The long awaited collaborative LP from Jack Flash x Wizard “Progression” drops January 30th, 2012 on Dr. Flanagan Music. You can preview the 13 tracks with features from Stig of the Dump, Hoodman AKA Tyler Daly, Lunar C, Genesis Elijah, SONNYJIM, Thabo and Alec Townsend. Don’t sleep on it…
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On February 3, 2012 my dude Eric Lau will drop his “The Mission EP” on Kilawatt Music. This is the lead single from said project “Yesterdays” featuring Guilty Simpson, Fatima & Olivier Daysoul. If you’ve slept on Eric Lau up until now then we cannot be friends. You are bad for my life…
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This is the second single from the upcoming Decon Records release, Gangrene (The Alchemist x Oh No)’s “Vodka & Ayahuasca” from the album “Vodka & Ayahuasca” which drops January 24th, 2012. Pre-order it now for Amazon. Don’t sleep…
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This is possibly my favorite segment from Behind Closed Doors 2. When they met Pete Cannon and tied a blindfold on him then took him to Synth City? His reaction when he saw everything in there was priceless. Also when my brother saw it he bugged out so it stuck out in my memory all the more. I’m glad that AB0181 & Kosyne uploaded this segment for everyone to see. Also don’t sleep on Pete Cannon’s beats, he’s a beast. Also cop BCD DVD 3. Don’t sleep…
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Suzi Analogue hit me up on Facebook and alerted me that she recently dropped some acapellas for producers, beatmakers and remixers to make blends or lay their blaps on. That sure was nice and considerate of her. Don’t sleep…
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The homie Oh4Re△L?! shot me this remix of Nas’ “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” earlier today that I just listened to after the Bruins game. Holy shit this is good. Like Kim Kardashian’s ass in some yoga pants good. Listen for yourselves…
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These two tracks are both on the limited edition promo flexidisc Slice Of Spice is dropping today. There are only 150 copies available of this item and you can go here to purchase it before it ships officially on January 27th. Don’t sleep on Lord Finesse’s “Art Of Diggin'” & “Signature Sevens” series’ on Slice Of Spice. Also keep on eye out for his collaborative LP with O.C. as The Alumni….
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Here’s a 10 minute mix of Theory Hazit beats that are for purchase. Hit him up at info[at]humblebeast[dot]com to make inquiries about availability and pricing. Serious inquiries only. Don’t sleep. Dude is NICE behind the boards (and on the mic). Theory Hazit x Dert Floyd “Thr3e” drops in 5 days…
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Japanese beatmaker MUJO (“Ninja Empire Beat Tape”) just dropped this new beat video of him putting in work on his trusty Roland SP 404. Peep the Shogun Warriors sticker! Don’t sleep on this cat. Salute to Bugseed who put me on to this…
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These two M▲GGZ™ beat tapes “Soundscapes: Autumn Selection” & “Soundscapes: Winter Selection” are both Cuffing Season approved. The weather is cold but the beats are hot (I didn’t just write that, did I? is this a damb McDonald’s commercial?). Don’t sleep!
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The homie Moonsatellite of Culture King has started a new feature called “CeeK Tech” and in his debut he unboxes an Akai MPK Mini. He’s a professional so try this at home anyways. I typically hate unboxing videos but he does a great job. I think Buc & I are gonna upload a reboxing video soon. Look out for that. Don’t sleep…
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Beat machine manufacturer Akai has devised a new machine to take back the market share that Native Instruments Maschine has cut into over the past 3 years or so. The new product is called the MPC Renaissance and the promo video features Boston’s own Sean C and his partner LV of Grind Music alongside fellow New Englander AraabMuzik. The promo video is dope but I’m still unclear as to exactly what it does (my brother calls me a genius moron). Go to Akai’s site as there’s a lot more developments coming soon. Don’t sleep. IT’S 2012!
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Not too long ago I posted up Kid Hum’s second beat tape in the past few months, “The Beet Tape” after the homie WhyGee alerted me to it. Turns out Kid Hum made a video for “Meat Jun” off “Love To Give” as well. Good lookin’ out to WhyGee for lettin’ me know. It takes a village, people…
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This is Jason Goldwatch’s promo video for the upcoming Decon release of Gangrene’s (The Alchemist x Oh No) sophomore release “Vodka & Ayahuasca” which drops on January 24th, 2012. I suggest you pre-order it now because this chick scares the hell outta me. Don’t sleep…
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Moonsatellite of Culture King just dropped a new blap recently called “Shogun”. This is raw as hell so don’t sleep on it…
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I’ve been playing this on repeat for the past 3 days, keeping the same tab open forever and eating up valuable memory on Firefox (look asshats, I’ll use Safari when my book is finally done and I get a MacBook Pro!). I figured I should probably post it up already. Salute to Run Run Shaw on the intro (old Hip Hop producer nerdery) and the Beat Fanatic fam M Phazes on the beat. This shit is type ill. Don’t sleep…
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Spvce just sent me this beat tape he dropped today via Twitter. I’m doing the whole posting new beat tape up on both Twitter accounts thing but I’m going to quit doing that past the 7th as I think it’s kind of annoying personally. I gave “Deluxe” a listen between posting up my other previously schedule jawns so far and decided that it should lead off the afternoon on Producers I Know. Don’t sleep on this!
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MDK (Midnight Kids Academy) is deeper than Deepak Chopra’s entire Twitter timeline. It features contributions from a wide array of talented individuals such as AbJo, TEK.LUN, Stainless Steele, Nick Diamante, Plue Starfox, FRTSND, CodeHalo, drab.one, Moon Reflecting, Introspective Minds, SamuraiMugen, The Other Sun, MustardSeed and Gamrt∆g. Okay, I made the last name up. In any event, this collection 29 beats and slaps with bars spit over them isn’t to be slept on…
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This video is from Lee Bannon’s new beat tape entitled “Gnarlon Brando’s Midnight Noir” which you can actually find here posted back on New Year’s Day. It’s called “The Chase”. Enjoy…
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The homie Robot Oxford is back with another impressive offering to follow up his ambitious debut as Robot Oxford & The Mind Fuzz Orchestra back in November. This jawn is called “Son Of A Drum” and it’s bananas in pajamas (Yeah, I can’t believe I just typed that out, either. I’m actually appalled at myself!). Fuck it, too late to erase it now. Don’t sleep!
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SOUL’s “GALAXIA” may seem chill and tame to you when you hear the opening beat. When that second blap drops? That shit goes ‘ARD as my peoples in the UK would say. I got sent this last night and I kept it on repeat for about an hour. Don’t sleep on “GALAXIA”…
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Kutmah just dropped this beat tape called “Dusted Back Alley Beats” on Bandcamp sometime yesterday that I didn’t catch until I found it listed under newness of the beats category of my Bandcamper iPhone app search. This is some trippy glitchy shit, but it’s raw and had hard drums which is all you can ask for, really. Don’t sleep!
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New Knxwledge! He does a blend/remix of a Kendrick Lamar freestyle and posted it up on SoundCloud half a day ago. Just heard it on my iPhone and here it is. Don’t sleep!
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Again. Unless you’ve just started following Producers I Know you’d know that in the 20+ month life of this site that Wizard has been featured on it prominently since day one. This is no different as Wizard presents “BeatFanatic Batch 2”. If you want work from Wizard then hit him up @ wizardbeatz[at]gmail[dot]com for availability and pricing of beats. Serious inquiries only as time is money and n one of us have either to waste or spare. Don’t sleep!
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Jack Flash x Wizard’s “Progression” LP finally drops on January 20th, 2012. I can’t fuckin’ wait. Here’s the video for “Four Letter F Word”. Don’t sleep…
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This is a single off of Robert Glasper’s upcoming Blue Note release as Robert Glasper Experiment called “Afro Blue”. “Afro Blue” features Erykah Badu and the Robert Glasper Experiment’s “Black Radio” project drops February 28th, 2012. Don’t sleep!
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This instrumental which originally had Tony Yayo rapping on it will be on Beat Butcha’s upcoming “Raw & Uncut Vol. 2” instrumental project. If you’ve spent a fair amount of time on this site you’ll know that Beat Butcha is a regular here, kinda like Norm & Cliff are at “Cheers”. Don’t sleep…
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Black Milk x Danny Brown “Black and Brown” dropped back in November and the instrumental version will be available on January 17th, 2012. The opening instrumental “Sound Check” can be streamed via Bandcamp right now. I can’t wait for this as I’ve been playing “Dada”, “Zap”, “WTF” and more on repeat for months. Don’t sleep!
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I know what you’re thinking, “Oh shit, it’s a kitten on a turntable!”. Hey! Focus! M. Constant sent me this beat tape he just recently concocted and posted up on Bandcamp called “Construmentals Vol. 1”. I actually listened to it while I wrote my “Top 100 Hip Hop/Rap Albums Of 2011” on Bastard Swordsman this morning. It’s dope. Plus M. Constant will be playing beats live @ JASS #7 @ Phoenix Landing in Cambridge, MA on January 31st along with RAJA and some other heads. Either way, don’t sleep. You’re still thinking about the damb kitten on the turntable, aren’t you? *Sigh*
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FreshNerd of 100 Akres had the genius idea to make a beat tape (complete with interludes where emcees spit over the beats) out of Thundercat’s amazing “The Golden Age Of The Apocalypse” Brainfeeder LP. Don’t sleep on this one…
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Trebles & Blues is doing a new bi-weekly breakdown of the slaps included on his mix/beat tape “Eighth Notes” which dropped about 3 months ago. He dissects two beats an episode so enjoy watching him show you how he made four of his slaps as he chills in Korea. Don’t sleep!
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I was posting one of my dumbass end of year lists and Tumblr decided to be a bitch thus ruining my entire posting schedule for the day. Here’s Ontreario Styles AKA Trill Gates’ “The Preschool Dropout” beat tape which I was supposed to post up last night. Don’t sleep…
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