DON’T SLEEP: Knxwledge “Dry.ice”/ “Neetfeet”/”City Of God”/”Be The Same” [INSTRUMENTALS/REMIX]
Here is Knxwledge‘s Gil Scott-Heron tribute “Dry.ice” The Beat via Love On The Beat and an exclusive bonus jawn he dropped on Kenny Fresh’s Fresh Selects (FRSH SLCTS), “Neetfeet”. I threw in a Soundcloud embed of Knx’s remix of AZ’s “City Of God” followed by an instrumental called “Be The Same”. Don’t sleep on Knxwledge…
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DON’T SLEEP: Infamous Reptar “Shades Of Grey EP” [FREE BEAT TAPE]
This Infamous Reptar release is just as ridiculous as his previous Producers I Know appearance, “1UP” so I suggest y’all fux with “Shades Of Grey” as well. You can download this jawn from Hypedog Hip Hop as they had their heads on a swivel and posted it up first. Get over there…
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DON’T SLEEP: Handbook “Celebriteeth” [BEAT TAPE]
Handbook has dropped yet another another impressive project to follow up his previously well received efforts thus far in 2011. This offering is titled “Celebriteeth”, don’t sleep on it.
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DON’T SLEEP: Broke/ “Another Lost Summer” [BEAT TAPE]
Nice summer themed California beat tape I ran across a while back (probably a week or so) but I forgot I found it when I first switched laptops. I was just over @ Bugseed’s blog Independent Beatcasting & I saw he posted it. Now I know why I couldn’t find it…I kept forgetting the /. “Another Lost Summer” isn’t to be slept on so stop doing it, folks!
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DON’T SLEEP: Sonnyjim “BADUiYAM” (prod. by Erykah Badu, James Poyser & Samiyam) [SINGLE/VIDEO]
Sonnyjim spits over Erykah Badu & James Poyser’s “Window Seat” then a slap from Samiyam on “BADUiYAM”. You can stream it from his Bandcamp or you can just watch the video that’s embedded below. Enjoy:
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DON’T SLEEP: Shag “Volume 10: Identity Crisis” [BEAT TAPE]
Producers I Know‘s Shag is one of the newest additions to Team PIK (official team member as of May 13th) and this new opus is proof positive as to why I put him down with a squad featuring some of the illest up & coming producers/beatmakers in the game right now without hesitation. Go listen to “Volume 10: Identity Crisis” then slap yourself for sleeping on Shag & apologize to him. Again, if you want work from Shag, simply make your inquiries (serious inquiries only) regarding the availability of certain beats and/or pricing to him @ garsidetogo@gmail.com. Salute Team PIK (ApaTight, Jon Phonics, Pete Cannon, Dockmini, Naive, D-Man, Shag, M Slago & the newest Team PIK member will be announced July 15th!)
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DON’T SLEEP: Brooklyn Bodega x Unique Squared x Rappers I Know x Producers I Know x Sonicbids “Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Mixtape” [CONTEST]
Brooklyn Bodega, Unique Squared, Rappers I Know and Producers I Know are in search of producers with beats and instrumental tracks that can be used on this year’s Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Official Mixtape. Unique Squared will bring their mobile recording studio tour bus to the festival this July to record various MCs with selected producers beats. At least 2 Sonicbids producers will be selected for the 2011 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Mixtape.
Presented by Brooklyn Bodega, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is one of America’s premier hip hop events, and is known for giving independent artists the chance to perform alongside legends like Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, Ghostface Killah, Group Home, Masta Ace, Smif N Wessun, Lupe Fiasco (in his NYC debut), and many more. Brooklyn natives M.O.P. and Torae have just been added to the 2011 festival lineup alongside Q-Tip (and “friends”), Homeboy Sandman, Eternia, Shad, Random Axe, Nitty Scott and Kid Glyde.
Check out this video recorded on the Unique Squared Mobile Studio (shown above) @ SXSW featuring Tanya Morgan, King Mez and Skyzoo. Submit your EPK for a chance to have a featured BHF act record over your track! For more info, go to Unique Squared’s statement HERE & Sonicbids HERE
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DON’T SLEEP: Blaq Poet x Brutal Music f/Capone (CNN) “Life Of A Hustla” (prod. by Vanderslice) [SINGLE]
Blaq Poet featuring fellow Queensbridge rep Capone formerly of CNN on Vanderslice produced “Life Of A Hustla” is the latest jawn off the upcoming Blaq Poet x Brutal Music “Blaq Poet Society” LP dropping on Brick Records June 21st, 2011. Expect to hear Stu Bangas & Vanderslice of Brutal Music on with ST/MiC & myself on The Scrunchface Show this Tuesday (Yeah, we switched days again. We HAD to. Sue us…) from 10 PM to midnight. Check the new jawn out and pre-order “Blaq Poet Society” via UGHH, Amazon or FYE. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Cascade Records x Japan Rap & Beat “Sunshine Choir” [INSTRUMENTAL COMPILATION]
Bugseed first posted up the snippets of this compilation a while back but now the entire jawn is finally out. You need to get to the Cascade Records Bandcamp and check out this entire 22 slap “Sunshine Choir” project. Don’t sleep and Konichiwa Nippon!
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DON’T SLEEP: Moonsatellite “strange dimensions EP” [FREE PROJECT]
Get your ass over to Moonsatellite’s Tumblr & download his new project “strange dimensions EP”. Moonsatellite also runs one of my favorite beat culture sites on the entire internet, Culture King and is nice with the slaps & the blaps so don’t sleep.
Moonsatellite “strange dimensions EP” [MEDIAFIRE LINK]
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DON’T SLEEP: Leon “The Unseen Side Of The Moon” [BEAT TAPE]
When Hip Hop heads think of Leon, they usually envision the Black actor from films such as “The Five Heartbeats”, “Above The Rim” and the series “Oz”. When I think of Leon, it’s an Italian producer I stumbled across on Soundcloud not too long ago. He just dropped an insane beat tape called “The Unseen Side Of The Moon” on June 1st and it’s time everyone heard it. Go to Leon’s site or download it below. Don’t sleep!
Leon “The Unseen Side Of The Moon” [MEDIAFIRE LINK]
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DON’T SLEEP: Teeko “Light Up The Darkness” [NEW UPCOMING PROJECT]
Speaking of Mellow Orange, that reminds me! Teeko’s “Light Up The Darkness” album of futuristic funk and soulful slaps will make love to your ear canals without a condom on July 1st, 2011. This project is going to be incredible, if you don’t believe me then just go to Teeko’s Mellow Orange Bandcamp page and listen for your damb self. Teeko is a producer, musician and a DJ so he draws from multiple wells of inspiration on “Light Up The Darkness”, I can’t wait to hear this full project. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Freddie Joachim “Better Days” (prod. by Freddie Joachim) [INSTRUMENTAL]
Check out this ill ass Freddie Joachim slap called “Better Days” he just posted up recently. I dig it. Salute to Mellow Orange…
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DON’T SLEEP: Trebles And Blues “Summer Love” & “Chop Wisely” [INSTRUMENTALS]
Trebles And Blues (“The Blue Note”) just recently dropped a beat video via We’ve Got Jazz and a few nice jawns on his Soundcloud page lately. The most recent being the infectious “Summer Love” and before that, the sinister “Chop Wisely”. You need to stop sleeping on Trebles and Blues if by some unfortunate circumstance you’re currently doing so. Like right NOW…
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DON’T SLEEP: Giant Step x Willie Evans Jr. “Billy Lotion” [FREE PROJECT]
It’s HERE! Giant Step hosts High Water Music’s Willie Evans Jr. and his new project where he flips and reinterprets Aloe Blacc’s highly successful Stones Throw LP “Good Things” as the “Billy Lotion” project. This shit is 12 tracks of pure beathead & music nerd heaven, B. Download it HERE. I can’t stop playing it to be perfectly honest with you all, I JUST put it in my iPod Touch so you know it’s real deal official for real. Look out for “Introducin'” on July 19th…
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DON’T SLEEP: Jean Grae “Casebasket” (prod. by Boogie Blind) [SINGLE]
Jean Grae. I luh her. I’d have her baby. Between her post song adlibs on “So What, I Don’t Care” and “Casebasket” I’m pretty much in tears. Shout out to the homie DJ Boogie Blind on the beat! This jawn is bonkers (not the short lived candy from the 80’s or the short lived Disney cartoon from the 90’s, either). “Cookies Or Comas” drops June 23rd, 2011. Gird your fuckin’ loins…
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DON’T SLEEP: The Mad Bloggers x Jinesis “Otisis” [BEAT TAPE]
The Mad Bloggers in association with Jinesis brought forth the “Otisis” beat tape built entirely off of Otis Redding songs and vocal samples. Don’t sleep on this one, people. Shout out to Fresh Daily on the cover art…
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DON’T SLEEP: Co-Op (The Rapture & Money Stax) “Rap Money” (prod. by LexZyne Productions) [VIDEO]
Hip Hop’s favorite married couple murder a LexZyne Productions offering and gets away with it. Clean. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Them Fighting Words x Scrambled Crates Series [INSTRUMENTALS]
One of my favorite production based features on the entire internet is Them Fighting Words‘ Scrambled Crates series. The last edition was #8 and it featured 33 producers and beatmakers flipping, chopping and reinterpreting the same sample differently. I’m posting up the Soundcloud jawn below so you can all hear it. If you’re interested in being a part of Scrambled Crates 9 then hit up Jillzworth with” SC9″ as the subject @ ScrambledCrates@gmail.com. Let’s get it!
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DON’T SLEEP: Pete Rock x Smif N’ Wessun f/Tyler Woods “Monumental” (prod. by Pete Rock) [SINGLE]
The title track from the upcoming Pete Rock x Smif N’ Wessun “Monumental” album is here. The album drops on June 28th, 2011, I feel like I’ve been waiting for it to drop forever. I can’t wait for it to drop, here’s the preorder links for iTunes & Amazon. The single featuring Tyler Woods is below:
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DON’T SLEEP: Random Axe (Sean Price x Guilty Simpson x Black Milk) “Random Call” (prod. by Black Milk) [VIDEO]
BUY. THE. FUCKIN’ ALBUM. NOW.
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DON’T SLEEP: J-Live “No Time To Waste” (prod. by Diamond D) & “Watch Sun Watch” f/ YC The Cynic [SINGLE]
The lead single from the new J-Live LP “S.P.T.A (Said Person Of That Ability)” that drops August 23, 2011 is the Diamond D produced banger “No Time To Waste” and the infectious B side “Watch Sun Watch” featuring up & comer YC The Cynic. Both tracks and the instrumentals are available for stream and purchase via J Live’s Bandcamp and for purchase via iTunes. Don’t sleep on it!
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DON’T SLEEP: Senor Kaos “No More” (prod. by Marcotiks) [SINGLE]
Senor Kaos & I go back to our old interactions in the bloggersphere when he began his site The Kaos Effect (check out the video here). Now, his long awaited LP on High Water Music is about to drop soon. Check out Senor Kaos’ latest single “No More” produced by Marcotiks off his mixtape “The Most Interesting MC In The World”. No sleeping allowed…
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DON’T SLEEP: Oddisee “Al Mawrada” (prod. by Oddisee) [INSTRUMENTAL]
Oddisee is a monster. We didn’t see each other when he was in Boston recently but we were both working so it is what it is. In any event, this Oddisee produced instrumental “Al Mawrada” is a bonus track contained on the bonus 7″ (along with “You Don’t Close Your Eyes”) you got when you copped the physical version of “Odd Seasons” early. You can still cop physical copies of “Odd Seasons” with the bonus 7″ from Fat Beats & UGHH. Don’t sleep…
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