Team PIK member Pete Cannon is an unadulterated musical genius. As a kid & young teen I often used a Commodore 64. I had the tape drive, disk drive and a 300 baud modem before we balled out and copped a 1200 baud modem years later. Even when I spent years playing “Dr. J vs. Larry Bird” and “Omega Race” I NEVER ONCE imagined that 25 years or more later a producer across the pond would find a way to modify one into a synth for Dubstep/Wobble. Salute. DON’T SLEEP!
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Boo did the selecting. Chief did the mixing. The end result is a ridiculous blend that’s over 30 minutes long with exclusive blaps from beat culture luminaries such as DIBIA$E, Ta-Ku, Sunclef, DEHEB and even Chief himself. Enjoy the embedded link below & hurry up to download since only the first 100 people get downloads and it just went up recently. DON’T SLEEP!
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German emcee Sylabil Spill spits over 8 hot beats from Twit Uno with Hulk Hodn on the cuts. Two instrumentals are included for extra measure on the vinyl version which was limited to 500 copies on the initial printing. This actually dropped on vinyl and CD in Europe back in the late summer (between July and August) but I didn’t get to hear it until recently (meaning this week). You can cop and preview it from HHV and cop it on CD from there or Vinylism or Groove Attack overseas. It’s not on iTunes (maybe the German store) so good luck finding it digitally it’s for Hip Hop heads I’d recommend it if you can find it. Don’t sleep!
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Vancouver producer/beatmaker Nick Wisdom drops the surprising project “Nightlines” on Jellyfish Recordings with vocal contributions and features from Moka Only, Solar C, AstroLogical, Claire Mortifee, Jonny Lee, Nikki Fix & Panther. Do me a favor and listen to this. Donate whatever you can and DON’T SLEEP!
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The homie Jomac has dropped yet another incredible Beat Set on the masses and since he’s down with the squad I’m going to alert you all. Listen to “ThoughtsThruSound: Beat Set 3” via his Bandcamp page and hit him up for production. DON’T SLEEP!
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The homie Jon Phonics (Chakra Sounds) who’s fresh off a placement on the latest Brownswood Bubblers compilation just recently posted up some new rawness on his Soundcloud page. This particular track is a collaboration between himself and Beat Fanatic Jaisu called “Garfunkled”. It IS funky. Listen to it below then go here to figure out how to contact this man for production. DON’T SLEEP!
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Dimlite’s new video for “Fridge Note” is just below and here’s a link to preview his Now-Again LP “Grimm Reality” which is due November 22nd, 2011. Here’s the cover art and a pre-order link from UGHH and Redeye Records in the UK. DON’T SLEEP!
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The official lead single for Has-Lo’s upcoming remix project for “In Case I Don’t Make It” entitled “Conversation B” is the Has-Lo produced “Maxell UR” where he recounts his years growing up during the 2nd Golden Era of Hip Hop. You can pre-order “Conversation B” now to guarantee yourself a copy by the time it drops on November 15th. DON’T SLEEP!
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K-Lash dropped this beat tape last week that I just now got around to hearing recently due to the chaos of the past week or so and my fucked up day yesterday. In any event, you need to lend an ear to “Solar Bump” since it helped to lift me out of this mini depression since I fucked around & got locked out of my Gmail account.
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On October 29th in Cologne. Germany some of the premier producers & beatmakers on the entire beat scene will compete for the hallowed title of King Of The Beatfight. Competitors include Dexter, Shuko, feux, Beatvadda & Fid Mella who I’m betting on against the rest of the field. I can’t wait for this to go down because the footage that emerged from last years competition was BANANAS. DON’T SLEEP!
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As I’ve mentioned in the past on Producers I Know Hawthorne Headhunters new LP “Myriad Of Now” will be dropping 1st quarter 2012 on Plug Research. Black Spade and Coultrain decided to release the “Myriad Of Now EP” to tide the people dem over until the album finally drops. Judging by the EP, the album is going to be incredible. Cop it from iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody or just listen to it via the embedded player below. DON’T SLEEP!
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The new upcoming Synergy Works Quelle Chris LP “Shotgun & Sleek Rifle” will hit store shelves and digital music marketplaces on November 15th, 2011. Following the successes of “Blue Mondays”, “Slut Bag Edition” (Crown Nation) & “The S.O.N.” here comes a promo solo debut from Quelle of Crown Nation. “Shotgun & Sleek Rifle” will feature Roc Marciano, Danny Brown, Denmark Vessey (Crown Nation), Big Tone, 87, Goose & Mayasongbird. Production will be handled by Quelle himself alongside Houseshoes, Roc Marciano & MosEL (Crown Nation). This album promises to approach classic status. Pre-order it from Fat Beats, UGHH, Amazon or CD Universe. Listen to the Danny Brown & Roc Marciano featured “Shotgun” embedded below. DON’T SLEEP!
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Here’s the official lead single from the upcoming DCide/ShowOff Action Bronson x Statik Selektah LP “Well Done” which drops on November 22nd, 2011. “Cocoa Butter” features Nina Sky and it’s dope. “Well Done” and “Population Control” will both be hitting the market soon. Don’t sleep or I’ll put you in a sleeper hold…
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On November 11th, 2011 Fulgeance’s debut LP “To All Of You” drops on Melting Pot Music. I’ve been listening to Fulgeance for years and it’s amazing that given the amount of material he’s put out and the number of shows he’s done that this is his debut album finally coming to fruition. Expect to see it up on Bandcamp soon and all over the Melting Pot Music site. DON’T SLEEP!
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Earlier today my peoples over @ Potholes In My Blog posted up an 18 slap beat tape featuring the talents of various favorites like J57, Danny Swain, Jaisu, Herma Puma, Trebles And Blues, AbJo, Paul White, Tensei, Blue Sky Black Death, etc. Get “Midnight Snacks” here. DON’T SLEEP!
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MOON’s Outlier Recordings debut comes in the guise of this $1 beat tape titled “LOOPS Vol. 1” that bangs from beginning to end like O-Dog in “Menace II Society”. DON’T SLEEP!
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New beat tape out of Germany called “FULL AUTO STOP” that’s a legitimate beat tape with a Side A & B. Don’t sleep on this jawn as it’s 60 minutes of raw slaps…
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This maybe one of the worst days I’ve had in the past 5 years. Denied healthcare. My Gmail account is locked. I’m in pain and out of antibiotics. I got a new phone but have to input all the numbers by hand because my previous phone was from the Bronze Age. On the plus side? NEW KNXWLEDGE!
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Ayatollah is a master of the MPC 60, one of my all time favorite producers and one of the true pioneers of the modern instrumental album/beat scene movement. I have EVERY instrumental project he’s ever dropped going back to almost a decade. He teamed up with the homie Alkota to drop a 27 track collection called “Straight Out The MPC”. Here’s the embedded Bandcamp link. Cop some custom flash drives from Alkota, too. DON’T SLEEP!
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The homie Tone & I go way back to the Okayplayer days and I actually have a few of his older beat tapes from the pre-Bandcamp/SoundCloud/official.fm days. He just sent me a link for this 14 slap 20 minute opus that features a ton of source material that most heads salivate at flipping. Enjoy listening to “Taboo”, I know I did. DON’T SLEEP!
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On December 13th, 2011, Roc C will drop his follow up to “Scapegoat” on his own label Kash Roc Entertainment. The lead single is produced by Producers I Know regular Jansport J. “3 Words” bangs. I played it 5 times in a row before I even posted it up here. I can’t wait to hear “Stoned Genius”. Salute to iNanz on the design tip. DON’T SLEEP!
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Gamera’s new beat tape “Fly With The Beat”dropped a few days ago. This 19 slap opus will serve to remind you that he’s nice behind the boards for those that slept previously. Don’t sleep…
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Edward Cayce of The Hollowz dropped an instrumental project consisting of 32 compositions that take up approximately 100 minutes. You wanted beats? Here you go. DON’T SLEEP!
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Montreal’s dynamic beatmaking duo KenLo & Vlooper formed the Alaclair Ensemble and dropped 3 ridiculous projects on their bandcamp page. This jawn “Un PIOU PIOU Parmi Tant d’Autres” is a free beat tape from KenLo & Vloooper. The others I’m confused about since I’m kinda terrible with French. “Touladis” is a project with vocals of indeterminate nature but “Le Roe C’est Moe” is a Hip Hop album that’s free. Or a remix project. Not really sure. Either way all three are ridiculous. DON’T SLEEP!
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My Beat Fanatic homie from across the pond Wizard alerted me that he was gonna unleash hell upon the denizens of Earth once again on October 17th in the form of a beat tape entitled “Dutty Gash Face Music”. Lo and behold here it is! 20 slaps that consist of mixed in exclusives and instrumentals for slaps that will be on upcoming projects. Look out for Wizard x Jack Flash’s new collaborative project as well, DON’T SLEEP!
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The Stuyvesants dropped one of my all time favorite instrumental projects in “Brooklyn’s Finest” but now they’re back with a 40 slap double instrumental release called “The Finer Things Vol. 1 & 2”. You can download them directly from here or listen to them both embedded from SoundCloud. Either way, don’t sleep. These jawns are BOTH incredible. Salute fellas!
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Tantu is from Holland in The Netherlands and dropped this ill beat tape called “On My Way” earlier this month. I was sick as hell yesterday so I didn’t post it up then. I’m still sick but so is this beat tape so here it is so you can hear it as well. DON’T SLEEP!
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Vanderslice is playing a gang of joints and even some records to go along with it to show you how they got freaked it. Look out for that “Diggas With Attitude” jawn coming 1st quarter 2012. To get work from Vanderslice hit him up @ brutalmusicbeats[at]gmail[dot]com or @EricVanderslice. Serious inquiries only please. DON’T SLEEP!
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Here’s a collection of beats that Ta-Ku made back in September and uploaded directly to his SoundCloud. Listen to them. Download them. Enjoy them. DON’T SLEEP!
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