DON’T SLEEP: Woulg “Tussed” [BEAT TAPE]
Woulg’s short beat tape/instrumental project was recently released via Outlier Recordings. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Pulse Tone “Cosmic Life”, “My Dear”, “Above” & “Endless Spring” [BEAT TAPES]
Pulse Tone has dropped quite a few beat tapes this past Spring and Summer. Among them are “Cosmic Life”, “My Dear”, “Above” & “Endless Spring”. I slept on them and I don’t want you to repeat my mistakes…
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DON’T SLEEP: DJ Hieu “Appendix A” [BEAT TAPE]
DJ Hieu’s “Appendix A” instrumental album/beat tape dropped all the way back in January but I slept on it up until a few days ago. Better late than never. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Rejoicer “Re-Magic (Remixes by Rejoicer)” [REMIX PROJECT]
Here’s a remix project from Rejoicer that somehow overwrote one of my earlier PIK posts. Don’t know how that happened. I need to fix that now…
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DON’T SLEEP: m∞n “Loops Vol. 2” [BEAT TAPE]
m∞n’s “Loops Vol. 2” is another new beat tape from Outlier Recordings. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Preqwal “El Dorado” [BEAT TAPE]
Preqwal released this back in the Summer and I completely slept on it because I spent all of August editing a book. He took a Roland SP 404 and went absolutely nuts on “El Dorado”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Hippie Sabotage “Vol. 3” & “VACANTS” [BEAT TAPES]
It’s “Vol. 3” of Hippie Sabotage’s ongoing beat tape series and their latest offering “VACANTS”. The version I posted earlier was the SoundCloud version. Don’t sleep on either…
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DON’T SLEEP: DRTYDRDZ “Window Pains” [BEAT TAPE]
DRTYDRDZ’ latest beat tape is “Window Pains” which dropped a couple of days ago. Hopefully you guys won’t sleep on this jawn…
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DON’T SLEEP: Ruff Draft “Golden Gates EP” [BEAT TAPE]
Ruff Draft dropped an epic beat tape titled “Golden Gates EP” via Grappa Frisbee Records last week. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: datacat “9DOORS” [BEAT TAPE]
Last week electronic music specialist/emcee datcat released “9DOORS” via Black Chalk. Here it is. What are you afraid of?
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DON’T SLEEP: Jsand (DJ Soul) “Ekz…..”, “History Of The Ox: Jsand Mix” & “Ode To The OX (Mixtape)” [MIXES/BEAT TAPES]
I stumbled on these a few days ago via the internet and I played all of these Jsand/DJ Soul/Planet Soul mixes and beat tapes. Apparently he’s from Oxnard, CA and that place has produced a ton of my favorite emcees, DJs and producers. Don’t sleep on these…
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DON’T SLEEP: Exibeo “Extrumentals” [BEAT TAPE]
Exibeo dropped an amazing 20 slap beat tape a few days ago called “Extrumentals” that you really should avoid sleeping on if at all possible…
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DON’T SLEEP: DO$AGE “Chronicles” [BEAT TAPE]
DO$AGE dropped his beat tape “Chronicles” a few days ago. I’m presenting it to you all today. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Wes Pendleton “Love*” [BEAT TAPE]
Wes Pendleton’s beat tape “Love*” just dropped recently on Illect Recordings. I’d like to suggest you not sleep on this jawn, either…
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DON’T SLEEP: AshTreJinkins “BuriedLight” [BEAT TAPE]
AshTreJinkins has managed to produced yet another incredible beat tape. This effort is called “BuriedLight”. Let’s make sure it doesn’t stay buried, shall we?
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DON’T SLEEP: Hippie Sabotage “VACANTS” [BEAT TAPE]
Hippie Sabotage shot me their brand new beat tape “VACANTS” not too long ago. You can stream it on SoundCloud or download it directly from their site. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: KEANO “Love Hit Me: A Beattape” [BEAT TAPE]
Here’s KEANO’s follow up to this “Steady Cubin’ Instrumentals” beat tape. Don’t sleep on the chops in “Love Hit Me: A Beattape”…
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DON’T SLEEP: Shash’U “GORILADOGZ LV.2” [BEAT TAPE]
This insane beat tape is Shash’U’s “GORILADOGZ LV.2”. Don’t sleep on it!
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DON’T SLEEP: Hezekiah “Hezekiah Making Beats In The Studio Oct 29th, 2012” [BEAT VIDEO]
Hezekiah of 3Crates Productions live from Little Africa Studios chops of a jawn from Blue Magic’s “Mystic Dragons” using Native Instruments Kontakt and it comes out hella nice. I just downloaded his latest batch of beats this morning and if y’all want that work contact Hezekiah @ 3crates[at]gmail[dot]com for beat availability, a link to his latest beat batch or pricing. Serious inquiries only please…
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DON’T SLEEP: Memotone “November Piano & Drone. 2012” [BEAT VIDEO]
Memotone hits us off on the 1st of the month with a simple piece for Nord Piano 88, Alesis Micron and Boss RC-50 (LoopStation). Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Chebit “Chebit Making Beats: NES – Solstice” [BEAT VIDEO]
Here’ a beat video featuring beatmaker Chebit pulling out the classic 8 bit NES game “Solstice” and making a beat out of the opening theme. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: adidas x DOOM “adidas presents ALL INTERVIEW: MF DOOM” [MINI DOCUMENTARY]
DOOM doing graf in London while rocking adidas. WAS THIS VIDEO MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR ME?
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DON’T SLEEP: HW&W x Elaquent “HW&W EP. 2: ELAQUENT ROUND II” [BEAT VIDEO]
Here’s some leftover footage from the last HW&W video featuring Elaquent. His new jawn dropped on URBNET & Rappamelo tried to bootleg it. AGAIN. The link is available on PIK. SUPPORT OUR BEAT CULTURE…
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DON’T SLEEP: Nate OG “MPC VS MASCHINE BEAT TAPE” [BEAT TAPE]
Half of these beats were made on an Akai MPC 1000 and the other half were made on a Native Instruments Maschine Mikro. Can you tell which slaps are Maschine ones? Do you know the sound of an MPC beat when you hear one? Play the game along with the rest of us then…
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