DON’T SLEEP: delosbeat (miditrip) “SPACELIFE EP” [BEAT TAPE]
Delosbeat, Ras Tuna & Paks dropped this dope ass synth heavy project called the “SPACELIFE EP” yesterday. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Hexsagon “Beat Flip Tuesdays Volume 5” [BEAT TAPE]
Hexsagon dropped the new edition of his “Beat Flip Tuesdays” beat tape last week when I had my nephew and I forgot to post it already. Lemme handle that real quick…
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DON’T SLEEP: DAGOBOT “Dagobot Reloaded” [COMPILATION/BEAT TAPE]
DAGOBOT’s anniversary compilation “Dagobot Reloaded” features work from DAILON, Kwala, Kondra Kasma, Nice-Icles, Euro Trash & jjaccobb. Don’t sleep on it, it’s free so why would you? I mean SERIOUSLY?
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DON’T SLEEP: Dureagon “Dur’r Again” [BEAT TAPE]
I haven’t heard anything new from Dureagon since way back in September when the Fall began. Now we’re deeply entrenched in Spring leading into what will hopefully be a glorious Summer and there’s Dureagon again with “Dur’r Again”. This beat tape is raw like sushi and genuinely mildly retarded like Gucci Mane. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: People In The Audience “The French Beat Tape” [BEAT TAPE]
I knew next to nothing about People In The Audience before I saw a link to “The French Beat Tape” in the comments box of Strictly Beats that actually didn’t link to anything. I had to copy & paste it into my URL screen to go to it. I listened to the 25 minute beat tape and I decided to share with the rest of the class. This German outfit made this beat tape after beat digging for vinyl in France in record stores and flea markets. Sounds dope. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Wizard “808’s & Protein Shakes” [BEAT TAPE]
Beat Fanatic Wizard finally dropped his long awaited beat tape “808’s & Protein Shakes”. This shit GOES HOARD, son. It’s 2:45 AM stateside and this jawn makes me wanna walk around in the rain Instagramming statues of people that died back in the 1800’s n’ shit. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: DJ Soko x Guilty Simpson x Gensu Dean “Biters” (prod. by Gensu Dean) [SINGLE]
DJ Soko has a 7″ single dropping on Mello Music Group called “Stand Up”/”Biters”. The A side is produced by Apollo Brown with Guilty Simpson & Hassaan Mackey on the rhymes & DJ Soko on the cuts. The B side is “Biters” which features DJ Soko on the cuts, Guilty Simpson on the bars and the homie Gensu Dean behind the boards. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Gee-O “Fists Of Venom” [REMIX PROJECT]
Gee-O’s is essentially a remix project with a few original tracks thrown in ever so often that serve as de facto interludes. Don’t sleep on “Fists Of Venom”, this is pretty dope…
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DON’T SLEEP: zeroh “tape” [BEAT TAPE/NEW PROJECT]
zeroh’s “tape” is a beat tape where he rhymed over his own slaps. There’s also an appearance from Low Leaf so that’s something. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Kaleo “Tranquility” [BEAT TAPE]
Kaleo dropped yet another Jazz inspired laid back instrumental release aptly titled “Tranquility”. I wanna listen to this right after Oddisee’s “Rock Creek Park” next time I take a walk through the Boston Public Garden, Boston Common or The Fens. Don’t sleep on this…Unless of course you just wanna hear some straight up headnod shit.
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DON’T SLEEP: Us Natives (Ill Clinton x John E Cab) “Used Vinyl Review” [BEAT TAPE]
Us Natives consists of Ill Clinton and John E. Cab. This 10 track jawn “Used Vinyl Review” is merely a precursor to their upcoming full length instrumental project dropping sometime this Fall. Don’t sleep on this…
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DON’T SLEEP: Rebuilder “Dusty Tracks” [BEAT TAPE]
Rebuilder’s “Dusty Tracks” is one of those beat tapes that you know you’re going to be playing for months and months down the line long after your initial listen all the way through. I implore you all to not sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Earnest Endeavors “Our Nest Vol. 1” [COMPILATION]
Earnest Endeavors dropped this compilation featuring the talents of Darkhorse Family, SelfSays, The Insomniax, Widows, B. Bravo, J Todd, mfp, Shigeto & Kienra. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: EsBee “MW (Beat Tape)” [BEAT TAPE]
EsBee sent me a beat tape called “MW (Mid West) Beat Tape” and I think you all should hear it, too. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Sabzi “RAINIER”, “EXIT 163A” & “DELRIDGE” [BEAT TAPES]
The next 3 editions of Sabzi’s (Blue Scholars & Common Market) ongoing “Townfolk” instrumental series are from March and April. They all refer to parts of and areas surrounding Seattle so here’s “RAINIER”, “EXIT 163A” & “DELRIDGE”. Don’t sleep on ANY of ’em…
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DON’T SLEEP: ▲b.east▲ “black.gold” [BEAT TAPE]
▲b.east▲’s “black.gold” beat tape is finally here! It’s 31 slaps of pure rawness (did you really expect anything else?) and if you sleep on this one then I question your commitment to Sparkle Motion (if you’ve never seen “Donnie Darko” then that last sentence will read like absolute nonsense to you). Maaan, listen to the damb beat tape and fire up Netflix! Or womaaan. Either or…
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DON’T SLEEP: Pragmatic Theory presents “Curtis: The Album” [NEW PROJECT]
If you remember correctly, back in February the Pragmatic Theory Collective dropped a dope ass beat tape that was constructed wholly from Curttis Mayfield’s compositions called “Curtis: The Beat Tape”. Well, the Pragmatic Theory Collective is back with “Curtis: The Album” featuring tracks from Benchwarmers Clique, Rek (not to be confused with REKS), Ben Z, Mez, Cor Stidak, Classic The Legend, Synapse, Divine Victory, Ibn Hasan, Omer One, RediBrown, Relly, J Digital, Clasick UF, Karpay Diam, B.Lowe & Conflict. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: ▲b.east▲ “feel.itwhenit.hits” (prod. by ▲b.east▲) [SINGLE]
▲b.east▲’s next single from his upcoming beat tape “black.gold” is called “feel.itwhenit.hits”. Just a couple of issues. First off, the beat tape was supposed to drop today (4.21.2012) and it still hasn’t as of yet. Secondly, ▲b.east▲ keeps writing “Sunday” everywhere…uh, the 21st is TODAY. Which would make it Saturday. Just HOW high did ▲b.east▲ get on 4.20 anyways? *Shrug*
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DON’T SLEEP: SWARVY “SHiNER LP” [BEAT TAPE]
Once again, I was going through my SoundCloud stream on my iPhone and I saw SWARVY posted up a beat from something called the “SHiNER LP”. I go to his Bandcamp and go figure, he has a brand new album for sale with a promo mix available on Bandcamp. I added his beat off the “SHiNER LP” from SoundCloud via embed as well called “wetrap”. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: bluezr “s/t” & “friends” [BEAT TAPES]
bluezr has dropped two beat tapes this month that have managed to fly under the radar thus far. This is why you can’t rely on waiting for submissions. You have to actively go and search for new material from these beatmakers & producers aggressively given there are so many out there. I use SoundCloud, Tumblr, Twitter and Bandcamp to find new music and after checking the SoundCloud stream on my iPhone I noticed a lot of activity from bluezr. I checked his Bandcamp page and lo and behold: “s/t” & “friends” were there and I’d missed them both thus far. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Juno Akasawa “Drag Energist EP” [BEAT TAPE]
Self professed beat scientist Juno Akasawa dropped a monster of an EP via Darker Than Wax a few days ago titled “Drag Energist EP”. It only runs for less than 15 minutes but it still goes dumb hard. If I don’t at least hear “Yaw!” in an upcoming mixes then y’all need your asses kicked on the real. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Gangrene (The Alchemist x Oh No) “Odditorium EP” [NEW PROJECT]
Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) dropped a release called “Odditorium EP” that you can not only download for free via Red Bull USA but you can also cop the physical version of it on 45 (or 7″) directly from Decon. Also included via SoundCloud embed is the song “Walk Hard” that uses a Johnny Cash sample. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Fonetik Simbol “MPC Chill Beat” [BEAT VIDEO]
Tres Records’ Fonetik Simbol recently released a live beat video of him doing his thing with his MPC. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Boonie Mayfield “BOON DOCUMENTED: Do It Live (Episode 3)” [MINI DOCUMENTARY]
The homie Boonie Mayfield chronicles his live performance, Courtland Urbano’s and others at DJ Low Key’s Denver area beat battle “The Solution”. Then Boonie goes to get a tattoo, did you know that Boonie Mayfield used to be a B-Boy? Then homie goes on the radio. See what happens in the next episode of “BOON DOCUMENTED”…
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