DON’T SLEEP: King I Divine “Making A Beat On An MPC 1000” [BEAT VIDEO]
King I Divine gets down on the MPC 1000 and makes a beat for the upcoming ScienZe x King I Divine EP that drops on March 13th, 2012. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: BENJAMIN ONE “Mars Maschine (Live routine)” [BEAT VIDEO]
Here’s a new live routine beat video from Benjamin One called “Mars Maschine”. This may be the first time I’ve seen Benjamin One get busy on a Native Instruments Maschine. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Mr. J.Medeiros f/Giannina Ashe “Pale Blue Dot” (prod. by Stro Elliot) [SINGLE]
This is the Stro Elliot produced lead single off Mr. J.Medeiros’ upcoming release the “Pale Blue Dot EP”. I downloaded it from Hulkshare when he sent me the link earlier (which had cover art & extras included in the download) but now I see it has a Bandcamp link so I can make a post out of it. Note to cats that send out mp3’s to blogs randomly. Have a presentation ready complete with cover art of some kind and a SoundCloud or Bandcamp link. Do like Mr. J. Medeiros did. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Scanz f/Selina Carrera “Take Me” (prod. by Scanz) [SINGLE]
Scanz drops his new single complete with variant cover art courtesy of the homie FWMJ called “Take Me”. “Take Me” features Selina Carrera and produced by Scanz. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Pete Cannon “Outlook Festival 2012 Competition Entry” (prod. by Pete Cannon) [INSTRUMENTAL]
My dude Pete Cannon with another monster beat he submitted for the Outlook Festival Competition G-Technology x Novation are holding. This is raw. Don’t sleep…
DON’T SLEEP: Katrah-Quey “A Mind With No Ceiling” [BEAT TAPE]
Katrah-Quey dropped a new beat tape called “A Mind With No Ceiling”. The jawn features a couple of vocal performances from Mackenzie Gainey plus some bars from Noir on the track “Brother”. All of these beats were previously recorded onto cassette thus giving it a real beat tape sound quality and aesthetic. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Wax Poetics x Induce “Miami Boogie Gems” [MIX]
Induce did a mix of classic Soul Disco/Boogie Funk out of Miami from the mid 70’s to the early 80’s called “Miami Boogie Gems” for the good people at Wax Poetics. This is a 50 minute mix of of some unadulterated Funk. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Will Sessions “Mix Takes” [NEW PROJECT]
Will Sessions “Mix Takes” vinyl dropped earlier on Fat Beats in a limited capacity. Now you can cop it directly from the Fat Beats site or from UGHH and Access Hip Hop but on March 17th, 2012 it will go into wide release including being available to purchase on the Will Sessions Bandcamp. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Project: Mooncircle “10th Anniversary Compilation” [NEW UPCOMING PROJECT]
On March 16th, 2012, Project: Mooncircle/Project Squared/Finest Ego will drop it’s brand new 46 track “10th Anniversary Compilation”. The artists featured on said compilation range from Mike Slott x Diane Badié, CYNE, Sweatson Klank aka Take, Jahbitat, Robot Koch, fLako, Jehst, Beat Butcha, Long Arm, Kelpe, Pavel Dovgal, Blossom, Daisuke Tanabe, Dday One, Inner Science, Substantial, Arts The Beatdoctor, Rain Dog, Kidkanevil + Microkorg by Dorian Concept, John Robinson, Sorrow, Rumpistol, The Red Baron, Christoph El’ Truento, 40 Winks, Sina., 1000Names, DZA, Ichiro_, EAN, Tom Dicicco, Headshotboyz, Graciela Maria, Gards From KC, Sekuoia of Kilimanjaro, Sense of The Q4, Sneaky, I.V.A., Empt, John LaMonica, Mike Gao, Bambooman, Manuvers, Krts, Kwala, Soosh, Memotone, Sun Glitters, Called Understandable Souls to Szenario. You can pre-order the 4 LP vinyl from the Project: Mooncircle Bandcamp or the box compilation bundle. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Will C. x WTBU 89.3 “The Midnight Marauders Show” (2.26.2012) [MIX]
Will C. dropped by WTBU 89.3 with MaPa, Mr. Mister Bill and the rest of the crew @ WTBU Midnight Marauders on February 26th, 2012. Most of the mix consists of brand new/never heard before material featuring 7L & Esoteric, Blacastan and Boycott Blues. There’s also special versions of jawns from the phenomenonal Will C. x The Beach Boys record “Adieu Or Die”. Will even premiered songs from his next project, “Eli’s Prism,” dropping on Brick Records this Summer. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Jon Phonics x BUG “Jack Duckworth” (co-prod. by Jon Phonics & BUG) [VIDEO]
Team PIK‘s Jon Phonics had a bananas year in 2011. He dropped some of the biggest jawns of the year in his Chakra Sounds single “Bruck Out”/”The One” (which landed him a spot on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Bubblers 7 compilation) and the mix “Gutter Beats For Rapping” showcasing slaps he had available for purchase on the Producers I Know Bandcamp.
Jon’s new project is the “Grid Games EP” which first dropped on PRISM February 6th but went into wide release back on February 20th. It shows off the full range of his immense creativity and versatility, featuring collaborations with PIK’s own Pete Cannon, former team member Jeeks and BUG. It also features remixes from Kidkanevil, Pedestrian & Ghost Mutt. The digital version will include additional tracks featuring S-Type, Jaisu, SirOJ and Bobby Tank. Here’s the video for the lead track off the “Grid Games EP” called “Jack Duckworth”. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Professor Tip “Class Dismissed 1 & 2” [BEAT TAPES]
Professor Tip released two beat tapes made with MPC’s & an Ensoniq ASR-10 using MV, Logic plus Technics turntables when he was living in San Francisco and Fresno. Not only is he doing the production work but all the scratching and arrangements as well. Don’t sleep on “Class Dismissed 1 & 2″….
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DON’T SLEEP: John Robinson “MPC Beat Tape (Circa.2004)” [BEAT TAPE]
John Robinson dropped a beat tape from 2004 called the “MPC Beat Tape (Circa.2004)” that he made with an MPC 1000 he copped while working with DOOM. Here’s the tape. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Broke/ “More Jewels” [BEAT TAPE]
I went to go hear Broke/’s beat tape on his Bandcamp but I wasn’t there. What I DID find was a brand new beat tape entirely called “More Jewels”. Here it is, don’t sleep on download it before he erases it and post up another one in it’s place without warning…
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DON’T SLEEP: Sumgii “S-Drive EP” & “Daddy McFree EP” [BEAT TAPES]
Sumgii has dropped two beat tapes/instrumental EP’s in the past week and a half. The first being the “S-Drive EP” and the next dropped a few days ago titled the “Daddy McFree EP”. I listened to both back to back and ended up posting them up on PIK @ 3:15 AM, go figure. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: RookieRound “Volume Eins” [BEAT TAPE]
RookieRound is a collective consisting of 10 German beatmakers and “Volume Eins” is a 17 track beat tape involving all 10 members (Ben Bada Boom, Soul UP, Beatinyo, Beatfux, Enyo Eyeris, Robanzee, Gibma Fuffi, Polyphonx, Emrou & Pawlik). Don’t sleep on it or Germany/Deutschland. Guten Tag, bitches!
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DON’T SLEEP: Action Davis “Beats EP” [BEAT TAPE]
Action Davis “Beats EP” is something I just found it the comments box on Strictly Beats. I listen to everything and oftentimes you’ll find a gem or twenty in there before they get posted anywhere. I heard this 7 slap beat tape (the intro doesn’t count) and guess what happened next? THIS…
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DON’T SLEEP: The Boomjacks “Beats Vol. 4” [BEAT TAPE]
The Boomjacks “Beats Vol. 4” came out yesterday during my PIK one day sabbatical and I heard it last night before I went and did “On The Radio”. Good shit. 15 slaps that make you wanna slap someone. You already know what I’m gonna type next so I won’t even do it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Sango “Trust Me EP” [BEAT TAPE]
I took yesterday off to decompress from a whirlwind week but I’m back at it with the newest Soulection release, Sango‘s “Trust Me EP”. If you’ve been sleeping on Sango up until now then not only is this your wake up call but it’ll serve as No Doz for the rest of your music listening existence. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Aspect One “Balance” [BEAT TAPE]
Aspect One has dropped his highly anticipated new instrumental album/beat tape “Balance” on an unsuspecting populace of beat fanatics today. This jawn features 12 slaps guaranteed to get your head bobbin’ cuz your neck knows it’s ill. Don’t sleep on “Balance” OR Aspect One. Cop it and support those that make quality music…
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DON’T SLEEP: 7even Sun “Concretely Abstract EP” [BEAT TAPE]
7even Sun’s new release “Concretely Abstract EP” just dropped. 7 more slaps before he releases his “Abscrete” project. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Screw “Live @ BarakObamaBar” [BEAT TAPE]
Free Crates & DJ Bloodbeats have done it again. This impressive instrumental effort “Live @ BarakObamaBar” comes courtesy of Screw from St. Petersburg in Russia. The Russian Federation has some serious heat if you didn’t know (if you’ve been following PIK for longer than 3 months than you’d know that already). Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Brisk Oner “Specter Instrumentals (Midnight Ghost) Beat Tape” [BEAT TAPE]
Brisk Oner sent me a dope ass beat tape that he uploaded to SoundCloud called “Specter Instrumentals (Midnight Ghost) Beat Tape”. Here it is, don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Radius “Sleeping Wide Awake” [BEAT TAPE]
Radius recently dropped a new beat tape via Chicago’s Moment Sound Blog called “Sleeping Wide Awake”. Here was the description given on said site:
No doubt our society is complacent. Is Hollywood’s never ceasing fascination with the walking dead any wonder? Radius’ Sleeping Wide Awake is a call from a reflecting awareness – wake up. In his own words: “people are zombies ”sleepwalking” and so much going on around them is here to awaken them, they just need a change of diet. Mentally, physically and spiritually I feel music is that cure.”. In essence this is what hip hop has been about since the get (despite what clear-channel and mainstream “you are getting sleeeeeeepy” thrust repeats would have the world believe). Knock Knock. Who’s there? Beats with swagger before “swag” became yet another example of how late pop exploitation decides what’s cool. Radius’ tracks capture a certain meditative quality that is neither ambient or new-agey, a something-a-ruther often missed in music of technological mediums. Chopped and pitched samples, vinyl static, classic breaks, steps without quantization, piercing envelopes, – all played and recorded in real time. Raw. Simply put, Sleeping Wide Awake is a hip hop instrumental album from a true head for true heads and beyond. Enjoy.
Don’t sleep…
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