DON’T SLEEP: Blusteady x Black Jeekous “Bluesteady Jeekous” [NEW PROJECT]
Italian beat culture label HHABITAT’s newest release comes from this collaborative LP between producer Blusteady and emcee Black Jeekous. Don’t sleep on “Bluesteady Jeekous”…
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DON’T SLEEP: BenJamin Banger “The Raddest Kid Ever” [BEAT TAPE]
Baltimore area beatmaker BenJamin Banger shot me a beat tape he made earlier this month called “The Raddest Kid Ever”. He just might be since his first beat tape evar is now on Producers I Know. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Daru Jones “RUSIC LEAKS ’12: Bits & Pieces” [COMPILATION/BEAT TAPE]
When Jon Laine came into town recently with Oddisee, Olivier DaySoul, Ralph Real, Unknown and the gang we started talking about drummers. Then the conversation switched to Karriem Riggins, Chris “Daddy” Dave and Daru Jones. Here’s a jawn Daru dropped this Summer called “RUSIC LEAKS ’12: Bits & Pieces”. There will be more forthcoming. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Bambino “Overseas” [BEAT TAPE]
Bambino’s “Overseas” is yet another Cult Classic Records release I slept that dropped on my birthday (August 17th). I was book editing so I missed out on posting it on Producers I Know. Here it is…
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DON’T SLEEP: Breezewax “Native Sun” [BEAT TAPE]
Breezewax’s “Native Sun” LP dropped this past summer on Cult Classic Records while I was editing my damb book and I never posted it up on PIK. I’ll atone for my past sins until about 7 AM EST. Don’t sleep on this…
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DON’T SLEEP: J. Kennedy “California Dreaming” & “Yesterday.EP” [BEAT TAPES]
J. Kennedy shot me his “Yesterday.EP” and I listened to it yesterday. I then scrolled down his Bandcamp page and checked out his previous beat tape from this Summer called “California Dreaming”. Now they’re both on PIK. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Circo Inverso “Being Stuck On Earth Makes Me Angry” [BEAT TAPE]
Circo Inverso’s latest release with Athens, Greece based beat culture label Disco Tocopilla is called “Being Stuck On Earth Makes Me Angry”. Don’t sleep on it. That would make me angry…
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DON’T SLEEP: Bronze Nazareth “The Migration Sessions” [BEAT TAPE]
Here are some instrumentals from Wu Elements producer Bronze Nazareth circa “The Great Migration” LP that dropped on Think Differently. Don’t sleep on the Wisemen LP’s or “School For The Blindman”, either…
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DON’T SLEEP: Yeiv “Immersion” [BEAT TAPE]
The newest project to drop on Cult Classic Records is Yeiv’s “Immersion”. If you have working ears then you shouldn’t sleep on this. At all…
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DON’T SLEEP: Still Weavens “Alpha 2.0”, “Get Rowdy” & “Beta” [BEAT TAPES]
Still Weavens sent me a link to his beat tape “Beta” from July. I notice that he’d also released a couple of more beat tapes previously this year that I’d also slept on so I began there. Goddamn, I say “Goddamn!” © Mia Wallace. I slept and was awoken so you children don’t ever have to sleep. Check out “Alpha 2.0”, “Get Rowdy” & “Beta”…
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DON’T SLEEP: Elemint “The Periodic Remixtape” [REMIX PROJECT]
Elemint remixes some tracks from RenRok, Brock Berrigan, Octopus Drummer & Diart. Don’t sleep on “The Periodic Remixtape”….
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DON’T SLEEP: Thurge “in transit” [BEAT TAPE]
Thurge’s newest beat tape “in transit” dropped yesterday. Do me a favor and don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: XLOVE “1017” [BEAT TAPE]
XLOVE dropped a dope new beat tape back on October 17th which was a sequel to his old beat “1016” from last year. Don’t sleep on “1017”, B…
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DON’T SLEEP: MELODIESINFONIE “Ja$$” [BEAT TAPE]
MELODIESINFONIE is back to fuck heads up once again with his latest effort “JA$$”. “JA$$” was released on Feelin’ Music’s Bandcamp page two days ago and I’ve been playing it since. It’s time for me to listen to my inner DMX and stop being greedy. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: elementone17 “Stargazing” [BEAT TAPE]
Elementone17 (or Elementoneseventeen) just dropped his long awaited follow up to last year’s stellar release (pun intended) “Lost Galaxies”. This jawn is called “Stargazing” and it’s perfect to post at 4:30 AM EST. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: SmashTales “BadDudes Oct010” [COMPILATION/BEAT TAPE]
SmashTales was late with this month’s BadDudes compilation but the wait was well worth it. Slaps from HAZ SOLO, 0hbliv, Fuzz1 AKA Dr. Brown, CHANGEZ, 1990, Supa Koopa, Angelo Arce, Jo_Def and more. Don’t sleep on “BadDudes Oct010″…
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DON’T SLEEP: Insightful “The Shy Lanterns Glow” [BEAT TAPE]
Insightful’s latest release from Soulection is the incredibly dope “The Shy Lanterns Glow” which dropped yesterday. I wanted to wait until I had a gang of follow up beat tapes to post it with it run it on PIK. I can do that with confidence now. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: K-Def “Get It Going” (prod. by K-Def) [INSTRUMENTAL]
This is only a taste of what you can expect from K-Def’s upcoming EP on Redefinition Records called “Sneak Shot”. Look for it to drop on November 6th, 2012. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: The Black Opera “Balcony” (prod. by Astronote) [SINGLE]
The lead single from the new upcoming LP from The Black Opera “Libretto: King Of Legend” is the Astronote produced banger “Balcony”. Since the faces been revealed the game has gotten real but y’all STILL don’t know the half. Don’t sleep, sleepyheads…
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DON’T SLEEP: zoomo “K ▼ T L I F E”, “W ▼ L K”, “SLEEP WALK” & “LIVΞ” [BEAT TAPES]
I’ve slept on zoomo all year long on PIK and I wanna make up for that by posting up his last four beat tapes “K ▼ T L I F E”, “W ▼ L K”, “SLEEP WALK” & “LIVΞ”. Don’t sleep on ’em…
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DON’T SLEEP: RZA “The Man With The Iron Fists OST” [SOUNDTRACK]
RZA’s highly anticipated soundtrack for his equally as anticipated film “The Man With The Iron Fists” drops on October 22nd but you can stream the entire regular OST here. The Deluxe Ultra Pak is also available. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Roc Marciano “Mommas Song” (prod. by Roc Marciano) [SINGLE]
I didn’t see this on the tracklist for “Reloaded” which drops November 13th on Decon. If this is any indication of what it will sound like then pre-order it now. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: DIBIA$E “LLAMAVILLE (instrumentals)” [BEAT TAPE]
DIBIA$E dropped the “Llamaville (instrumentals)” for the popular Green Llama project “Llamaville” that dropped back a couple of years ago. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Potholes Music “Robot Soup” [COMPILATION/BEAT TAPES]
Potholes Music dropped another compilation of instrumentals featuring artists like Elaquent, Thelonious Martin, Ben Jamin, Evil Needle, James Pants, Suzi Analogue, Sourface, Kidkanevil and B.Lewis among others. Don’t sleep on “Robot Soup”…
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