DON’T SLEEP: KuroiOto “M.A.X.WELLNESS” EP [INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
William Ketchums, a fellow Hip Hop writer whom I known going back to the old AllHipHop.com days (back then I was PoisonousDart *shudders*) just put me onto this BLATPack members release. In it, he takes 8 Maxwell songs and flips them into slaps. Since I didn’t find this on my own and it’s not a Bandcamp link I’ll just send the traffic to MichiganHipHop.com where you can download it for yourselves. Go here NOW.
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DON’T SLEEP: Random Axe (Sean Price x Guilty Simpson x Black Milk) “Random Call” (prod. by Black Milk) [SINGLE]
Random Axe’s next single (they’re NOT leaks, people. Leaks don’t have cover art & aren’t provided in links endorsed by the artists’ own record label. Fuck outta here with that!) is the eerie and foreboding “Random Call”. As someone that’s been playing this album for months now (I’m using the original cover art on my iPod Touch) I can imagine the torture you’re all going through waiting to hear the full project. I guarantee you it will all be worth it. In any event, here’s “Random Call”. You’ve heard “Monster Babies”, “The Hex” & now “Random Call”. There’s records that are so much more ridiculous than these still left on the album, too. Cop “Random Axe” June 14th. Don’t make me track your IP addresses, find you all individually then put your grandpa into a kimura because you didn’t….
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DON’T SLEEP: Nasrockswell x Decay “Let Her Have It (Cereal Pt. 2)” [SINGLE]
New Green Llama Crew music! Nasrockswell on the beat. Decay on the rhymes. I digs this. I can’t wait to hear more Green Llama music in the near future. Don’t sleep on Nasrockswell, she’s NICE behind the boards.
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DON’T SLEEP: Samiyam “Cushion” (prod. by Samiyam) [SINGLE]
This album first got announced months ago but the official lead single has finally been announced. It’s called “Cushion” and you can hear it here. After I first heard this, I sat in front of my door waiting for the advance like Scott Pilgrim waiting for Ramona Flowers to deliver his package from Amazon.ca (Shut up, I loved the graphic novels AND the the movie). Samiyam’s “Sam Baker’s Album” drops on Brainfeeder June 28th. I can’t wait, B…
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DON’T SLEEP: Dagobot “D∆GOBOT S∆MPLER” [COMPILATION ALBUM]
This is a compilation of slaps from the entire Dagobot roster (Kwala, Sunday Morning, Dailon, NICE-ICLES, We Never Make Mistakes, A.T.T.I.C. & Jonny Quest) collected in 17 selections that show off the collected talent & diversity of the roster. You can hear “D∆GOBOT S∆MPLER” and even cop it for only $5 if you’d like. This jawn is nicer than the Huxtable children when their parents are around. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Smif N’ Wessun x Pete Rock f/ Styles P & Sean Price “That’s Hard” (prod. by Pete Rock) [SINGLE]
Smif N’ Wessun x Pete Rock f/Styles P & Sean Price “That’s Hard” is the official second single from “Monumental” which drops June 28th on Duck Down Records. WOOOOOOO! © Ric Flair.
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DON’T SLEEP: Termanology Live @ Boston Hip Hop Unity Fest 5 [VIDEOS]
I saw this live on Saturday night. Termanology & ST Da Squad backed up by Statik Selektah & DJ Deadeye. It’s like D-Tension said “978 took over the entire fuckin’ world”. Salute to Brick Records, ShowOff, ST Da Squad, Clockwork Music & Lawrence, MA. I’m hella proud of all these cats.
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DON’T SLEEP: T. Calmese “Toy Story (Clever)” & 4 Peace (Edo. G, Wyatt Jackson, Twice Thou & DQuest) “We Don’t Change” (prod. by Astronote) [SINGLES]
The next two singles from Astronote‘s “Weapon Of The Future” are T. Calmese’s “Toy Story (Clever)” & Boston’s 4 Peace (Edo. G, Wyatt Jackson, Twice Thou & DQuest “We Don’t Change”. The full project “Weapon Of The Future” drops May 31st. Be on the lookout for it. Salute to everyone over @ A Side Worldwide. Don’t sleep.
T. Calmese “Toy Story (Clever)” (prod. by Astronote) [MEDIAFIRE LINK]
4 Peace (Edo. G, Wyatt Jackson, Twice Thou & DQuest) “We Don’t Change” (prod. by Astronote) [MEDIAFIRE LINK]
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DON’T SLEEP: T3 f/Kameron Corvet “Hello World” (prod. by Young RJ AKA Seventh Son) [VIDEO]
FWMJ put me on to this one. RIP J Dilla & Baatin. Slum Village Forever. Ain’t shit else to say, B…
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DON’T SLEEP: Freddie Joachim “Dusted EP” [INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Freddie Joachim has done it yet again. This time it’s an incredible instrumental EP called “Dusted”. Goddamn, I say “Goddamn!” © Mia Wallace. Go see what the fuck I’m talkin’ about. Salute Mellow Orange.
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DON’T SLEEP: Jon Phonics “The One/”Bruck Out” [SINGLE]
Producers I Know’s own Jon Phonics recently dropped his Chakra Sounds debut 7″ vinyl (w/ a Naive Machine remix) and it just hit the Chakra Sounds Bandcamp so heads Stateside can cop it easier. Don’t sleep on this cat, he’s NICE behind the boards. Salute the entirety of Team PIK and all of our new squad members and extended family. As you all were…
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DON’T SLEEP: DJ Skully & Chemo (AKA Telemachus) “Squirrelz With Gunz REDUX” [NEW PROJECT]
Back in the summer of 2007, I remember Dissensus (a UK message board where some of it’s greatest music minds and critics alike used to meet and discuss Ragga, Drum n’ Bass, UKG (UK Garage), Trip Hop, Grime, Dubstep, Broken Beat, Funky House, UK indie rock & even Northern Soul) went insane over a compilation mixed by DJ Skully & produced by a young beatmaker named Chemo that featured some of the best & brightest of the UK Hip Hop scene. That compilation was called “Squirrelz With Gunz”. You remember how crazy heads went over the P Brothers “The Gas” LP? Multiply that by 3.
Chemo (or Telemachus) hit me up to tell me that an unmixed & remastered redux version of “Squirrelz With Gunz” dropped today with bonus tracks. There’s an embedded player just below, but if it doesn’t work (and it didn’t!) I have a backup plan. Enjoy:
DON’T SLEEP: Willie Evans Jr. “Rap Games” (prod. by Willie Evans Jr.) [VIDEO]
Willie Evans Jr. is one of my favorite emcees/producers. He’s also part of the AB’s/Alias Brothers (FKA Asamov) and 1/2 of Dumbtron with another of my favorite emcee/producers, Paten Locke. Willie is dropping a project soon called “Billy Lotion” that consists of him rhyming over flips he made of Aloe Blacc’s “Good Things” LP. This song is called “Rap Games” which flips the Aloe Blacc jawn “Loving You Is Killing Me” and the video is below. Next after that, Willie Evans Jr.’s High Water Music LP “Introducin'” drops on July 19th. I can’t wait for that. You have NO idea…
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DON’T SLEEP: Rufio “Get Up Yo! 2nd Dimension (Mix)” [BEAT TAPES]
This is a 9 minute beat mix from Rufio alongside two more beat tapes you can download from Mediafire as well. Go here. NOW.
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DON’T SLEEP: Daimyo “Self-Titled EP” & “Experimentations” [INSTRUMENTAL PROJECTS]
Justin Boland @ World Around Records sent me a track from a kid from Albany named Daimyo for Scrunchface Show consideration yesterday. I heard this track & I had to hear more. This led me to listen to everything on his Bandcamp page. EVERYTHING. You should check out his projects “Self Titled EP” & “Experimentations” keeping in mind this dude is only 18. Daimyo is a multiinstrumentalist/producer that’s been making projects since he was 15. Justin told me he uses live instrumentation, Reason, a Nintendo DS & some customized MPD controllers. Well damb!
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DON’T SLEEP: KENO x Rufio “Figure Four” (prod. by Rufio) [VIDEO]
KENO (T.U.S) x beatmaker/producer Rufio dropped “For Those Who Are Still Sleeping” back in March. Heads are STILL sleeping on it, unfortunately. Here’s the video for “Figure Four” below. Enjoy:
DON’T SLEEP: Co$$ “Spaceman” (prod. by Fonetik Simbol) [VIDEO]
This is the lead single from Co$$’ upcoming Tres Records debut “Before I Awoke” which drops June 21st. “Spaceman” is produced by Fonetik Simbol and is available for purchase on iTunes. Don’t sleep on this…
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DON’T SLEEP: Shuko & F of Audiotreats “Cookies & Cream” [INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Today, German producers/beatmakers Shuko & F of Audiotreats dropped an ill instrumental LP called “Cookies & Cream” on SoulSpazm Records. Shuko has had a quite a career making slaps for a number of your favorite emcees and he and F of the production team Audiotreats teamed together over 13 slaps to show that Shuko can do more than make the dirges of destruction he crafts for AOTP, Vinnie Paz, Immortal Technique, Rockness Monsta (Heltah Skeltah) and Rick Ross. This summer theme instrumental project can be copped @ iTunes & Soulspazm Digital market. Cop it now. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: L.A.F. “Lost And Found” [FREE EP]
DJ Rahdu @ Bama Loves Soul alerted me to this jawn last weekend. I heard it and I liked it on Facebook then I re-immersed myself into whatever rappity rap shit I was dealing with at the time. I got hit up by the group’s producer Dru Carter last night and loved what I heard so I decided to help Rahdu spread this jawn around the internets real quick. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: K*Saba “Escape EP” [FREE INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Karnan Saba is an instrumentalist/musician from New Zealand that makes hot ass beats under the name K*Saba. This amazing EP “Escape” is a perfect example, it’s short as hell (3 tracks) but it’s so damb good you’ll just rewind it and play it again right afterwards. Expect to hear at least one of these jawns on The Scrunchface Show next week. I found this on Finest Ego. Y’all need to diversify your bonds, for real…
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DON’T SLEEP: Terrence Clayton “reLAx” [FREE INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM]
This instrumental project was brought to my attention by BananaEclipse who hit me up on Twitter @ ProducersIKnow. This is some smooth, laid back, chilled out, lounge mode type vibey production right here. This is what Lando Calrissian would play in his whip when he was flossin’ in Cloud City looking for female companionship and whatnot. Good call, fam! Don’t sleep on this one, y’all: Terrence Clayton “reLAx”….
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DON’T SLEEP: Ed Cayce “Fears Of Sex And Flying” [INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM]
Ed Cayce of The Hollowz just dropped an instrumental project called “Fears Of Sex And Flying” that JC Poppe put me up on not too long ago. You should definitely check this out if you’re into eerie, ethereal, spooky sounding production. Don’t sleep…
DON’T SLEEP: Mark Merren “Last To Know” (prod. by RAIN) [VIDEO]
Extended Agari Crew fam Mark Merren also performed at Boston Hip Hop Unity Fest 5 and today he dropped his debut LP “Motivate”. This is the first video from said project “Last To Know”. Enjoy:
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DON’T SLEEP: REKS Live @ Boston Hip Hop Unity Fest 5 (5.21.2011) [VIDEOS]
Here’s footage of REKS rocking onstage during Boston Hip Hop Unity Fest 5 with Statik Selektah & DJ Deadeye on support and the entire ShowOff fam & ST Da Squad in the building. Salute Lawrence, MA!
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