Miz Korona is back with the lead single from her upcoming album “Sealy Posturepedic (The Most Slept On)” which is due in February 2012. “The Whole City Behind Me (TWCBM)” features Marv Won and Nametag and is produced by Chanes. The long awaited follow up to Miz Korona’s “The Injection” is looking like it’s about to be as dope as it’s predecessor. Don’t sleep…
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Elusive’s “Voices” is the lead single from his upcoming instrumental project called “Gentle Side Of The Beast”. It drops January 10th, 2012 in both physical and digital formats. “Gentle Side Of The Beast” is 22 tracks full of soulful, jazzy, and funky beats you can nod your head to. Don’t sleep!
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Ljones’ “Soul Below” beat tape dropped via Cult Classic Records yesterday. Ljones is a Hip Hop producer that’s heavily influenced by Nujabes (R.I.P). Check out “Soul Below” and download it for free. Don’t sleep…
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Small Professor drops his prequel/remixtape “Gigantic, Vol. 0” to his upcoming production album “Gigantic, Vol. 1″ under the name Floss Premolars (an anagram for Small Professor, duh!). Listen to this and prepare yourselves for the coming of ‘Gigantic, Vol. 1” on January 24th, 2012. Don’t sleep!
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Kid Hum’s back again? A few days ago, Kid Hum dropped his long awaited follow up to his long awaited follow up to 2008′s “Fossil Fuel” and his standout Rock The Dub collaboration “Offshore Drilling”. It’s called “The Beet Tape” and you can download it for free and stream it from his new Bandcamp page. Good lookin’ out to Whygee! Don’t sleep…
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The Oddisee produced SmCity track featuring Oddisee himself and Phil Ade is off the upcoming SmCity project “The Indie Life- Hate, Love & Money”. Don’t sleep!
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“MetronOmm” is a video from the Prof.Logik x Ackryte collaborative instrumental project “BrushStrokes” that dropped last month. Don’t sleep!
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This is the newest single off of Denmark’s forthcoming project “I’d Rather Be Making Muzik Vol Deux”. All songs will be produced by Denmark of Crown Nation. I can’t wait to hear it as the last edition was bananas. Don’t sleep!
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Roc C & Chali 2na traded bars over an intense Soul Professa track for “Bar Catchers” off the Kash Roc Entertainment LP “Stoned Genius”. Here’s the video. Don’t sleep!
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Late last year, Jackson came out of nowhere and hit us all in the head with his monster of a beat tape “Criminology” with the ill multiple covers. This time around he drops the “Live From The City Of Trees EP”. Don’t sleep!
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SoulMate is from the Netherlands and his (?) debut beat tape “Old School, New School, No School” is colder than Bobby Womack’s heart and iller than a patient that has just been exposed to H1N1 and SARS. Don’t sleep…
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JASS Sessions #3 is happening right now. Live from Atlanta, GA comes an ill lineup including Time Wharp, Broodlings, Rekchampa, a special guest you need to tune in to see and Taste Tester is up first. Watch some of ATL’s best beatmaker & producers from the Atlanta beat scene perform live. Don’t sleep… http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jass-sessions
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When I saw Sir Froderick @ JASS #6 a few weeks back he told me that he had a new project dropping on Future Science with the homie 0hbliv. It’s a 29 slap beat tape called the “Wholly Rollers LP”. It’s $8 and only 50 cassettes will be produced so it’s a collector’s item. The second option is you can purchase the digital version and get all 29 tracks right now for only $5. Peep the snippets and don’t sleep. The choice is yours! © Dres
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The homie HAZ SOLO has dropped a brand new 25 minute mix of beats, production and rhymes on the world. I found out about it when I was perusing the Instagram feed on my iPhone. I went directly to the site he listed and downloaded the brand new mix “HAZZY NEW YEAR 2012” posthaste. This shit is raw, contained in one continuous mp3 with dope ass cover art. Don’t sleep!
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Last Spring Mydus released his instrumental project “The 4:28 Tape” but this is the re-release which is now available on cassette with new cover art and bonus tracks. Don’t sleep on this. You’ll ultimately regret the hell out of it….
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Here’s a brand new beat tape from Jeff Spec under the name El Hefe & The People’s Ensemble. In any event, do not sleep on it…
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Dom McLennon and Gary Nolan dropped a new beat tape called “Rudy//Theo” a few days ago and I got a link sent to me from Dom earlier today. After the nephew and I were done watching the original dub of “Akira” I gave it a listen and well here it is. Dom McLennon x Gary Nolan “Rudy//Theo”. Don’t sleep on it…
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For the past three years, producer J-Rell has dropped a beat tape/mix of all the leftover beats from that past calendar year. This time he drops his annual mix from 2011 alongside the previous years 2009 & 2010 to complete “The Leftovers” trilogy. Don’t sleep!
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Team PIK‘s Jon Phonics had one hell of a 2011. He dropped some of the biggest jawns of the year in his Chakra Sounds single “Bruck Out”/”The One” (which landed him a spot on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Bubblers 7 compilation) and the mix “Gutter Beats For Rapping” showcasing slaps he had available for purchase on the Producers I Know Bandcamp. Jon’s next project is the “Grid Games EP” which drops on PRISM February 6th, 2012.
Jon Phonics’ “Grid Games EP” shows off the full range of his immense creativity and versatility, featuring collaborations with PIK’s own Pete Cannon, former team member Jeeks and BUG. It also features remixes from Kidkanevil, Pedestrian & Ghost Mutt. The didgital version drops on February 20th and will include additional tracks featuring S-Type, Jaisu, SirOJ and Bobby Tank. Don’t sleep!
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Tonight @ 9PM EST JASS Sessions #3 will be transmitting live from Atlanta, GA. Live beat sessions from Time Wharp, Broodlings, Rekchampa, Taste Tester & a special guest that you’ll just have to tune in live to see for yourselves. You can peep JASS Sessions #3 live from ATL via the JASS Ustream site. Don’t sleep!
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50 days ago the homie Ta-Ku began a huge undertaking where he’d make a beat a day for 50 straight days in honor of one of his biggest influences (and mine) Jay Dee AKA J Dilla. I made a choice early on that I could post each of his beats or I could listen to them, wait and post the entire project after he was done for the sake of continuity. This way the full weight of this immense project captures the listener. I’ve embedded the entire run of Ta-Ku’s “50 DAYS FOR DILLA” on the site and I’ll give y’all some time to listen before I post anything else up on PIK. Don’t sleep…
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I heard this new AngeredRebel slap he just recently uploaded to SoundCloud and I played it so much that I overshot the time I was going to originally post it by about 5 minutes because I played it two more times. Don’t sleep!
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This is a previously unreleased banger from Inkster, MI’s own Street Justice produced by Astronote called “Looking At Me”. Keep your head on a swivel and above all else? DON’T SLEEP!
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Elite Nation is a production team consisting of threebeatmakers/producers from the DMV area (Spark Beatz, Blue Jide & Big Beats)and this is their brand new beat tape entitled “InstruMusical II”. We’re only about 32 hours into the 2012 and it’s clear the game doesn’t stop. Shit, it barely even slows down! Don’t sleep…
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Bhonstro dropped the lead single from his upcoming project “Drivers & Lightswitches EP”. If you’ve been sleeping on Bhonstro previous to this then you need to cut that shit out. NOW.
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The homie J.Benok alongside DMV emcees/producers yU & Kokayi begin to reveal the rich history of the beginnings of the DC Hip Hop scene during the 90’s/Backpack Era. This episode unveils the beginnings of Asheru & Blue Black as well as the origins of 7 Heads Entertainment. I’m glad this is happening, I remember when J.Benok was telling me about his thesis and he sent me a copy about a month after FWMJ brought me out to DC. I was living in Baltimore in 1996 and I remember when all this popped off when I was back in Boston. This needed to happen. Don’t sleep…
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Delosbeat dropped a beat tape today called “Transcurso Final EP”. It’s dense, dark, glitchy, dubby and hard all at the same time. I dig it. Don’t sleep!
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Essentially this is a beat tape that dropped a couple of weeks ago my boy Sudan Life of The Nightshift dropped that I neglected to post on PIK yet. I need to rectify this injustice now. Don’t sleep on Sudan Life, he’s nice with it…
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David Bocuse hails from Paris and he made a dope ass beat tape called “Pardon My French” which you’re going to hear right now. We have an hour until the Patriots start playing so I’ll do what I can until then. Don’t sleep!
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It’s an new year but I’m going to do the same old thing. Other sites took a break over the holiday season but I didn’t. No hangovers, no vacations, no days off, NO SLEEP! Here’s the return of the homie 5th Seal’s Beat Vlog. Happy New Year to all of Producers I Know’s featured producers, regular readers and especially you the subscriber. This was a record month for visitors to the site and our subscribers doubled this month alone. I appreciate it greatly.
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Dub Temple Records drops one of the first beat tapes of the new year with the “Lee Scratch Perry Beat Tape”. This effort stars some recognizable names in the global beat culture such as 1988, Syntax, Bunda, Green Noise, 8man, Sujama, Sauce, Monk, Samedi Soundsystem, Science Project, Voodoo Dred & many more. Don’t sleep!
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