DON’T SLEEP: Jay Electronica “The Making Of Act II” [VIDEO]
The people want “Act II: Patents Of Nobility”. Jay Electronica has insisted that it was coming but it wasn’t ready yet last year when he played some unfinished tracks for a few of his people. Angela Yee told me it wasn’t ready but big things were in the works when I asked her about it last year. Then Jay Electronica signed with Roc Nation and his original plans to release a project via his Dogon Society/Decon imprint were up in the air. According to Just Blaze the plan will move forward but it just needs to be adjusted. In any event, Jay travels to Africa & records a track for the long awaited project. This clip features the vocalist LaTonya Givens. Jay said it’s coming. It’s coming. Stay tuned. ARE YOU WATCHING CLOSELY?
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DON’T SLEEP: Aeon “Beta Max” [INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Aeon, who many of you may know from his work over the years producing banger after banger for members of the Lessondary Crew just recently dropped a new instrument project/beat tape entitled “Beta Max” that is pure insanity. Listen! © Raphael De La Ghetto
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DON’T SLEEP: Abjo “The Late Show” & “TurnItUp!” [FREE INSTRUMENTAL PROJECTS]
The homie Abjo dropped “The Late Show” via The Soul Dojo a while back & it’s been in my iPod Touch for about a month but he turns around and drops another damb project called “TurnItUp!” a few days ago. You need these in your lives if you claim to be a beathead. Enjoy yo’ self! © Dave Chapelle as Rick James
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DON’T SLEEP: Myke Forte “Zodiac: Virgo” [FREE BEAT TAPE]
Myke Forte is back after taking an online hiatus and upon his glorious return he hath bestowed us all with his newest beat tape “Zodiac: Virgo”. This shit is hotter than Andy Allo. Well, maybe as hot as. Juslisten © Musiq Soulchild
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DON’T SLEEP: Floyd The Locsmif “Interludez And Essentialz” [NEW INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Floyd The Locsmif first came to my attention back when my old partner in rhyme Vanguard did work on O.C.’s “Starchild” LP for Grit Records and Floyd The Locsmif was also one of the producers on the project. Since then he’s become a favorite producer of mine and his “Divine Dezignz” series and remix albums are the stuff of legend. As we wait for “Divine Dezignz #3: Dirty Canvas” to drop, Locsmif blesses heads with “Interludez And Essentialz” via Bandcamp. Cop it.
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DON’T SLEEP: Knxwledge “Mango EP” [INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Philly representative & Klipm0dian Knxwldge blessed the internets with a new EP via Love On The Beat. What we end of with is the “Mango EP”. Go get you some.
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DON’T SLEEP: Denmark Vessey (Crown Nation) “Work To Do” [VIDEO]
Denmark Vessey sent me two songs last year, “Work To Do” & “Mufuckin’ Ass”. Both songs premiered back last December as exclusives on The Scrunchface Show. Here is the video for “Work To Do” and stay tuned to Crown Nation.
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DON’T SLEEP: School Of Sharks (MarQ Spekt x H.P. Capone x Lex Boogie From The Bronx) [LINKS]
The collective known as School Of Sharks has been making it’s bloggerverse rounds as of late with no posts from me. This needs to stop. NOW. I present to you all the collected works of School Of Sharks (MarQ SpeKt, H.P. Capone & Lex Boogie From The Bronx). Stop sleepin’. You’re all welcome.
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DON’T SLEEP: Dumbtron (Willie Evans Jr. x Paten Locke) “Stay Classy (Live Version)” [VIDEO]
Willie Evans Jr. & Paten Locke of the group Asamov/The AB’s are both two of my favorite emcee/producers hands down. As Dumbtron they still make music as well as do broadcasts from their site The Nerdy South. New shit coming soon from High Water Music. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Blackberry Jones f/yU of Diamond District “The LifeLine” (Installment 1) [VIDEO]
Back in December 2009, on Rappers I Know I saw a video of BlackBerry Jones do some of the illest chops I seen live in recent memory. He’s back at it but this time he’s pulled the lyricist yU of Diamond District fame (“In The Ruff” & “Before Taxes”) to spit over his creation. The result is illmatic. If you want to keep up with Blackberry Jones follow him on Twitter. Installment 2 soon come…
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DON’T SLEEP: Ron Dance x Nameless “Flidelphia: The In Crowd” [FREE ALBUM]
Ron Dance is a Philadelphia transplant that lives in Detroit. He’s a member of the group 101 with Marv Won & Ro Spit. He’s made a couple of projects that I’ve reviewed in the past. He wears vests. He has a Dominican barber on call 24/7 who has clippers and trimmers with laser mounts on them. He also has a Ustream show that I often tune into just to crack on him. All that said, he has yet to make anything I didn’t like. This project he made with Bloggerhouse favorite & Scrunchface Show regular, producer Nameless is NO different. I present to you all Ron Dance x Nameless “Flidelphia: The In Crowd”.
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DON’T SLEEP: Trebles And Blues “The Blue Note” [FREE INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Once again the good people at The Soul Dojo alerted me to this one and it’s occupied a fair amount of burn in my iPod Touch in a short time. Stop sleeping on Trebles And Blues “The Blue Note”. Enjoy…
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DON’T SLEEP: Peace Of Mind x The Beat Illz “While My Akai Gently Weeps” [PIK EXCLUSIVE/FREE INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
I first heard a track from this project months ago and I was absolutely blown away. I played it on The Scrunchface Show and the response was crazy. I played another slap from it the following week and I’m proud to announce that Peace Of Mind just hit me off with the new completed project titled “Peace Of Mind x The Beat Illz “While My Akai Gently Weeps” based around the music of The Beatles which are one of my favorite all time groups. This project is so amazing that I was late uploading it because I was listening to it so much. Real talk. Without any further ado, Producers I Know presents Peace Of Mind x The Beat Illz “While My Akai Gently Weeps”. Enjoy. One love to Street Justice, Inkster, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Flint & Detroit for all the love over the years. Don’t think for a second I haven’t noticed…
Producers IKnow Presents Peace Of Mind x The Beat Illz “While My Akai Gently Weeps” [MEDIAFIRE LINK]
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DON’T SLEEP: Apollo Brown “Never In A Million Years” [VIDEO]
Apollo Brown’s “Clouds” drops everywhere March 1st, 2011. If you didn’t know you can cop it right now on iTunes and in 6 hours you can cop it at every digital music marketplace imaginable and physical copies will be available in every store worth mentioning (shout out to the hometown spot UGHH for always holding us down). Below is a video from one of the best instrumental projects of 2011 and the newest opus from the Producer Of 2010. Fuck who you thought it was. I forgive you, now just go cop “Clouds” & enjoy these visuals below. No sleeping allowed, B…
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DON’T SLEEP: Mr. Probz “Hate You” (prod. by Beat Butcha) [VIDEO]
Dutch emcee Mr. Probz (formerly of Most Official) spits heat over the production of our boy Beat Butcha and the end result is “Hate You”. I need an mp3 of this jawn to play on the Scrunchface Show when it’s back up and running in March. Enjoy and stop sleeping on Beat Butcha & Halal Beats. For the right price he can make your shit sound fresher…
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DON’T SLEEP: Mr. J. Medeiros “Nothing Without Providence” (prod. by The Stare) [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Mr. J. Medeiros (“Of Gods And Girls”, “Friends Enemies Apples Apples” & “The Art Of Broken Glass”) has continued to make quality Hip Hop since the days of The Procussions. His latest offering is the lead single from his upcoming album “Saudade” and it is produced by the team known as The Stare which consists of himself, Stro The 89th Key & Luke Atencio. The song is “Nothing Without Providence”. Enjoy.
Mr. J. Medeiros “Nothing Without Providence” (prod. by The Stare)
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DON’T SLEEP: El Gant f/J57 & Tek “Problems” & YC The Cynic f/Soul Khan, Von Pea & Sene “More & More” (prod. by J57) [FREE DOWNLOADS]
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The next offering is from YC the Cynic featuring Soul Khan of Brown Bag All Stars, Von Pea of Tanya Morgan and Brooklyn’s own Sene titled “More & More”. YC The Cynic’s new mixtape “Fall FWD” from which this track is from drops March 1st. Both J57 produced tracks are available for download below. Don’t sleep:
El Gant f/J57 & Tek “Problems” (prod. by J57)
YC the Cynic f/Soul Khan, Von Pea & Sene “More & More” (prod. by J57)
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DON’T SLEEP: St/MiC “Solar March” [NEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM]
St/MiC is a highly respected DMV (Washington D.C./Maryland/Virginia) area jack of all trades with a tremendous work ethic and a worldwide reputation. He’s a well renowned multi instrumentalist, DJ, remixer, producer, sound engineer and emcee with a fanbase that stretches from Onancock, VA to Okinawa, Japan. He’s also one of the most selfless guys I know. I can give firsthand testimony to the many times he’s saved our sorry asses by being the technical side and the co-host of Bloggerhouse presents The Scrunchface Show.
His discography includes highly acclaimed releases such as “On My Days Off”, “Life’s Work”, “Honest Music” and “Sleeping” in addition to his lyrical and production contributions to several other projects. This particular LP “Solar March”, is an aesthetically pleasing instrumental opus in the vein of previous works from St/MiC or his work with Tha Connection or Jazz Addixx.
The blend of classical Soul music and Jazz elements in St/MiC’s production creates a final product that will appease not only the casual instrumental music fan, but the dyed in the wool Hip Hop head equally. All it takes is to hear smooth selections such as “No, Really, Listen”, “All In One”, “Rain Dance”, “Combinations”, the driving “ComboTime” or title track “Solar March” to realize this one of St/MiC’s best instrumental offerings to date.
St/MiC’s new instrumental LP “Solar March” is now available for purchase via Digi Crates Records and can be found on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Juno, Beatport, Napster and several other digital music marketplaces worldwide. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Eric Lau “Quadrivium” [NEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM]
Bloggerhouse favorite, Scrunchface Show regular and UK producer Eric Lau (“New Territories“, “Kilawatt V2 EP” & “Makin’ Sound“) recently blessed the listening public with his newest instrumental offering “Quadrivium” on Kilawatt Music. If you can hear this album and manage to still sleep on it then you must either be deaf, completely devoid of funk or a corpse. Hopefully, all three. You can find “Quadrivium” wherever quality music is sold in both digital and physical formats. You’re all very welcome.
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DON’T SLEEP: Cashis “Move On” (prod. by Vanderslice of Brutal Music) [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Former Shady Records artist Cashis has a new jawn called “Move On” produced by Vanderslice of Brutal Music. Shit’s bangin’, you’ll see what I mean soon enough. The download link is below:
Cashis “Move On” (prod. by Vanderslice) [DIVSHARE LINK]
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DON’T SLEEP: Dockmini “Beat Batch February 2011” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Producers I Know‘s own Dockmini decided to drop off a collection of 11 ill blaps for emcees or vocalists to get busy to. If you happen to like what you hear all you need to do is contact Dockmini @ dockimini[at]googlemail[dot]com for pricing and availability of said track or he can just chef up some fresh slaps for you. Remember, serious inquiries only as time is money and neither of which should be wasted. The download link to Dockmini’s latest batch of beats will be provided below:
Dockmini (Producers I Know) “Beat Batch February 2011” [MEDIAFIRE DOWNLOAD LINK]
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DON’T SLEEP: Apollo Brown “Clouds” [NEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM]
Apollo Brown had an incredible 2011 and judging by “Clouds” he’ll have a great 2011 as well. It’s already been Bloggerhouse approved and it drops on iTunes exclusively 2.22.2011 but everywhere else on 3.1.2011. This instrumental project is yet another sonic quantum leap from the man who previously brought us the stunning instrumental offerings “Skilled Trade” and “Make Do”. Mark my words, “Clouds” will be regarded as a great project years from now, trust me on this. I’m usually right about this kinda shit, after all.
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DON’T SLEEP: Aspect One “Black History” [NEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM]
It’s finally upon us! The new Aspect One instrumental album just touched down. He’s already blessed us with the incredible releases “Vibe Ready” and “Vibe Over” but now he’s out to make “Black History” with this insane instrumental project. Go to Bandcamp right now and listen to it then cop it if you like what you hear or get it on iTunes. Below is the promo video for said release. Enjoy. Don’t sleep, dammit!
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DON’T SLEEP: Kaimbr x Kev Brown “Alexander Green” [NEW ALBUM]
What do you get when you combine one of the most slept on emcees in the game with one of the best emcee/producers of the past decade from one of the illest crews in Hip Hop period? A muthafuckin’ banger, son! Kaimbr x Kev Brown (Low Budget Crew) present to you all “Alexander Green”. If you heard the LMNO x Kev Brown “James Brown” creation for “Selective Hearing 2” then you understand the potential for illness that awaits your ears.
Cop it for less on Amazon or get it on iTunes, either way just make sure you purchase it. Below I added a promo video plus the visuals for the lead single “Low Budget 260º” & one for the Roddy Rod & Hassan Mackey assisted bangathon “Army Fatigue Rap”. If that doesn’t convince you then nothing will. Enjoy:
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