Resistant Mindz’ latest release is finally available for stream and purchase via it’s Bandcamp. Chris Medleigh’s instrumental opus “The Tree” promises to introduce Chris Medleigh’s production to a worldwide audience and allow his career to really take off. Don’t sleep on “The Tree”. LISTEEEEEEEN! © Raphael De La Ghetto
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The Four Owls “Nature’s Greatest Mystery” is easily one of the most slept on albums of 2011. This is how you want an album to sound. It pretty much slaps you in the face with both the production and the relentless bars. Cop it directly from High Focus Records or iTunes if you’d prefer to pay in USD and enjoy the video for the 3rd single “Much Too Much” featuring Dirty Dike. Don’t sleep…
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This beat video goes by the name “Sully Music”. Be on the lookout for the January 2012 release “Stu Bangas presents Straight Death Instrumentals” and don’t forget to visit the Brutal Music store to build up your kick, snare and hi hat library up with “Brutal Drums”. Don’t sleep!
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This is a live DJ Set/performance that Stones Throw didn’t heavily promote but they put on for free featuring Beat Konducta Madlib on the decks himself. How lucky were those kids? Here’s some footage from said event. Don’t sleep!
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WE ARE THE BLACK OPERA. SPREAD THE WARNING.
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One of my favorite albums of 2011 was easily TiRon & Ayomari’s “A Sucker For Pumps”. Among my favorite songs is “All My Love” with Yummy Bingham (formerly of Tha Rayne) on the hook. Here’s the video which is dope. I just need a video for the Oddisee produced “Fin” and I’ll be all set. Peep the visuals below and don’t sleep!
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Crew 932 kicks off their new series of beat tapes with St. Louis’ own Capo who has an impressive resume that includes Sadat X, Percee P and local legend Black Spade (whose latest album on F5 Records “The Sweetest Revenge” is being slept on hard right now). This beat tape clocks in at just under 23 minutes and it’s raw. Just like Ol’ Dirty Bastard liked it. Don’t sleep…
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J The S’ J.Cardim produced and Styles P guested lead single “Razor” from his upcoming January 18th, 2012 LP “The Last Days” has been burning up the airwaves all over. The next offering from “The Last Days” is the Kickdrums featured and produced “Never Sleep Again” for which there’s a video. This should raise anticipation for the album even more. Don’t sleep…
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Willie Green delivers the 4th movement of his “Four Seasons” series of compositions just before 2012 gets ushered in. Don’t sleep!
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Remember back when I told people that Heather B was working on a project overseen by DJ Premier in my “Where Da Ladies At?” post on Bastard Swordsman back in 2010? Well here’s the first official release from her upcoming 2012 mixtape “Spit Queen”. “Dreamer” was produced by MoSS and mixed by DJ Premier. Don’t sleep…
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Here is feux’s contribution to the upcoming (but available for streaming and purchase via Bandcamp) instrumental project “Beat Fight #2” called “One For Digga” featuring the best and brightest beatmakers and producers Austria and Germany. Don’t sleep!
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Beatcasso’s latest beat tape “La Novia” might have just hit Bandcamp but the physical beat tape (and I mean cassette tape) will be dropping sometime in early 2012 so look out for that. CD’s will also be available for those looking to be super ironic by being into “dead” musical formats. At least then we’ll finally get to hear those two bonus tracks. Don’t sleep…
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Yesterday afternoon, DJ Dahi alongside members of Pac Div, TiRon & Ayomari all posted up download links for DJ Dahi’s new beat tape “Toys”. I typically don’t download beat tapes as I prefer to preview them first but DJ Dahi’s production is a known quantity so I complied. I’m glad I did. I kept going to DJ Dahi’s bandcamp page (which is blank) waiting for him to upload it. No dice. Then I decided to check The Cafeteria Line’s Bandcamp page instead. Paydirt. Don’t sleep!
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Cascade Records is clearly about that life. Repeat Pattern’s latest beat tape “08-09” is on some half up front, the rest after the show type steez right now. The project officially drops on December 28th, 2011 but until then enjoy the first half of it (which is raw as fock). Don’t sleep!
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I just mentioned Duke Hugh in my last post involving the Soulection beatmix featuring 3 beatmakers/producers from Holland. Here’s the latest Duke Hugh beat tape from earlier this month, “Silver Lining”. Don’t sleep…
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Nangdo did a mix of his beats alongside Koen, (“Outputs 2”) and Duke Hugh for Soulection recently. Nangdo (“Lost Beats 2001-2006”), Koen and Duke Hugh‘s beats SLAP. Don’t sleep on this as it’s incredible. I mean DAMB…
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Inner Loop Records inhouse producer/beatmaker & DJ Grussle (AKA E-Minah) makes a slap using an Akai MPC 2500, turntable and what looks like either FL Studio or Ableton for Beat Konductaz. Grussle is also one of the producers that will be on the upcoming Ghostface Beat Tape dropping via Digital Hustle on December 24th, 2011. Don’t sleep!
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Y’all don’t understand, son. DJ Roddy Rod goes back with me to the late 90’s to mid 00’s outta Springfield, MA with the crew MasPyke. Then Roddy Rod moved out to the DMV area and got down with one of my favorite crews Low Budget Crew. I can’t wait to hear this Ghostface Beat Tape which drops on December 24th, 2011. Expect a few more related videos before the night goes out. Salute to Gadget.
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Here’s a sampler containing 5 selected remixes of tracks from the modern classic Mello Music Group album, Diamond District’s “In The Ruff”. Maverick offers 5 nice remixes to songs that were already incredible to start. Don’t sleep and look out for Digital Hustle’s Ghostface Beat Tape dropping on December 24th, 2011 which Maverick will also be a part of.
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Mello Music Group artist and one of the DMV’s best producers and beatmakers Nick Tha 1da showcases his alp that will appear on the Ghostface Beat Tape dropping December 24th for Digital Hustle. Don’t sleep…
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I know of EvilDewer through his excellent production work for CatchWreck & Retrospek in Boston and seeing hm do his thing at live shows in the area. This beat tape “Soul De Rey” is ill. It makes me want to slap myself for missing most of his previous material. I’ll rectify that situation in 2012, though. Don’t sleep!
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Small Professor just dropped the first Has-Lo featured single off his upcoming LP “Gigantic Vol. 1” dropping January 24th, 2012. It’s called “When The Last Leaf Falls”, don’t sleep on it…
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How did I finally discover this gem of a beat tape that actually dropped back in November? The Bandcamper app on my iPhone cotdambit! Seriously, if you own an iPhone and don’t have this app slap yourself with an old BlackBerry. This shit is dype (dope x hype, it’s the new “fetch”…or “Rufus” (no one will get that joke)). Yeah, I really DID just put parenthesis inside of parenthesis like I just typed out a damb math problem. Focus on the original point of this post, please. GETEYE “DELICIOUS PORN: Beats Version”. Don’t sleep on it…
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Today DJ Rahdu dropped a mix of Tall Black Guy material called “Lost Tapes”. You can download it from Bama Loves Soul right now. Don’t sleep…
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I began playing Beatowski beats way back when Bloggerhouse was still viable and The Scrunchface Show has just started up. Last we heard from Beatowski was back in February during Snowpacalypse 2011 when he dropped “Beat Tape Vol. 0”. Now more than a year after “Beat Tape Vol. 2” first dropped we finally get the official Beatkowski “Beat Tape Vol. 3”. Don’t sleep!
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Here’s another single from the Redefintion Records release of K-Def’s “Night Shift” LP. It features Raw Peotic and is called “Night Owls”. You can cop “Night Shift” from Fat Beats, UGHH, iTunes and Amazon in addition to several other physical and digital music marketplaces. Don’t sleep…
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Here’s the third episode of the “Thr3e” video series for the January 10th, 2012 release on Humble Beast. Don’t sleep…
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This is the holiday edition of Roddy Rod’s “Oakwood Grain II” instrumental album from Humble Monarch/Greensleeves Records. The full length bonus track version and physical copy drops on February 28th, 2012. Cop it either here or from iTunes. Don’t sleep…
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The homie Moka Only drops an album every holiday season called “Martian Xmas”. This is the 2011 edition, I LOVE these jawns. I wonder if ST/MiC mastered this one, too? In any event, enjoy and don’t sleep…
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Eric G of JAMLA/The Academy is 1/7th of the vaunted Soul Council, part of 9th Wonder’s hand picked team of in house producers. Here’s his first ever instrumental project “Stars & Lights”. Don’t sleep!
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Beatsofreen (“Future Memories”) is a young producer from The Netherlands. He teamed up with American emcee Medaforacle to drop this nice project called “Global Soul”. Don’t sleep on it…
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constrobuz dropped a beat tape a couple of weeks ago called “We Will Die”. I noticed it as I was browsing the beats sections of the Bandcamper iPhone app under newness @ 3 AM this morning. Damb. I slept. Don’t be like me, be better than me…
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