DON’T SLEEP: Fulgeance “London Falling” (prod. by Fulgeance) [SINGLE]
On November 11th, 2011 Fulgeance’s debut LP “To All Of You” drops on Melting Pot Music. I’ve been listening to Fulgeance for years and it’s amazing that given the amount of material he’s put out and the number of shows he’s done that this is his debut album finally coming to fruition. Expect to see it up on Bandcamp soon and all over the Melting Pot Music site. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Potholes In My Blog presents Midnight Snacks [BEAT TAPE]
Earlier today my peoples over @ Potholes In My Blog posted up an 18 slap beat tape featuring the talents of various favorites like J57, Danny Swain, Jaisu, Herma Puma, Trebles And Blues, AbJo, Paul White, Tensei, Blue Sky Black Death, etc. Get “Midnight Snacks” here. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Ayatollah “Straight Out The MPC” [BEAT TAPE]
Ayatollah is a master of the MPC 60, one of my all time favorite producers and one of the true pioneers of the modern instrumental album/beat scene movement. I have EVERY instrumental project he’s ever dropped going back to almost a decade. He teamed up with the homie Alkota to drop a 27 track collection called “Straight Out The MPC”. Here’s the embedded Bandcamp link. Cop some custom flash drives from Alkota, too. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Roc C “3 Words” (prod. by Jansport J) [SINGLE]
On December 13th, 2011, Roc C will drop his follow up to “Scapegoat” on his own label Kash Roc Entertainment. The lead single is produced by Producers I Know regular Jansport J. “3 Words” bangs. I played it 5 times in a row before I even posted it up here. I can’t wait to hear “Stoned Genius”. Salute to iNanz on the design tip. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Alaclair Ensemble (KenLo x Vlooper) “Un PIOU PIOU Parmi Tant d’Autres” [BEAT TAPE]
Montreal’s dynamic beatmaking duo KenLo & Vlooper formed the Alaclair Ensemble and dropped 3 ridiculous projects on their bandcamp page. This jawn “Un PIOU PIOU Parmi Tant d’Autres” is a free beat tape from KenLo & Vloooper. The others I’m confused about since I’m kinda terrible with French. “Touladis” is a project with vocals of indeterminate nature but “Le Roe C’est Moe” is a Hip Hop album that’s free. Or a remix project. Not really sure. Either way all three are ridiculous. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Wizard “Dutty Gash Face Music” [BEAT TAPE]
My Beat Fanatic homie from across the pond Wizard alerted me that he was gonna unleash hell upon the denizens of Earth once again on October 17th in the form of a beat tape entitled “Dutty Gash Face Music”. Lo and behold here it is! 20 slaps that consist of mixed in exclusives and instrumentals for slaps that will be on upcoming projects. Look out for Wizard x Jack Flash’s new collaborative project as well, DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Brutal Music x Vanderslice “Vanderslice Beats Fall Update” [BEAT VIDEO]
Vanderslice is playing a gang of joints and even some records to go along with it to show you how they got freaked it. Look out for that “Diggas With Attitude” jawn coming 1st quarter 2012. To get work from Vanderslice hit him up @ brutalmusicbeats[at]gmail[dot]com or @EricVanderslice. Serious inquiries only please. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Ta-Ku “September” [BEAT TAPE]
Here’s a collection of beats that Ta-Ku made back in September and uploaded directly to his SoundCloud. Listen to them. Download them. Enjoy them. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Stu Bangas “Straight Death” (prod. by Stu Bangas) [BEAT VIDEO]
Here’s yet another beat video from the homie Stu Bangas of Brutal Music. Check for the new Lateb “Live Brutal” album and if you want work from Stu hit him up @ Brutalmusicbeats[at]gmail[dot]com. Serious inquiries only as I’m not above tracking IP addresses and choking the shit out of bullshitters. I’ve done it before. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Kev Brown “August 2005 Beat Tape” [BEAT TAPE]
Low Budget Crew’s Kev Brown recently dropped a beat tape from August 2005 via his Bandcamp. This jawn is from around the same era as his classic debut release “I Do What I Do” on Up Above back in ’05. If you’re not feeling this then your neurons and axons need to be revoked. Also look out for the upcoming Sean Born x Kev Brown LP “Behind The Scale”. Sheeeeeeeit! © Clay Davis. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Knxwledge “EechDai” (prod. by Knxwledge) [VIDEO]
Here’s a fan made video for Knxwledge’s “EechDai” off his most recent release “Hud.Dreems.EP“. Do me a favor, don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: PIK x D-Man “Cuffing Season Has Returned” [INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Here it finally is! “Cuffing Season Has Returned” is the official soundtrack to the Fall and Cuffing Season all contained in one ambitious instrumental project. The beats came courtesy of wunderkind producer D-Man and the sequencing, song titles and overall project concept was all my idea. “Cuffing Season Has Returned” is a chronological beat tape so to speak walking you through the stages of Cuffing Season. It gets colder, the boots come out you get your holler on. Then the thigh high boots come out and it gets even colder and you realize that it’s time to step your game up a few notches before all the cuffworthy and cuffable ladies done been cuffed up.
Well, it’s October 15th, meaning that it’s officially Cuffing Season everywhere in this great nation of ours where the seasons actually change. You can find this project on Bandcamp, SoundCloud AND MediaFire (For the beat heads there’s even a samples mix!). THE CHOICE IS YOURS! © Dres. Also…DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: DMP “Angry Birds” (prod. by Nottz) [SINGLE]
I saw FWMJ tweet about this first. I was like “Wait, Nottz just flipped “Angry Birds”?” Yep, he sho’ did. The end result is another banger for the VA crew Dirtee Musik Produkshinz AKA DMP. I can’t wait until the full length DMP LP drops of Raw Koncept. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Hulk Hodn x Hubert Daviz “Kaseta” [NEW UPCOMING ALBUM]
Yeah, turns out that my German isn’t that good after all. I thought that the new Hulk Hodn x Hubert Daviz “Kaseta” double LP vinyl release happened today. Nope, it’s just the day pre-orders begin as the project will officially drop on November 4th, 2011. Oddly enough, Pre-orders will ship by or on October 21st, which is dumb early. You’ll have to wait until November 4th for the digital release, however…
This tape based collaborative instrumental project will be released on double vinyl. Four sides, 23 slaps produced and then distributed and two dying mediums in a digital age. I love the idea. You can cop “Kaseta” from HHV, Vinylism, & ENTBS if you can figure out where the pre-order link is for the Collector’s Club they mention. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Lateb “Live Brutal” [NEW ALBUM]
Lateb’s new Brutal Music release “Live Brutal” is now widely available for purchase. You can cop “Live Brutal” from iTunes, Amazon or directly from Brutal Music. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: The Away Team “The Road To Redemption” (prod. by Khyrsis!) [VIDEO]
Back on October 11th, The Away Team’s (Sean Boog & Khrysis!) released their new album “Scars And Stripes” on It’s A Wonderful World Music Group/Duck Down which you can purchase via iTunes, Amazon, Fat Beats & UGHH. Here’s the next video from said album “The Road To Redemption”. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: PIK x D-Man “So…What’s A Pretty Girl Like You Doing In A Checkcashers On A Friday?” (prod. by D-Man) [SINGLE]
On October 15th, Producers I Know will drop it’s latest Fall themed beat tape “Cuffing Season Has Returned!” on the people dem. It follows the timeline of one particular male’s exploits, failures and triumphs during the regular pursuits of Cuffing Season. Once the boots come out, shit gets real in the field. This selection is titled “So…What’s A Pretty Girl Like You Doing In A Checkcashers On A Friday?”. Dumb question? Probably. Will it end well? That’s the $487.69 question, ain’t it? DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: FRSH SLCTS x Planet Asia x G_Force “Camouflage Jackets” [FREE ALBUM]
FRSH SLCTS’ Planet Asia x G_Force project that consists of a previously unreleased collaborative album called “Camouflage Jackets” just dropped today. Stop sleeping and take thine selves over to FRSH SLCTS directly to download it then listen to it. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Georgia Anne Muldrow “Owed To Mama Rickie” [NEW UPCOMING ALBUM]
One of my favorite producer/emcee/vocalists in all of music is Georgia Anne Muldrow hands down. She can do an entire Jazz album under an alias, make an instrumental album full of headnod shit, sing a hook or spit a strong 16 then make a hybrid Hip Hop & Soul album where she not only writes and performs all the material but she produced it as well.
Her next upcoming project is the highly anticipated Soul/R&B/Funk infused Animated Cartunes release “Owed To Mama Rickie” .You can pre-order “Owed To Mama Rickie” directly from Animated Cartunes, Fat Beats (CD or Vinyl), UGHH (CD or Vinyl) or Amazon so you can have your copy well in hand by the time it officially drops on November 1st, 2011. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Big Noyd f/ Phil The Agony, Krondon & Mista Sinista “All Out (M-Phazes Remix)” (prod. by M-Phazes) [SINGLE]
M-Phazes and world famous Beat Junkie/turntablist DJ Rhettmatic warn the globe of the impending collaborative release “Phazed Out” which will drop 1st quarter 2012. “Phazed Out” is a compilation of singles from Coalmine Records’ back catalog all remixed by M-Phazes and blended seamlessly by DJ Rhettmatic. It will also include features from Saigon, Inspectah Deck, Bekay, Big Noyd, Phil The Agony, Termanology, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Chubb Rock, Sadat X, Heltah Skeltah, CL Smooth, Skyzoo, Masta Ace, Brown Bag AllStars, El Da Sensei, Mela Machinko, J-Live and many more. Here’s the project’s lead single “All Out” featuring Big Noyd, Phil The Agony & Krondon with cuts courtesy of Mista Sinista. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Producers I Know x D-Man “I Want Her…But She Has Standards And High Self Esteem Tho… ” (prod. by D-Man) [SINGLE]
Between September 15th and October 15th we enter into what’s now universally known as Cuffing Season. Like myself and D-Man (and anything awesome for that matter) Cuffing Season has it’s roots in Massachusetts. It was pioneered by a young man who became a Massachusetts nautical legend and Black History Month trivia question answer Paul Cuffee. Rather than wait for the traditional courting season (which began around Thanksgiving in the colonies), he began pursuing ladies right after the Summer ended and the weather changed. Many men discovered that they were late when they went courting because another man had used “Ye Olde Cuffee” and claimed her already in either September or October.
This Summer, D-Man and I delivered “Son I Had Crazy Visions: A Guide To Rockin’ N*ggas This Summer”. Now here’s the companion piece “Cuffing Season Has Returned”. 15 slaps that walk you through the many stages and moods that accompany Cuffing Season all across this great nation of ours (but it all started HERE. With this Black guy). Look out for “Cuffing Season Has Returned” here and on the Producers I Know Bandcamp. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Black Milk x Danny Brown “Zap” (prod. by Black Milk) [SINGLE]
Here’s the first jawn we get to hear from the “Black And Brown” EP. “Zap” features the standard Danny Brown bars over a standard Black milk beat, which is to say it’s far from “standard”. The project drops November 1st, 2011 on Fat Beats Records. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Sir Froderick “Reconnecting!” [NEW PROJECT]
Philly’s own Sir Froderick’s Recordbreakin’ full length release “Reconnecting!” dropped today. You get to hear all 16 tracks as they were intended to be heard featuring diverse guests such as Knxwledge, Devonwho, Ahnnu, Suzi Analogue, Swarvy, Josh Hey, Karniege, Stainless Steve, Woizer, Wise, Messi and Zaphryn. Do yourself a favor and don’t DARE sleep on “Reconnecting!”…
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DON’T SLEEP: Ackryte x AL_PD “Sententia” [NEW PROJECT]
We’ve been waiting for Cascade Records new collaborative LP from Ackryte x AL_PD called “Sententia” to drop for quite a while now. Well, here it is. 8 slaps constructed for you to get your headnod on. DON’T SLEEP!
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