Here’s yet another beat video from the homie Stu Bangas of Brutal Music. Check for the new Lateb “Live Brutal” album and if you want work from Stu hit him up @ Brutalmusicbeats[at]gmail[dot]com. Serious inquiries only as I’m not above tracking IP addresses and choking the shit out of bullshitters. I’ve done it before. DON’T SLEEP!
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Low Budget Crew’s Kev Brown recently dropped a beat tape from August 2005 via his Bandcamp. This jawn is from around the same era as his classic debut release “I Do What I Do” on Up Above back in ’05. If you’re not feeling this then your neurons and axons need to be revoked. Also look out for the upcoming Sean Born x Kev Brown LP “Behind The Scale”. Sheeeeeeeit! © Clay Davis. DON’T SLEEP!
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Fela Kuti was born today back in 1938. He was trying to A Black President first. He formed the M.O.P. first. He was far more gangsta thean any emcee you know claims to be. If you were never a fan of Fela Anikulapo’s music or knew little about the man before now then please watch “Music Is The Weapon” and educate yourself. DON’T SLEEP!
Fela Kuti – Music Is The Weapon from Green Grin on Vimeo.
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SertOne‘s “WIDTS” is a collection of remixes (or refixes) in addition to some beats he made this past Summer and he often played some of the joints when he toured. In any event, “WIDTS” is INSANE. DON’T SLEEP!
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Here’s a fan made video for Knxwledge’s “EechDai” off his most recent release “Hud.Dreems.EP“. Do me a favor, don’t sleep on it…
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Here it finally is! “Cuffing Season Has Returned” is the official soundtrack to the Fall and Cuffing Season all contained in one ambitious instrumental project. The beats came courtesy of wunderkind producer D-Man and the sequencing, song titles and overall project concept was all my idea. “Cuffing Season Has Returned” is a chronological beat tape so to speak walking you through the stages of Cuffing Season. It gets colder, the boots come out you get your holler on. Then the thigh high boots come out and it gets even colder and you realize that it’s time to step your game up a few notches before all the cuffworthy and cuffable ladies done been cuffed up.
Well, it’s October 15th, meaning that it’s officially Cuffing Season everywhere in this great nation of ours where the seasons actually change. You can find this project on Bandcamp, SoundCloud AND MediaFire (For the beat heads there’s even a samples mix!). THE CHOICE IS YOURS! © Dres. Also…DON’T SLEEP!
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I saw FWMJ tweet about this first. I was like “Wait, Nottz just flipped “Angry Birds”?” Yep, he sho’ did. The end result is another banger for the VA crew Dirtee Musik Produkshinz AKA DMP. I can’t wait until the full length DMP LP drops of Raw Koncept. DON’T SLEEP!
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Back on Tuesday, my peoples over @ Potholes In My Blog sponsored a beat tape by producer/beatmaker FLOTE called the “Disenchanted Forest EP” I missed due to working on releasing my own project. Well, here it is. I wanna slap myself for not hearing it sooner. Don’t be like me, be better than me. DON’T SLEEP!
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KingUnderground has just dropped a free beat tape from recent signee Simiah to promote his upcoming 2012 LP “Lost In Time”. You need this in your life and while you’re at it don’t sleep on Lewis Parker’s highly slept on album “Dangerous Adventures”. Sleep no more…
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Yeah, turns out that my German isn’t that good after all. I thought that the new Hulk Hodn x Hubert Daviz “Kaseta” double LP vinyl release happened today. Nope, it’s just the day pre-orders begin as the project will officially drop on November 4th, 2011. Oddly enough, Pre-orders will ship by or on October 21st, which is dumb early. You’ll have to wait until November 4th for the digital release, however…
This tape based collaborative instrumental project will be released on double vinyl. Four sides, 23 slaps produced and then distributed and two dying mediums in a digital age. I love the idea. You can cop “Kaseta” from HHV, Vinylism, & ENTBS if you can figure out where the pre-order link is for the Collector’s Club they mention. DON’T SLEEP!
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The newest member of the Resistant Mindz crew is Dnte and his upcoming EP is due soon. Until then, check out this brand new preview mix of snippets from the aforementioned Dnte project. DON’T SLEEP!
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Tenacity of Abolitionist Movement dropped the dope project “I’m Different” not too long ago and here’s the video to the title track which was produced by The Lab Techs’ Vaughn T. DON’T SLEEP!
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Here’s another video from Quelle’s demo/EP “The S.O.N”, the title song in fact. Look out for his official debut album “Shotgun & Sleek Rifle” on November 15th, 2011 via Synergy Works. DON’T SLEEP!
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Lateb’s new Brutal Music release “Live Brutal” is now widely available for purchase. You can cop “Live Brutal” from iTunes, Amazon or directly from Brutal Music. DON’T SLEEP!
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Rashid Hadee works on his upcoming project “Aural Sex: The Search For Pinky Tuscadero” which should be dropping soon. DON’T SLEEP!
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The oft delayed and highly anticipated Sinitus Tempo LP “Koyo (Autumn Leaves)” dropped recently. It’s a jazz inspired instrumental album produced entirely by Sinitus Tempo himself. As of now you can only acquire “Koyo (Autumn Leaves)” via CD Baby, eMusic and it should be available on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, etc on October 18th, 2011. DON’T SLEEP!
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On October 15th, Producers I Know will drop it’s latest Fall themed beat tape “Cuffing Season Has Returned!” on the people dem. It follows the timeline of one particular male’s exploits, failures and triumphs during the regular pursuits of Cuffing Season. Once the boots come out, shit gets real in the field. This selection is titled “So…What’s A Pretty Girl Like You Doing In A Checkcashers On A Friday?”. Dumb question? Probably. Will it end well? That’s the $487.69 question, ain’t it? DON’T SLEEP!
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Here’s the promo mix version of DJ Babu’s new Mochilla blend CD that’s comprised of Japanese records, including film soundtracks, television soundtracks, music from anime as well as traditional Soul, R&B, Funk, Rock and J Pop. In any event, get your asses over to Mochilla and cop it. DON’T SLEEP!
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FRSH SLCTS’ Planet Asia x G_Force project that consists of a previously unreleased collaborative album called “Camouflage Jackets” just dropped today. Stop sleeping and take thine selves over to FRSH SLCTS directly to download it then listen to it. DON’T SLEEP!
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One of my favorite producer/emcee/vocalists in all of music is Georgia Anne Muldrow hands down. She can do an entire Jazz album under an alias, make an instrumental album full of headnod shit, sing a hook or spit a strong 16 then make a hybrid Hip Hop & Soul album where she not only writes and performs all the material but she produced it as well.
Her next upcoming project is the highly anticipated Soul/R&B/Funk infused Animated Cartunes release “Owed To Mama Rickie” .You can pre-order “Owed To Mama Rickie” directly from Animated Cartunes, Fat Beats (CD or Vinyl), UGHH (CD or Vinyl) or Amazon so you can have your copy well in hand by the time it officially drops on November 1st, 2011. DON’T SLEEP!
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It’s finally here, HAZ SOLO’s completed instrumental project “For A Reigny Day” that he promised us all last week. I advise that you all not sleep on this or his upcoming Vinyl Richie collaboration with Dylan Thomas. You’ve all been been put on notice so you have no excuses. Also, one of my favorite all time flips of Usher’s “You Remind Me” is on here. Props…
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Newest Mello Music Group signee Gensu Dean will drop his debut MMG LP in 2012 but to get a sense of what he does check out his remixes of CL Smooth’s Shaman Work project “American Me” which is now available for stream and download via the Mello Music Group Bandcamp page. DON’T SLEEP!
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M-Phazes and world famous Beat Junkie/turntablist DJ Rhettmatic warn the globe of the impending collaborative release “Phazed Out” which will drop 1st quarter 2012. “Phazed Out” is a compilation of singles from Coalmine Records’ back catalog all remixed by M-Phazes and blended seamlessly by DJ Rhettmatic. It will also include features from Saigon, Inspectah Deck, Bekay, Big Noyd, Phil The Agony, Termanology, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Chubb Rock, Sadat X, Heltah Skeltah, CL Smooth, Skyzoo, Masta Ace, Brown Bag AllStars, El Da Sensei, Mela Machinko, J-Live and many more. Here’s the project’s lead single “All Out” featuring Big Noyd, Phil The Agony & Krondon with cuts courtesy of Mista Sinista. DON’T SLEEP!
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Here’s the second single from Rapper Big Pooh’s upcoming album “Dirty Pretty Things”. The Choklate featured and Kuddie Fresh produced “They Say”. DON’T SLEEP!
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Between September 15th and October 15th we enter into what’s now universally known as Cuffing Season. Like myself and D-Man (and anything awesome for that matter) Cuffing Season has it’s roots in Massachusetts. It was pioneered by a young man who became a Massachusetts nautical legend and Black History Month trivia question answer Paul Cuffee. Rather than wait for the traditional courting season (which began around Thanksgiving in the colonies), he began pursuing ladies right after the Summer ended and the weather changed. Many men discovered that they were late when they went courting because another man had used “Ye Olde Cuffee” and claimed her already in either September or October.
This Summer, D-Man and I delivered “Son I Had Crazy Visions: A Guide To Rockin’ N*ggas This Summer”. Now here’s the companion piece “Cuffing Season Has Returned”. 15 slaps that walk you through the many stages and moods that accompany Cuffing Season all across this great nation of ours (but it all started HERE. With this Black guy). Look out for “Cuffing Season Has Returned” here and on the Producers I Know Bandcamp. DON’T SLEEP!
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The Mad Bloggers teamed up with Wisconsin beat maker Mark V to craft a project called “The Donny Hathaway Beat Tape”. I’m all for that since I’m a huge Donny Hathaway fan. You can expect to hear it soon but before it’s ready enjoy this lead offering titled “A Beat For You”. DON’T SLEEP!
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Here’s the first jawn we get to hear from the “Black And Brown” EP. “Zap” features the standard Danny Brown bars over a standard Black milk beat, which is to say it’s far from “standard”. The project drops November 1st, 2011 on Fat Beats Records. DON’T SLEEP!
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Again, LuigiBo87 put me on to this beat tape last night and I heard it and liked what was on here. Damn shame these beats essentially don’t exist anymore. Shit happens. DON’T SLEEP!
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This is the next video off the BluRoc/DD172 collaborative MURS x Ski Beatz LP “Love & Rockets Vol. 1: The Transformation”. “316 Ways” has MURS deftly spitting bars over Ski Beatz custom crafted lush sonic backdrops. You can cop the album right now from iTunes, Amazon and any other music store or digital music marketplace quality Hip Hop is sold. DON’T SLEEP!
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A few years ago heads complained Blu never released anything. They complain about the exact opposite this year as Blu has turned into this years most prolific artist both releasing physical versions of previously low quality audio free projects and by dropping new material quite often (including his long awaited LP “No York…for free). Here’s another one. Under the moniker godlee barnes he drops the $5 offering “the norman rockwell beat tape”, it’s dope as hell. DON’T SLEEP!
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Philly’s own Sir Froderick’s Recordbreakin’ full length release “Reconnecting!” dropped today. You get to hear all 16 tracks as they were intended to be heard featuring diverse guests such as Knxwledge, Devonwho, Ahnnu, Suzi Analogue, Swarvy, Josh Hey, Karniege, Stainless Steve, Woizer, Wise, Messi and Zaphryn. Do yourself a favor and don’t DARE sleep on “Reconnecting!”…
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FWMJ's Producers I Know 