DON’T SLEEP: Pete Cannon “Pete Cannon Makes A Quick Hardcore Beat” [BEAT VIDEO]
Producers I Know‘s Pete Cannon just posted up a video of his entire creative process while making a banging ass beat. If you want work from Team PIK’s Pete Cannon, hit him up @ petecannonmusic@gmail.com. Serious inquiries only as time is money & none of us have either to waste. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Ketchphraze “Keep On Steppin'” (prod. by Peace Of Mind) [SINGLE]
Peace Of Mind isn’t fuckin’ around, is he? Ketchphraze’s new jawn “Keep On Steppin'” is on point just like their previous offerings. I can’t wait to hear a full length KetchP album. This shit is ridiculous! Download it now:
Ketchphraze “Keep On Steppin'” (prod. by Peace of Mind) [DIVSHARE LINK]
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DON’T SLEEP: Grussle “The Break Up” [INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM]
It’s finally here! Grussle’s “The Break Up” from my extended fam over @ Inner Loop Records. Expect to hear some of it on The Scrunchface Show tonight!
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DON’T SLEEP: The Black Opera “Overture” [NEW ALBUM]
I can’t tell you who they are. I can’t tell you what they are. Well, that’s a lie. They are us. And we are they. They are The Black Opera. THE BLACK OPERA IS HERE. DON’T READ ANY FURTHER. DON’T LISTEN TO ME. DON’T GO HERE. DON’T WATCH THIS. DON’T SLEEP.
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DON’T SLEEP: Co$$ “Pot Ash” (prod. by Exile) [SINGLE]
New Co$$ single produced by the MPC master himself, Exile. The album “Before I Awoke” drops tomorrow, June 21st. Cop it from Amazon or UGHH. Check it out…
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DON’T SLEEP: MindsOne x Thee Tom Hardy x Rapsody “Code Of Ethics” (prod. by Oddisee) [SINGLE]
Lo Phi Records presents MindsOne in association with It’s A Wonderful World Music Group/JAMLA/The Academy‘s Thee Tom Hardy & Rapsody (Kooley High) on a track produced by Mello Music Group’s Oddisee called “Code Of Ethics”. Look out for the upcoming MindsOne x Oddisee EP on Lo Phi Records. Don’t sleep, dammit!
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DON’T SLEEP: Blaq Poet x Brutal Music f/Wais P “Blood Pool” (prod. by Stu Bangas & Vanderslice) [SINGLE]
New Brutal Music shit! Album drops tomorrow. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Ro Spit f/Monica Blaire “You Make Me” (prod. by Koen) [SINGLE]
So, Ro Spit just posted up this sincere and heartfelt ode to his family. Thanks a lot, Ro. Now I’m over here huggin’ folks and calling family members telling ’em how much I love and and appreciate them. Fuck you, Ro Spit. You ain’t shit. As Ron Dance’s goatee would say “You’re a horrible friend!”. Go listen to the Koen produced “You Make Me” featuring the lovely and talented Monica Blaire. Too bad I missed posting this jawn up on Father’s Day. Which reminds me…
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DON’T SLEEP: Sketch f/Akshan “My Life, My Love, My Blood” (prod. by J-Scrilla) [SINGLE]
“My Life, My Love, My Blood” is the newest single off of Sketch’s forthcoming “Virginia Tec-9” LP dropping this August via Inner Loop Records produced by J-Scrilla and featuring Akshan. Don’t sleep, folks…
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DON’T SLEEP: Apathy “CheckToCheck” (prod. by Evidence) [SINGLE]
New Apathy. The lead single from Apathy’s upcoming LP “Honkey Kong” is the Evidence produced “CheckToCheck”. It drops August 23rd, 2011 on Dirty Version Records. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: M1 Platoon “Wassup Tho” (prod. by Vaughn Garcia) [SINGLE]
The homie Vaughn Garcia and his crew M1 Platoon also go by the name The Rap X-Men. They just dropped this Vaughn Garcia produced banger via their Rap X-Men Tumblr titled “Wassup Tho”. Enjoy it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Nametag “Break Even” (prod. by Peace Of Mind) [SINGLE]
Nametag hit me with his next single from his latest mixtape “Classic Cadence Vol. 3: End Credits”. The jawn “Break Even” is produced by Producers I Know & Bloggerhouse favorite Peace Of Mind. If you can front on this track then frankly, you ain’t about shit…
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DON’T SLEEP: 10thirty Records x Dibiase “10thirty Batch” [INSTRUMENTALS]
The story goes that these tracks are going to be used on an upcoming Green Llama project, possibly one of the ones that Dibiase was telling us about back when he appeared on The Scrunchface Show a while back. Rather than embed all 9 beats here on Producers I Know (they weren’t uploaded as a set, mind you), it’d just make more sense to post a link to the 10thirty Records Soundcloud page instead. Enjoy…
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DON’T SLEEP: Evil Needle “Delight” [INSTRUMENTAL]
Over @ MOOVMNT they posted an AMAZING beat by Evil Needle so get your asses over there and listen to it. It’s a face melter, I guarantee. Just like all his blaps on “Cirrostratus” were. Enough wasting time here. NO WINDOW LOVE! GOOOOO! © Kenny Davis
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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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