beat tape last week that most of you slept on called “Drawing EP”. Stop doing that!
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DON’T SLEEP: Oudi3s “Beats.Are.My.Legs EP” & “IEIO! EP” [BEAT TAPES]
Oudi3s dropped two beat tapes this December titled “Beats.Are.My.Legs” & “IEIO! EP”. Do me a favor and don’t sleep on them. Also, if you run a beat culture/beat tape site and you don’t actively go out & look for projects/beat tapes as opposed to just sit on your ass waiting for them to appear in your inboxes then you’re doing this all completely wrong…
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DON’T SLEEP: SNK∆ “R3FR3SH” [BEAT TAPE]
Ayo, son! That new SNK∆ beat tape “R3FR3SH” ain’t to be flexed with. Sounds like an late 80’s album title from Texas, doesn’t it? “Ain’t To Be Flexed With”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Harrison Blakoldman “Opera EP” [BEAT TAPE]
Soulection has done it again, mayne! Harrison Blakoldman’s “Opera EP” is one of those jawns you just put on repeat when you’re walking, working out or driving (or in my case doing Christmas shopping in Downtown Crossing). Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Fate “ProjectBathSalts” & “Wintr” [BEAT TAPES]
Fate outta Toronto dropped two beat tapes that might be more your speed after I’ve gone the somber route. Here are “PBS (ProjectBathSalts)” and “Wintr”. Don’t sleep on either…
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DON’T SLEEP: eyo&anonyme “Mainīt EP” [BEAT TAPE]
This is Eyo & Anonyme’s dark, somber, slightly depressing sounding EP for a cold rainy morning after a shitty showing by the hometown team. There are some vocals on this as well. Just thought this fit with the tone of the morning thus far. The upbeat shit is on the way, I’m just going through this stuff early…
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DON’T SLEEP: Dakta “raindrops” [BEAT TAPE]
Dakta’s new beat tape “raindrops” was found when I checked my SoundCloud stream after the damb NE/SF game last night. It kind of represents how Boston is right now: sad, cold and rainy. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: J. Arthur “Worthwhile” [BEAT TAPE]
J. Arthur dropped this dope ass 55 minute beat tape on SoundCloud not too long ago so don’t sleep on it because it is “Worthwhile”….
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