Samon Kawamura’s album “Thaima” hasn’t dropped yet but the 3rd single “Good Morning Bangkok” is up on SoundCloud. I still don’t know the album’s official release date but I can’t wait to find out from a 3rd party that it already dropped. Uhh…don’t sleep?
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The lead single from Soul Khan’s upcoming project “Pursuance” is produced by Audible Doctor and called “Someone’s Pocket”. I can totally relate to this jawn. Don’t sleep on it…
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oriJanus dropped two crazy ass beat tapes this month two weeks apart. The first being “Strainmeam” & the second is “Dechinal Tifficulties”. Don’t sleep on either. Also, oriJanus just dropped the lead slap to his NEXT beat tape today. I’ll post it up later on…
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Onra & Reggie B’s 3 song “Reach Out EP” featuring Byron The Aquarius & Ubiquitous of Ces Cru is produced entirely by Onra. If you haven’t picked up “Chinoiseries Pt. 2” yet slap yourself. Not hard enough to leave a mark tho. I don’t want to be brought up on any weird internet charges. Don’t sleep…
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The homie Nametag recently re-released his debut “My Name Is Tag” with new cover art & new bonus tracks. One of those bonus tracks being the Black Milk produced and Crystal Ariel featured “Nowhere But Up”. Don’t sleep on this song, the album OR Nametag…
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In Vienna, Austria a DJ/beats battle went down between DJ’s Emodee, Preddy, Buk & Zuzee each using nothing but 45’s or 7″ vinyl and only having 10 minutes to play or perform the best set. All 4 parts are uploaded below via 45’s Battle’s Vimeo page. If you look DJ’ing, beats and records then don’t sleep on this…
45`s battle – part 1 – DJ Emodee from 45`s Battle Vienna on Vimeo.
45`s battle – part 2 – DJ Preddy from 45`s Battle Vienna on Vimeo.
45`s battle – part 3 – DJ Buk from 45`s Battle Vienna on Vimeo.
45`s battle – part 4 – DJ Zuzee from 45`s Battle Vienna on Vimeo.
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Last year Duzz Down San’s Dusty Crates collective dropped the compilation/beat tape “OUTOFORDER”. Exactly one year later the present the re-up “OUTOFORDER2”. See ya next year. For now? Don’t sleep on this…
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Here’s the long awaited new project from The Mad Bloggers, Madden Miles’ beat tape “A Beat For You: The Donny Hathaway Beat Tape”. 9 raw slaps that use some of the most soulful compositions from Donny Hathaway’s legendary catalog. Don’t sleep…
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Here’s the latest 5th Seal Beat Vlog for the people dem. Don’t sleep…
5th Seal Vlog #18 from 5th Seal on Vimeo.
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Danny Brown’s new video for “Blunt After Blunt” off of his “XXX” LP on Fool’s Gold was directed by A$AP Rocky. You can peep it below and if for some reason you didn’t download this album yet do so now. Do be no dummy, dummy! © DJ Quik
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DJcityTV recorded Jeremy “Ayiro” Ellis (whose been on this site numerous times) master of the MPC/MPD/Maschine doing a two handed routine with a Maschine & a Maschine Mikro simultaneously. This is hella impressive. Don’t sleep!
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Undefeated hit me off with a beat tape a few hours ago called “HeaDN0DFx”. I went to the SoundCloud page and rocked to it before ultimately making it the second post of Monday, November 28th, 2011. Thanksgiving weekend might be finally over but the funk lives on…
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DJ iShine dropped a beat tape yesterday and I didn’t post “#WhiteCocktails” until midnight. Here it is…
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DRTYDRDZ dropped the introductory beat tape “L’introduction” a few months back. Here’s the re-up “Roman Candles”. Don’t sleep!
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Straight out of The Netherlands comes the production duo The Jazzment (MARWZ x Noire). I featured their beat tape “Lonely Soul” back in the Summer and they’ve since returned with “After Soul” for the Fall/Winter seasons. You need to rock with this one. Don’t sleep…
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Yesterday JuSoul dropped the next installment of “Justrumentals”. This edition is titled “Justrumentals v0.5: odds+ends” and if you sleep on this jawn then you don’t deserve ears. There it is embedded below. Do the right thing…
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I ran across these two beat tapes not too long ago but didn’t post them during my “Lost Weekend/WHY WONT SOUNDCLOUD EMBED ANYMORE?” Era. Better late than never I always say so here’s Nazzy’s “Snazzy Nazzy” & “Ghost”. I hope something else drops this December, too. Don’t sleep…
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KENO and HAZ SOLO teamed up over a Zed beat with Jun on the cuts to make the jam “Foolish”. It’s dope. Listen for yourselves below…
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ffrew’s Bandcamp has 4 beats on it. His SoundCloud has one beat on it. Add them all up and you have a beat tape… *Shrug*
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Man of The Downtrodden (MoTD) entered into a beat making challenge with fellow beatmaker/producer Mindbenda and the end result is “30Beats30Days”. This shit is dope and I first ran across it on Beat Tape Co-Op. I had to give it a listen and DAMB. Don’t sleep on it…
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Esbe’s latest beat collection popped up last on Bandcamper back on Thanksgiving before I started doing/eating other stuff(ing). I remember it being dope so I went back and searched for it. Yep, I was right. Don’t sleep on “Sweet&Sour 3rd collection” (even though it supposedly still isn’t finished yet)…
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Again, I was browsing through Bandcamper while my brothers beat each other up playing old Sega Dreamcast games on Thanksgiving. I ran across a beat called “***PRESS START***” on Bandcamp. Today I remembered it and went looking to see if k a y o. made anything else to go with it. Lo and behold, the “***PRESS START EP***” is on SoundCloud and I finally figured out how to embed SoundCloud again last night. Don’t sleep…
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This is one of those beat tapes that I found by using the Bandcamper app on my iPhone. After the 8th beat, I got off my ass and went to my MacBook to hear the rest and make this damb post. P Smoov “Face Scrunchers Vol. 2” is the embodiment of the phrase “scrunchface music”. Don’t sleep…
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So what it took me a full week to figure out how to embed SoundCloud after it upgrade to HTML5, changed it’s options and WordPress updated? Here’s a beat tape from IZRL Records featuring 35 beats from C. Watts, Default, Red, Areeezzy, Juels, Izymon & Jonathan Tramp. Don’t sleep!
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Black Star drops the Oh No (The Professionals, Gangrene) produced lead single “You Already Knew” from the upcoming “Aretha” mixtape. You can hear it via Soundcloud and D/L it directly from Black Star Hub via Okayplayer right now. Don’t sleep!
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New Black Star rawness courtesy of the dynamic Brooklyn duo with Madlib The Beat Konducta behind the boards. You cop either listen to it on SoundCloud on cop it from iTunes. The choice is yoooooooooours! © Dres
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The stakes are high but the budget is low. Here’s the long awaited Low Budget Crew holiday album “A Low Budget Christmas ’11”. The entire crew is involved with this project so DON’T SLEEP!
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This Is Tomorrow is back with the sequel to the incredible beat tape “Meltdown” called “Meltdown 2” (no Electric Boogaloo). Don’t sleep!
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Beat Fanatic fam Wizard just dropped a brand new beat tape via YouTube called “Beat Tease 4” featuring many beats you’d recognize from being on here first over the past year. 19 new beats are cut together into a 10 minute beat reel. Hit Wizard up via DM with inquiries on Twitter @ @WizardBeats or add him on Facebook. Don’t sleep!
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I present to you the lead single from King Karnov’s upcoming project “Black Powder”, “It’s Over (For You)” featuring Bishop Lamont, Rapper Big Pooh, Swish & Rick Thousand. You can stream it and cop it directly from the Castlehouse Worldwide Bandcamp page. Don’t sleep on this jawn…
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Toronto’s own ELMNT teamed up with PIK favorites Slakah The Beatchild (on the hook) and FS Green (on the beat) and the end result was the infectious “4A Way”. You can stream it and cop it from ELMNT’s Bandcamp. Don’t sleep…
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