DON’T SLEEP: M-Phazes “James Blake Never Learnt To…” (prod. by M-Phazes) [INSTRUMENTAL]
M-Phazes flips James Blake’s “I Never Learned To Share” and turns it into a banger. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: MUJO 情/ “COMIKAZE LIVE” [BEAT VIDEO/BEAT TAPE]
Here comes MUJO with his trusty Roland SP404 playing a selection from his brand new beat tape “COMIKAZE”. I wish he’d begin using Bandcamp as opposed to uploading them to download sites as it would make his beat tapes easier to spread. “COMIKAZE” has almost 30 slaps on it. To catch up with MUJO’s output go here. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Beyonce “End Of Time (Insightful Fondle)” (prod. by Insightful) [REMIX]
This is Insightful making a song that beatheads typically wouldn’t like into one that will be in mixes and live DJ sets for months to come. Watch! The Eight & ALORA member flipped one of Beyonce’s girl power anthems into something I’ve streamed for the past two days without even realizing what it was. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Ahwlee “Hi.” [BEAT TAPE]
This Ahwlee beat tape managed to fly beneath my radar for 2 1/2 weeks already. I was listening to this Ahwlee bump from 4 months ago someone just commented on my iPhone SoundCloud stream so I hit up his Bandcamp and discovered a beat tape I was not previously made aware of called “Hi”. I listened to it and long story short, here it is. Don’t be like me. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Rasco “Real Hot (Duke Westlake Remix)” (prod. by Duke Westlake) [REMIX]
Yeah, I know that using the heading “Duke Westlake Remix” followed by “prod. by Duke Westlake” chased by “[REMIX]” looks redundant but that’s the format I’m sticking with. Chew a bag of dick jerky if you don’t like it. This remix is bananas so I decided to post it up this weekend. Don’t sleep on Duke Westlake…
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DON’T SLEEP: Lansky “Temptation” & “Triple HHH” (prod. by Lansky) [INSTRUMENTALS]
Here are two new slaps recently uploaded to SoundCloud by the young lion named Lansky called “Temptation” and “Triple HHH”. Don’t sleep on this cat…
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DON’T SLEEP: NegroSaki “It’s The HarHart” (prod. by NegroSaki) [INSTRUMENTAL]
The homie NegroSaki comes through with the dope Whitney Houston tribute sampling one of her later jawns as opposed to her 80’s more pop oriented fare. I dig it. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Somepling “KleanEyies” (prod. by Somepling) [INSTRUMENTAL]
Somepling just uploaded a new slap to his SoundCloud page called “KleanEyies” not too long ago. I heard it on my iPhone and I knew i had to post it on Producers I Know at some point this afternoon. No time like the present. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Sir Froderick f/lacey howlind “fkkurvalentine(ruff)” [SINGLE]
I’ll be honest, this isn’t a single. The reason I categorized it as such is because I knew I wanted to post it but I simply didn’t have time to reason and agonize over what to call it. Sir Froderick f/lacey howlind “fkkurvalentine(ruff)”. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Ill Clinton “SKYWALKEN Vol. 2” [BEAT TAPE]
Last year, the homie Ill Clinton dropped a beat tape called “SKYWALKEN” that was dope but I commented that I was disappointed that it didn’t contain any audio or dialogue from Christopher Walken. Not too long ago Ill Clinton sent me an advance of “SKYWALKEN Vol. 2” and to quote Craig G “Ahh, Now That’s More Like It”. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Rise “Messages” [NEW PROJECT]
This is great, Rise “Messages” is going for only 4 or 5 GBP? This sounds like something I’d buy on vinyl from the UK without blinking. If you truly appreciate music then you’ll love this. There’s no way I could categorize this as a “beat tape”. Don’t sleep on this one…
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DON’T SLEEP: Broke/ “Rough Jewels” [BEAT TAPE]
Here’s a new Broke/ beat tape I also found by perusing my SoundCloud stream on my iPhone early this morning. I love this damb phone. Don’t sleep on “Rough Jewels”, B…
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DON’T SLEEP: Gloam “Bronze” [BEAT TAPE]
It’s past 3 AM and I’m up watching AMC’s “Comic Book Men” On Demand & listening to my SoundCloud stream via my iPhone when I hear a new Gloam jawn with the heading “new beat tape” next to it. I get on my MacBook and I see “Bronze” on his Bandcamp page. After I heard it I posted it. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Blu x Madlib “ucla” [NEW PROJECT]
Blu over 14 tracks of Madlib production for a project called “UCLA”. How long before Nature Sounds drops an actual mastered version of this jawn with different cover art as a physical release tho? Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP Sinitus Tempo “Born Legends II” [BEAT TAPE]
Sinitus Tempo returns with the conclusion to his beat tape dedicated to the OAV/series “Samurai Champloo” called “Born Legends II”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: ahnnu “dog city” [BEAT TAPE]
ahnnu dropped a brand new beat tape a couple of days ago called “dog city” I found by mistake on my Bandcamper iPhone app this afternoon. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Johnny Popcorn (Tone Whitfield x Hezekiah) “The Crow Album Preview” [MIX]
I’ve been hearing about the Johnny Popcorn project since I was writing on Poisonous Paragraphs back in the day. It’s finally gonna drop on March 20, 2012 via 3Crates Productions. Don’t sleep on this album preview mix…
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DON’T SLEEP: 1773 x Trishes f/Isis Rose “Winter’s Here” (prod. by Trishes) [VIDEO]
This video is from the Duzz Down San collaborative LP from Chicago’s 1773 and producer Trishes “The Luv Bug”. The song is “Winter’s Here” featuring Isis Rose on vocals and Trishes behind the boards. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Fonzifree x Sicsteenpads “Bootleg Karate Flick” [BEAT TAPE]
Just another beat tape I ran across on my SoundCloud stream. This 10 beat offering is a collaboration between Inkster, MI’s Sicsteenpads and Fonzifree. They each contribute 5 beats to this new beat tape titled “Bootleg Karate Flick”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Raul Supreme “PsychoDrum: Beat Tape Vol. 3” [BEAT TAPE]
Like I often do, I was perusing my SoundCloud stream via my iPhone during breakfast and I came across this insane slap from LouisDen Beat Battle legend Raul Supreme. I also saw that it was off of a new beat tape. If you don’t know it’s been quite a while since Raul dropped his last beat tape (2009 to be exact) so I ran to my laptop in the bedroom and started listening to it. Don’t sleep on this, Raul Supreme “PsychoDrum: Beat Tape Vol. 3″…
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DON’T SLEEP: CASTLE “Urfling” & “Tasting EP” [BEAT TAPES]
In the past three weeks the homie CASTLE (“Ditch Effort”) has dropped two beat tapes, the first being the 3 track “Urfling” and the newest project “Tasting EP”. CASTLE is an emcee/producer/graphic designer that you really don’t wanna sleep on. Trust me…
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DON’T SLEEP: Out Da Box TV x Oddisee “Interview Part 1” [INTERVIEW]
Out Da Box TV interviews the homie Oddisee about his origins, his role as a leader in the DMV Hip Hop scene, whether or not he prefers producing to rhyming and his views on the entire pursuit of music, etc. I can’t wait to hear Oddisee’s new upcoming album on Mello Music Group that he just recently heard the mastered version of. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: CrateStream x J57 “J57 (Brown Bag All Stars) Making A Beat Named “Aqua”” [BEAT VIDEO]
The homie J57 of the Brown Bag All Stars makes a beat on the spot of of a record picked at random for the ggod people @ CrateStream. Go get that new Brown Bag All Stars x 2DBZ jawn “The Brown Label EP”, too. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Pete Cannon “Quick Hip Hop Beat On Amiga 1200/Octamed/8 Bit” [BEAT VIDEO]
Team PIK member Pete Cannon once again goes full retard on the beats by making a slap on a damb Amiga 1200 using two beatmaking/music production programs that are about as old as the British show “The Real McCoy” our UK cousins used to watch after BET stopped airing “Desmond’s” (I went back with that one). Don’t sleep on my dude, shun! Salute to Pete Cannon. For that heat, hit him up at petecannonmusic[at]gmail[dot]com. Serious inquiries only. My dude might punch the moon on some Tetsuo shit and turn it into a beat for you to rap over. Don’t sleep…
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