Urban Waves Records dropped a beat tape/compilation a few days ago called “Intergalactic Travels” which features several PIK regulars such as BoomBaptist, Ta-Ku, Handbook, Lingvisto, Thriftworks, prof.Logik, SertOne, 3LLL & Lee Spacey. Don’t sleep!
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This is Lee Bannon’s latest beat tape/instrumental album inspired by vinyl film soundtracks one would find whilst on a digging mission. It’s name is “Gnarlon Bando’s Midnight Noir” and it’s dope as hell. Peep the Italian film soundtrack late 60’s & early 70’s era inspired cover art. Don’t sleep!
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This live beat showcase footage was taken on November 6th, 2011 @ SOM Bar in San Francisco and it was put down by the good peoples @ JASS. JASS puts on live events in Boston and worldwide. On January 2nd they’ll be airing some freshness I’ll put you all onto later. See these sets from Sonnymoon, Time Wharp, Blum, Tyler Randall & Knxwledge via the JASS Ustream site. Don’t sleep!
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Here’s a compilation of all of Rashid Hadee’s 2011 production output. Do me a favor and don’t sleep on this. Honest Management will do big things in 2012…
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This is the second single from the upcoming PIK release Producers I Know x Buctayla “This Maschine Kills Wack Sh*t” (“Rotary” was the lead single) and it’s produced by Buctayla of Hellsenda Productions and you can expect “This Maschine Kills Wack Sh*t” to drop on the Producers I Know Bandcamp sometime in January 2012. DON’T SLEEP!
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Kardinal Offishall has been one of my favorites going back to the old MuchMusic days of “Jeevin” & “On Wit Da Show”. My shit was “Hustlin'”, too. In any event, Kardi was making moves with Akon but that ain’t work out but he’s back with Nottz working on a new album called “A.M.T.R.I.M. (Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself)”. The lead single is “The Invention Of Truth”. Which reminds me, when are we getting that new DMP album? Don’t sleep!
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If you’re going to be a frequent visitor or subscriber to this site then you need to recognize that I’m a fan of the worldwide beat culture. That’s why I’ll go above and beyond to seek out content for this particular blog. There’s a music creation/sampling iPhone/iPad app called Fresh Push Play and Japan’s HIFANA uses it on the fly via their iPhones and iPads to create music in real time on the streets of Tokyo and elsewhere. Don’t sleep!
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As far as beat videos go this one isn’t super popular by internet standards but I remember seeing in way back when I still had Poisonous Paragraphs up and running. This was almost a full year before Producers I Know was even conceived by Jay Large & FWMJ andalmost a year before the Scrunchface Show was even thought of. I remember seeing this video of a dude in his bedroom using a gang of different pieces of equipment, instruments and his own ingenuity to create music that represented him and I thought it was the coolest thing ever and an extended metaphor for life. Don’t sleep!
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Gadget speaks with DJ Dialtone & emcee Trickstar about the incredible Ghostface Beat Tape Project which dropped last week. Get that! Don’t sleep and look for a surprise collaboration between Producers I Know x Digital Hustle in 2012. Y’all been warned! © Method Man
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Beat Fanatic fam and Illregular Instrumentals LLC jefe J.Bizness just dropped the “Strays” instrumentals. JEAH! © MC Eiht
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Here’s yet another live beat video from Fresh KIls featuring his “Transformers” routine which he first premiered on YouTube last Spring that I’m sharing with the Producers I Know readers and subscribers. Don’t sleep!
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B.kun & Hed are Beat Inc., Hed is a drummer and musician and Kun is a turntablist/beatmaker/producer. They incorporate live instrumentation and combine it with the aesthetic of the burgeoning beat culture (a la Keys & Krates). Their debut LP will drop in 2012 so expect some videos of the doing their thing live to appear on Producers I Know in the near future. Don’t sleep!
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Budamunk promised a beat tape on New Year’s Day after dropping the video for “Swisher Blade”, thank God he’s in Japan! Here it is, the “Resolute Dragon Beat Tape” for beatheads worldwide, 2012 is looking good for Producers I Know already. Don’t sleep!
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Sabzi drops his second installment of instrumentals from his work for Common Market. Don’t sleep on it (or Common Market)…
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Lord Finesse has two projects from his “The Art Of Diggin'” series set to drop of Slice Of Spice Records. One being “The Art Of Diggin’: The Grind & The Hustle” and the other being “The Art Of Diggin’: Blue Note State Of Mind”. The first three mixes are from “The Grind & The Hustle'” and the last ones are from “Blue Note State Of Mind”. Look out for the upcoming project from The Alumni (Lord Finesse & O.C.) as well. Don’t sleep!
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The Union dropped a single with Elzhi called “Wings” for their upcoming album on Fat Beats a while back. Damu The Fudgemunk did the remix which you can hear here. Don’t sleep!
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I discovered the Chilean beatmaker Oh Maik’s “Memories” the old fashioned way, I saw it on another blog. I visited Finest Ego this morning and I saw this project then I gave it a listen. Needless to say about three hours later I’m making this post. Don’t sleep…
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Last time we encountered nice nate he was on iller sampler back in November but here he is back again with “milo.”. I’m guessing it’s a beat tape dedicated to his dog? Or maybe not. In any event, this shit goes. Don’t sleep!
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AKO is part of a collective known as the Chemistry Music Collective and this their debut offering. Don’t sleep on it!
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This is I.N.T.’s second holiday offering , “Christmas Wonderland Volume 2”. I have no clue how the hell I missed this one last week. Don’t sleep!
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This Detroit area beat tape was discovered again via the “beats” section of the ingenious iPhone app Bandcamper under “newness” (it’s actually a few months old but whatever). Apparently producers Joon The Monsoon, Professor Megablown & Ashod took turns flipping the same samples and this project was born out of those sessions. Don’t sleep!
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New beat tape from DJ iShine called “#AppleTini”. I thought I told you that he won’t stop…
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So…inbetween Buctayla & I working to get “This Maschine Kills Wack Sh*t” done I’ve been getting hit up with new beat tapes. Morpheground slid this gem into my Gmail inbox a few hours ago. See, this is EXACTLY why I only do end of year lists when the damb year is actually over! This is bananas. Don’t sleep!
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This is the lead single off the upcoming PIK release/beat tape/instrumental project from Producers I Know x Buctayla “This Maschine Kills Wack Sh*t”. “Rotary” is produced by Buctayla of Hellsenda Productions and you can expect “This Maschine Kills Wack Sh*t” to drop sometime in January 2012. DON’T SLEEP!
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Legendary DJ & producer DJ Mark The 45 King interviews legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier about Heavy D, Hip Hop and a gang of other things. Plus an appearance from Flavor Unit emcee Double J himself. Y’all DO know who Double J is, right? Don’t sleep!
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I first discovered Fresh Kils’ beat videos late last night after I began bitching about the Boston Celtics. I began with his award winning “The Price Is Right” routine which was just posted on YouTube in the past few days and went back through his output for the past two years. I’m impressed with what I’ve seen and expect more of Fresh Kils’ videos to appear on Producers I Know this weekend. Don’t sleep…
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Sabzi of Blue Scholars and Common Market is dropping an instrumental project a day until the New Year and today is the first part of his Common Market beats. The emcee in Common Market is RA Scion and if you’ve never listened to any of their material previously I implore you to and I certainly hope that after hearing these beats you go and seek them out. Don’t sleep!
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I don’t know who exactly made this compilation and uploaded it but whomever it is did an EXCELLENT job of picking beatmakers/producers and slaps. This compilation is actually 23 blaps in total, to get the 4 bonus tracks you have to download it from either the Bandcamp page or the alternative download link. Beats from 0hbliv, Ichiro_, Sir Froderick, Rbe, bluezr, Repeat Pattern, Mark Aubert, Neith, Chushi, dpeee, vxlam & glia amongst many others are included. Don’t sleep!
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Here’s a recently unearthed batch of 5+ year old beats Evil needle made back shortly after Dilla first passed away. He uploaded them to Bandcamp a couple of weeks ago and I didn’t stumble across them until I found this beat tape with the Bandcamper app on my iPhone last night during the Celtics/Hornets “game”. Don’t sleep…
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Mad-Hop has dropped 4 volumes of their beat tapes/compilations on folks heads this year. A lot of folks slept on them. I just realized that I’ve actually missed posting the the first 3 before this one with just dropped earlier today (now yesterday) so I guess I’ll just drop all four jawns right now. Don’t sleep!
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The homie Sabzi of Blue Scholars and Common Market decided to go batshit and drop a beat tape full of his old instrumentals every day after Christmas leading up to the New Year. If you’ve been wondering what I’ve been doing all day between ranting on Twitter it’s involved me listening to all four of these “TOWNFOLK INSTRUMENTAL CHRONICLES” beat tapes/instrumental projects “RAVENNA”, “DAKOTA”, The Maplewood Playfield” & “GLORIOUS MELANCHOLIA”. Don’t sleep!
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Anyone whose been following my writing career going back to 2006 knows that I’ve been fuxing with DIBIA$E’s slaps since the Diabolic1 MySpace days. Here he is getting it in live @ Rufio’s “Transitions” event on an SP-404 that matches his outfit. You know the Chicago Bulls are DIBIA$E’s squad, too. Don’t sleep!
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