It’s December 6th and that means we get some new heat from the homie Small Pro. He hit me with a link to a brand new beat tape in my Gmail folder called “Leftover Jawns”. Considering that the only Thanksgiving leftovers I have is a damb pecan pie in the bottom of my refrigerator I wasn’t enamored of to begin with this is very welcome. You can rock with the “Leftover Jawns EP” just below. Don’t sleep!
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I actually thought I posted up this Akello light project already 5 days ago. Nope. It’s been stuck in my drafts folder since the WiFi must dropped or something. I actually found this one on a site called The Beat Blast and I gave it a listen late at night or early in the morning and I liked what I heard. I know I’m late but whatever. Don’t be like me. Don’t sleep…
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This is a 32 slap beat tape I found in the comment box on Strictly Beats that I’ve been playing all damb day long. Don’t sleep on it!
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yU is one third of Diamond District who dropped the classic album “In The Ruff”. He then dropped his classic debut “Before Taxes” and dare I say today on iTunes yU drops the best album of his career to date with “The Earn”. This is no exaggeration. This is not hyperbole. This album is incredible and years from now I’ll be proven to be right. Go cop it on iTunes and tell me I’m full of shit. I’M NOT. I’ll even embed the project from the Mello Music Bandcamp below so you can hear it for yourselves. Don’t sleep…
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The Roots’ latest studio album “undun” is a high concept album that tells the story of the life of the fictional character Redford Stephens. This masterpiece of an album will also be accompanied by a film that will tell his life story and feature music from said album. This project was everything for me that Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” was supposed to be and what “Watch The Throne” was hyped up to be. Cop it from iTunes and Amazon right now. DON’T SLEEP!
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14KT has dropped new instrumental album today called “A Friendly Game Of KT”. 14 raw slaps from one of the illest producers and beatmakers in the game today. If you managed to sleep on “The Golden Hour”, “Nowalataz” or “14KillaTape” then I’m extremely disappointed in you thus far but you can make it all up by copping “A Friendly Game Of KT” which is now available from Amazon and iTunes. Don’t sleep!
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New slap from oriJanus called “Nebulaura” he just uploaded to his SoundCloud not too long ago. Don’t sleep!
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Oh4Re△L?! of Analog Division sent me this “Kick In The Door” remix a while ago. After about 30 minutes of playing it on repeat I figured that I should post it up. This is straight bananas. Don’t sleep…
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Versis x Dibia$e’s “FLY ME t’THE MOON” 45 from 10thirty Records has an ill video that matches the sonics. You can peep it here. Don’t sleep!
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Roc C’s new single off of his December 13th Kash Roc Entertainment release “Stoned Genius” features and is produced by The Alchemist. It’s called “Starchild” and you can hear it below and pre-order “Stoned Genius” from iTunes. Don’t sleep…
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Versis and Dibia$e’s “FLY ME t’THE MOON” will be released as a limited edition 45/7″ on December 13th in tandem with the Fat Beats release of Dibia$e’s “Sound Palace”. You can stream it here and if you click the Bandcamp link you can pre-order both. Don’t sleep!
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This footage comes courtesy of the Deviation showcases that happen in London, this particular show “Deviation Presents: Benji B, MC Judah & Deviation String Quartet” @ Revolutions In Sound on the London Eye 10.13.2011. The first clip is of the Deviation String Quartet playing along to the Slum Village/J Dilla classic “Fall In Love” & the next is the Deviation String Quartet going ham on the Just Blaze & Jay Electronica collaboration “Exhibit C”. Don’t sleep…
DEVIATION STRING QUARTET: SLUM VILLAGE – FALL IN LOVE from Deviation on Vimeo.
DEVIATION STRING QUARTET: JAY ELECTRONICA – EXHIBIT C from Deviation on Vimeo.
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Down Pat sent me a link to his last beat. I instead listened to all three track on his Bandcamp page. Here they are, “That Ole Boom Bap”, “Night Shift” & “Friday Love”. Don’t sleep…
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I was sent the link to this Bandcamp on Twitter. First is the lone slap “Ghost Numbers” and next is the two sided single “BLACK NOI$E” from Black Noi$e. Don’t sleep…
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Again, as I was perusing the SoundCloud iPhone app (which I highly recommend along with Bandcamper & MixCloud) I ran across a ton of slaps by Evolve One that were dope. I’ll stop at three but you should get your asses over to his SoundCloud pages because he’s been dropping straight heat for the past 24 hours. Don’t sleep…
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My boy Silvamore produced a few songs off Slaine’s last album, one of them being “You”. Also, cop the homie Slaine’s “A World With No Skies 2.0”. Don’t sleep…
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Take a beat Madlib flipped on his Blue Note LP then flip it further and put it together with the acapella to Nas’ classic “It Ain’t Hard To Tell”. What you end up with is a REEEEEEEEEEEMIX! Don’t sleep….
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Here are three of the latest slaps from Team PIK member Jomac. You can check out his SoundCloud for more slaps or just hit up his Bandcamp page for his beat tapes and instrumental projects. In any event, don’t sleep!
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Here’s one of my homie Myke Forte’s latest slaps off his Bandcamp page. Now I’m gonna watch some football. At halftime I’ll hit y’all off with some Jomac. Go to his Soundcloud page to hear some more heat. Don’t sleep!
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I’m over here trying to kill time before football starts so after Ta-Ku’s “LATENYC” stopped streaming on Bandcamp I picked up my iPhone to check my SoundCloud stream. I saw two slaps from KVZE from something called “Kheartwheels” so I listened to them and went to his SoundCloud page on my MacBook so I could click his Bandcamp link. I’ll be dambed. KVZE dropped a new beat tape a few days ago. Bet! Don’t sleep on “Kheartwheels”…
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Ta-Ku’s “LATENYC” dropped today (I guess it’s already tomorrow wherever Ta-Ku is) and I just dropped the single “Latency” a few days ago. It’s a collaboration between HuhWhat & Where Records and Paper Chain Records. 9 blaps that are all ridiculously ill. Don’t sleep!
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Dreamweapons’ “Dreamweapons” will be the final beat tape I post up tonight/this morning. Enjoy. See you manana…
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Moment outta Poland just dropped this beat tape about three weeks ago that I’m just now catching up to. I’m going to drop one more beat tape in about 15 minutes then watch some football tomorrow. Moment “Handful Of Moments”….Don’t sleep!
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This the the trailer to a documentary about the rise of Symbolyc One AKA S1 and his music career. I go back to 2005 with S1 and Strange Fruit Project via Okayplayer. If you weren’t aware his previous LP’s include Symbolyc One & !llmind “The Art Of Onemind”, Strange Fruit Project “The Healing”, Symbolyc One “S1’s Music Box”, Braille & Symbolyc One “Cloud Nineteen”, Strange Fruit Project “M.A.S.K. (Making Art Sound Kool)” and Strange Fruit Project’s 2011 album “A Dreamer’s Journey”. Most music fans know S1 from his work with Kanye West, Jay-Z and Beyonce but he’s been in the game making brilliant music since about 2004. The Jeff Adair directed documentary “Symbolyc Reflectionz: The Story Of Producer S1” will drop sometime in 2012. Don’t sleep!
Symbolyc Reflectionz- The Story of Producer S1 from Jeff Adair on Vimeo.
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DAMB! Sundrenched done did it again! He went and made those old Boogie Funk inspired slaps Grandma used to make before she came down with rheumatoid arthritis and couldn’t push the MPC/MPD/Maschine pads anymore or play the synth parts over her slaps on the Akai MPK. Sad really. Alpha Pup almost offered her a deal. Don’t sleep on “Exercise Tapes”!
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Dibia$e x Haircut SOUNDCLASH from gregthedude on Vimeo.
I have been searching for this footage for a few moths because it wouldn’t show up immediately on Google. I had to use a combination of keywords before I actually found a link to the old Vimeo video on the SP-Forums messageboards. So here it is, Dibia$e vs. DJ Haircut in the Root Down Soundclash from January 15th, 2009. Peeop the ninja outfit! Don’t sleep!
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This December, Stu Bangas will drop a collection of instrumentals and unreleased beats called “Straight Death Instrumentals”. “King Kong Bundy” is just an example of the kinda shit you’ll hear on this project. “Straight Death” will include slaps spit over by Apathy, Vinnie Paz, Blaq Poet, Reef the Lost Cauze, Jaysaun and several others including many y’all never heard (but I have). Don’t sleep. Then again, I won’t let you…
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Given Erick Sermon’s recent health issues and the fact folks seem to forgot that The Green Eyed Bandit AKA The Funk Lord himself is one of the greatest to ever touch any piece of beat making equipment you can imagine in the past 25 years I thought I should post this up. I also saw this up @ Crate Kings under the heading “Eric Sermon Makes A Beat On A Yamaha Motif ES8” via Twitter. It just goes to show that if you’re nice or a master at your craft it doesn’t matter what equipment you use. Salute the legend Erick Sermon…
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I ran across this brand new emil der beatdetektiv beat tape called “S C H N I P S E L” on Beat Tape Co-Op. I decided to give it a listen and I ended up rocking to it for an hour before I finally smacked myself outta my beat trance so I could actually post it on Producers I Know. This is dope, Germany ain’t fuckin’ around, B. Don’t sleep!
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I was just sent this collection of slaps from the Footclan Beat Collective called “Dusty But Digital: Footclan Beats Vol. 2”. The Footclan Beat Collective is comprised of 4 individuals, AL_PD who’s a PIK regular, Bmoody, Dan Matic & jSchlock. This 24 blap beat tape is not to be missed. Don’t sleep!
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If you’ve learned anything about me in the past year plus I’ve ran this site it’s that I go to the ends of the Earth to find new beat tapes and projects to post on PIK in addition to having those that will point me in the right direction or tip me off to some things I may have missed from time to time. In this case, it just ended up in my Gmail inbox from the producer himself. Billy Hoyle’s “Mind Traveling” is a 10 track beat tape that I played for an hour straight before realizing that I should post it. Don’t sleep…
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Budamunk’s “Blunted Monkey Fist” dropped back on November 16th and here’s a 14 minute mix of said project. If you’re unfamiliar then here it is. Don’t sleep…
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