DON’T SLEEP: The Find Mag x The Soul Dojo present Trebles & Blues “Eighth Notes” (Mixed by DJ Phatrick) [MIX]
The Find Magazine & The Soul Dojo teamed together with respected DJ Phatrick to present a mix of Trebles & Blues material to the good little beat fanatics worldwide. You can go here to peep the Mixcloud and direct Mediafire link. I would’ve embedded the Mixcloud player here but I have to switch to HTML beforehand and I just didn’t feel like it. This 27 minute mix is the shit, bro. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Full Crate “Golden Glasses” [NEW PROJECT]
Full Crate just dropped a brand new Electronica tinged EP called “Golden Glasses” via Wonderful Ear Records today. You can hear the entire project on the embedded SoundCloud page and then cop it on iTunes as well. I can’t wait for Full Crate & Mar to drop some newness on the globe, either. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Samon Kawamura “Tuk Tuk” & “Thaima” (prod. by Samon Kawamura) [INSTRUMENTALS]
Samon Kawamura (“Translations” & “Unfold”) has a new project in the works called “Thaima”, a 25 slap opus crafted from Thai source materials that’s supposedly dropping later on this October. In addition he has an ongoing series titled “Spur Of The Moment” although I have no clue what label it’s dropping on (if any), when “Thaima” will be available for purchase or where you can purchase it from (the lack of pre-order links or information is both refreshing and frustrating). Being that Samon hasn’t released a project since i was making my old 17″ PowerBook G4 burst into flames while writing for Poisonous Paragraphs this should be hella interesting. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Buff Swagwell “The Voices…” (prod. by Buff Shagwell) [INSTRUMENTAL]
It wasn’t that long ago that I was frequenting the site Hypedog Hip Hop and going back and forth with fellow Blap afficinado LuigiBo about new producers, beat tapes, instrumental albums and the magic box commonly known as the Native Instruments Maschine. Then Lu went out and copped one, spent considerable time honing his skills until Buff Swagwell emerged with the first track he’s posted up for public consumption called “The Voices…”. I dig it. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Memorecks “Downtime” [BEAT TAPE]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock and aren’t familiar with the Canadian beatmaker Memorecks or his insane beat videos I’ve featured on Producers I Know then you’d know he’s a monster of the beat scene and live performance circuit. He recently dropped a 19 blap instrumental poject called “Downtime” via Bankrush Records that you can download for free.99. Get thee to The Find Magazine and download it right now. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: HARD-OFF BEATS COMPETITION (JAPAN) [DOCUMENTARY]
While I was looking for news regarding the “1000 Yen Beats Vinyl Attack!” documentary I instead stumbled on the full HARD-OFF BEATS documentary where Japanese beatmakers/producers Tofubeats, OKADADA, フーミン (fuminggg) & いじりー (tales of easily) all go head to head digging for records and flipping samples in the spirit of the incredible beat competition documentaries “King Of The Beats” and “Secondhand Sureshots”.
I don’t understand Japanese although I’ve been watching Anime and films in Japanese since I was 9 without subtitles but you can kinda figure out what’s happening anyways. Music is a universal language. Watch and enjoy since I need to buy the “1000 Yen Beats Vinyl Attack!” DVD apparently. Also, don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Thundercat f/Austin Peralta “$200 TB” (prod. by Flying Lotus) [JAPANESE BONUS TRACK]
“$200 TB” is the Japanese bonus track from the mindblowing Brainfeeder LP “The Golden Age Of The Apocalypse” which features Austin Peralta and is produced by the one, the only Flying Lotus. Don’t sleep. Because sleep is the cousin of death…
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DON’T SLEEP: HAZ SOLO “The Lost Generator” [BEAT TAPE]
HAZ SOLO sent me this exact same beat tape in a zip file about 3 weeks ago and I’d been playing it ever since. It hit me that I never posted it up here although I’d already made my “For A Reigny Day” posts. Well, here it is. A project containing beats that used the The Lost Generation as source material. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Slum Village “The Look Of Love Remix” (prod. by Budamunk) [REMIX]
The homie Budamunk just uploaded a new remix to the Slum Village classic “The Look Of Love” on his SoundCloud page. I heard it then I posted it up on Producers I Know. Don’t sleep. Lord knows I rarely do without the aid of painkillers right now….
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DON’T SLEEP: Nick Tha 1da “Thrice A Day: Episodes 1 & 2” [BEAT VIDEOS]
The homie Nick Tha 1da’s upcoming Mello Music Group LP “Give The Drummer None” will drop soon but until then one of the best beatmakers/producers on the beltway has decided to bless us all with a series of beat videos that come under the title “Thrice A Day”. The first demonstrates his skill with an SP 303 and in the second he expresses his love for all things X-Men related. This cat was famous for his YouTube beat videos as well as his legendary showings at several DMV area beat battles over the years. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Onra “A New Dynasty” (prod. by Onra) [SINGLE]
New Onra from his upcoming All City LP “Chinoiseries Pt. 2” which drops November 15th, 2011. Onra’s “A New Dynasty” is the lead single from said album. DON’T SLEEP…
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DON’T SLEEP: Session “2020 Vision” [NEW ALBUM]
My boy Session got with Kaotiq Simfoni to drop this project called “2020 Vision” via his own GRP Music label. He enlists the help of his peoples Akrobatik, B.Simone, A.ware, Zulu Faz, Jay & Megaboy Alpha and drops a nice LP. Good to hear from my boy after he relocated to Atlanta to make this music thing happen for real. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Aspect One “Subtleness” (prod. by Aspect One) [INSTRUMENTAL]
New beat from the homie Aspect One I was going to post before I spent the last 75 minutes fuckin’ with Google trying to get my Gmail account back open. What a fuckin’ week I’ve had. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Freddie Joachim “Patterns Vol. 2” [MIX]
The Mellow Orange general Freddie Joachim has just dropped another edition of his “Patterns” mix series on his site. It includes blaps from such talented producers and beatmakers as 14KT, Dert, AbJo, Jaisu, 9th Wonder, Oddisee, Hazel, Slakah The Beatchild, Tall Black Guy, Mike Slott, fLako, Afta-1 and several selections from Freddie Joachim himself amongst others. Go HERE to download it. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Dnte “Wake Me Up” [BEAT TAPE]
Dnte’s Resistant Mindz debut “Wake Me Up” is comprised of 8 slaps that will make you want to slap the shit out of someone. I look forward to hearing more for Dnte in the near future. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Statik Selektah f/Sean Price & Termanology “Population Control” (prod. by Statik Selektah) [VIDEO]
Next Tuesday, Statik Selektah’s Duck Down/ShowOff release “Population Control” will hit both stores and digital music marketplaces. This video for “Population Control” features Statik Selektah alongside Sean Price and Termanology with a cameo from Lil’ Fame of MOP. I can’t wait for the Fizzyology LP from Termanology & Fizzy Womack either. Here’s the iTunes preorder link for the bonus track version. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Pete Cannon “Commodore 64, Ableton & MAX MSP” [BEAT VIDEO]
Team PIK member Pete Cannon is an unadulterated musical genius. As a kid & young teen I often used a Commodore 64. I had the tape drive, disk drive and a 300 baud modem before we balled out and copped a 1200 baud modem years later. Even when I spent years playing “Dr. J vs. Larry Bird” and “Omega Race” I NEVER ONCE imagined that 25 years or more later a producer across the pond would find a way to modify one into a synth for Dubstep/Wobble. Salute. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Chief x Boo “Seasons: FALL” [MIX]
Boo did the selecting. Chief did the mixing. The end result is a ridiculous blend that’s over 30 minutes long with exclusive blaps from beat culture luminaries such as DIBIA$E, Ta-Ku, Sunclef, DEHEB and even Chief himself. Enjoy the embedded link below & hurry up to download since only the first 100 people get downloads and it just went up recently. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Sylabil Spill & Twit One “Entengang EP” [PROJECT]
German emcee Sylabil Spill spits over 8 hot beats from Twit Uno with Hulk Hodn on the cuts. Two instrumentals are included for extra measure on the vinyl version which was limited to 500 copies on the initial printing. This actually dropped on vinyl and CD in Europe back in the late summer (between July and August) but I didn’t get to hear it until recently (meaning this week). You can cop and preview it from HHV and cop it on CD from there or Vinylism or Groove Attack overseas. It’s not on iTunes (maybe the German store) so good luck finding it digitally it’s for Hip Hop heads I’d recommend it if you can find it. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Nick Wisdom “Nightlines” [NEW PROJECT]
Vancouver producer/beatmaker Nick Wisdom drops the surprising project “Nightlines” on Jellyfish Recordings with vocal contributions and features from Moka Only, Solar C, AstroLogical, Claire Mortifee, Jonny Lee, Nikki Fix & Panther. Do me a favor and listen to this. Donate whatever you can and DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: rbe | bluezr “drop of water” [BEAT TAPE]
Essentially this is like a two sided beat tape via SICKONASTY. Side A features 11 slaps from rbe & Side B houses 11 blaps courtesy of bluezr whom Sir Froderick first put me onto this past summer. All you gotta do is cough up less than $6 to own this jawn. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: The Rapture f/Dow Jonez, Money Stax & Word Life “Stripes” (prod. by M Slago) [SINGLE]
Team PIK member M Slago produced the entire eye opening “Rampage EP” which consisted of bars from Dallas’ The Rapture, Dow Jonez, Money Stax & Word Life. The 2nd single from said project is “Stripes”, you can cop the “Rampage EP” from Bandcamp, iTunes or Amazon right now. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Jomac “ThoughtsThruSound: Beat Set 3” [BEAT TAPE]
The homie Jomac has dropped yet another incredible Beat Set on the masses and since he’s down with the squad I’m going to alert you all. Listen to “ThoughtsThruSound: Beat Set 3” via his Bandcamp page and hit him up for production. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Jon Phonics x Jaisu “Garfunkled” (co-prod. by Jon Phonics & Jaisu) [INSTRUMENTAL]
The homie Jon Phonics (Chakra Sounds) who’s fresh off a placement on the latest Brownswood Bubblers compilation just recently posted up some new rawness on his Soundcloud page. This particular track is a collaboration between himself and Beat Fanatic Jaisu called “Garfunkled”. It IS funky. Listen to it below then go here to figure out how to contact this man for production. DON’T SLEEP!
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