DON’T SLEEP: Johnny North “10 IN A DAY: Vol. 4” [BEAT TAPE]
Soulful Chemistry’s Johnny North dropped the 4th installment of his ongoing “10 IN A DAY” beat tape series. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Nightly Beat “August” [BEAT TAPE]
Since I haven’t been around, I pretty much just forgot to do updates on many of the jawns I found that never sent me a submission (and still don’t). Amongst them, the site/collective/beatmaker Nightly Beat. Here are all 31 slaps from August and when September’s done, I post that one up, too. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: XLOVE “BrownSugaEP” & “allaboutme” [BEAT TAPES]
XLOVE dropped two beat tapes y’all (and I) slept on. The “BrownSugaEP” & “allaboutme” beat tapes. Fix that now…
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DON’T SLEEP: Millennium Jazz x The Jazz Jousters x Chick Corea x Grant Green x Miles Davis [BEAT TAPES]
The good people @ Millennium Jazz have put together three beat tapes paying homage to three different Jazz greats that I never had the opportunity of posting on PIK due to my hectic schedule and outside commitments. I’d like to present to you all the Jazz Jousters’ on “Crystal Silence: The Jazz Jousters In Harmony With Chick Corea”, “Granted: The Jazz Jousters Salute Grant Green” and “Many Miles: The Jazz Jousters Interpret Miles Davis” for your listening pleasure. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Koloah “Moments” [BEAT TAPE]
Soulection’s latest dropped about 10 days ago but I wasn’t in class so I missed it. Do me a favor and don’t be like
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DON’T SLEEP: DO$AGE “From Beyond” [BEAT TAPE]
DO$AGE returns with yet another dope beat tape. This jawn is called “From Beyond” and I don’t even need to tell you what you shouldn’t do on it, should I?
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DON’T SLEEP: Seedge “Vignettes From The North” [BEAT TAPE]
“Vignettes From The North” just dropped yesterday on Grappa Frisbee from Montreal’s own Seedge. It’s like I can’t play a batch of beat tapes without finding out that amongst the best ones, the person who made it was from Montreal. An any event? Don’t sleep on this glitchy, synthy, bass heavy offering…
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DON’T SLEEP: chushi “alabama” [BEAT TAPE]
From the Russian Federation comes another minimalist/ambient atmospheric beatmaker named chushi. His 16 track project is called “alabama”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: arcturus (elx) “noko” [BEAT TAPE]
arcturus makes some extremely minimalist/ambient/chill beats that really won’t appeal to some. All the more reason to post it up @ 4:15 AM EST when I have a wide array of beat tapes and projects to share. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Doctor Do “Exedore” [BEAT TAPE]
Last month, German beatmaker/producer/composer Doctor Do created & released an epic instrumental opus/monster beat tape titled “Exedore”. If you sleep on this then you deserve to have you eyelids surgically removed…
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DON’T SLEEP: Raycord “Ruban-Ruban” [BEAT TAPE]
Raycord is a Canadian composer/musician/beatmaker that just recently released an excellent instrumental project last week called “Ruban-Ruban” via Phonosaurus Records. Do me a favor, don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: SmashTales “BadDudes Sep009” [COMPILATION/BEAT TAPE]
SmashTales’ “BadDudes Sep009” compilation dropped last week featuring beat culture luminaries like Fonetik Simbol, FuzzOne AKA Dr. Brown, weird dough, Supa Koopa, Jo_Def, Changez, J Shock and more. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: HHabitat Beat Tapes “September” [COMPILATION/BEAT TAPE]
HHabitat Records dropped a beat tape/compilation for the month of September featuring Bonbooze, Gsq, Fulvio Kami, Irhu, Bertobeatz and Sonakaine. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Sean Price “I See” (prod. by Quelle Chris) [VIDEO]
Sean Price. Quelle Chris. “I See”. “Mic Tyson”. October 30th, 2012. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: RT Beat “Lost Hdd” [BEAT TAPE]
Straight out of the Montreal beat culture scene (Piu Piu) comes RT Beat and a beat tape full of hard slaps called “Lost Hdd”. Too bad mainstream cats don’t rap to beats like this. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Brock Berrigan “Pura Vida” [BEAT TAPE]
Brock Berrigan dropped a bew beat tape a few days ago called “Pura Vida”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Lil’ Fame & Termanology “Fizzyology” (prod. by The Alchemist) [VIDEO]
The long awaited Lil’ Fame (M.O.P.) & Termanology “Fizzyology” LP is finally gonna drop on November 6th, 2012. Here’s the video and audio for The Alchemist produced lead single & title track from said project. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Fuse x J.Rocc “J.Rocc’s Vinyl Collection” [MINI-DOCUMENTARY]
Fuse continues it’s Crate Diggers series with The Funky President himself, The Beat Junkies’ own J.Rocc, Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: K-Def “Ghettoman’s Hideout Theme” (prod. by K-Def) [SINGLE]
K-Def recently dropped a new EP on vinyl via Redefinition Records containing the tracks “Ghettoman’s Hideout Theme”, “Back To Basics (Reprise)” and “Come Take A Ride”. You can hear “Ghettoman’s Hideout Theme” below and cop the EP here direct from Redefinition Records. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: House Shoes “Shoes House EPISODES ONE, TWO, THREE & FOUR” [MINI-DOCUMENTARY]
House Shoes made a dope ass album called “Let It Go” and here’s a four part documentary featuring House Shoes discussing his career, influences, move from Detroit to Los Angeles and many other topics in between. Buy his damb album “Let It Go”. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Akai Pro x Sean C x DJ Premier x Pete Rock x Q-Tip x Marley Marl “MPC Minute” [PROMO VIDEOS]
Sean C (Vinyl Reanimators/X-Men/12 Nations/Grind Music) sat down with several legendary producers to discuss their experiences with Akai products and their thoughts about the current MPC Renaissance. These producers include legends like Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Pete Rock and Q-Tip. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Akai Pro x Young Guru “MPC University Episodes 1 & 2” [PROMO VIDEOS/TUTORIALS]
Young Guru conducts a YouTube video series called “MPC University” where he acquaints viewers with the new MPC Renaissance from Akai Pro. The first video is called “Getting Started With MPC Renaissance” and the next is called “Sequence Editing With MPC Renaissance”. You can get all the info you want about the MPC Renaissance, Studio & Fly from Akai Pro. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Akai Pro “The Making Of MPC Renaissance, Studio & Fly” [PROMO VIDEO]
Boston legend Sean C of Grind Music breaks down Akai’s process of seeking the input of several MPC loyalists/producers that create urban music music from all over the world. He also illustrates how all of their collective input resulted in the creation of the MPC Renaissance, Studio & Fly units. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Dam-Funk “I Don’t Wanna Be A Star!” (prod. by Dam-Funk) [VIDEO]
Dam-Funk’s “I Don’t Wanna Be A Star!” is the title track off the new “I Don’t Wanna Be A Star! EP” from Stones Throw. Don’t sleep on the video…
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