In 2010, Jellyfish Recordings dropped an instrumental compilation called “Dimensions”. In 2011, they’ve dropped “Another Dimension” with instrumental contributions from Moka Only, Chief, TightMike, Potatohead People, Headspace, AstroLogical, Dpeee, Blocktreat, Axiom, Wondrkut and many more. Here it is, DON’T SLEEP!
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Moka Only x Chief’s “Crickets” is dropping October 31st according to Chief. It’s dropping November 28th according to the press release I was sent from Feelin’ Music this morning. I’ll ask Moke what he says. I can’t wait to hear this damb album either way, here’s the next single “Form The Future” from the forthcoming “Crickets” LP on Feelin’ Music. DON’T SLEEP!
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I found 1 Minute Miracles’ “Deadly Medley Vol. 1” beat tape Soundcloud link in my Gmail folder when I got home from the Red Bull Emsee event last night and I was presently surprised by what I’d heard. You have no idea how times I’ll listen to wack shit but I’ll listen to a gang of wack shit if my reward is to stumble on stuff like this daily. This 20 slap beat tape has more than earned a spot on Producers I Know. DON’T SLEEP!
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Back in 2008, Planet Asia recorded an album with Portland producer G_Force called “Camouflage Jackets” that never was released. On October 13th, said project will finally see the light of day via FRSH SLCTS. Here’s the lead single, “Corner Store” which you can download and stream from FRSH SLCTS right now. Next week? “Camouflage Jackets”. DON’T SLEEP!
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On November 1st, 2011 M.E.D. AKA Medaphoar’s new Stones Throw LP “Classic” will be available in stores and on every digital music marketplace. Judging by what I’ve heard of “Classic” thus far the album may live up to it’s rather ambitious title. It boasts quite a lineup of features and producers, guest bars come courtesy of Aloe Blacc, Planet Asia, Kurupt, Talib Kweli, Oh No, Hodgy Beats & Pok. Production was handled by Madlib (Supreme Team, The Professionals), Oh No (The Professionals), The Alchemist (Step Brothers, Gangrene), Georgia Anne Muldrow and Karriem Riggins (Supreme Team). It’s 14 tracks that maybe the definition of ill.
You can hear snippets of “Classic” and pre-order it directly from Stones Throw. You can also pre-order it from Fat Beats (2LP & 3LP + instrumentals), UGHH (CD, 2LP or 3LP + instrumentals), Amazon or iTunes. DON’T SLEEP!
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Chief gave Moke relief from the beat duty. Moka Only & Chief make some incredible music together, one of my all time favorite Moka Only albums was released on Chief’s Feelin’ Music label. “Felt Before”. “Do Work”. “Lemon”. Classic shit. I heard this “Crickets” promo mix and this shit is John Blaze. Hey Moke, can I hear the whole album now? PLEASE. DON’T SLEEP!
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The homie Maverick shot me a remix he did of one of my favorite Diamond District tracks “I Mean Business”. Now that I think about it, I don’t even have a LEAST favorite Diamond District track. *Shrug* Here’s Maverick’s version of “I Mean Business”. DON’T SLEEP!
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If you haven’t bought Mayer Hawthorne’s “How I Do” off of iTunes yet then what the hell are you doing? This album is even crazier than “A Strange Arrangement” and this video for “The Walk” has a definitely raw “Me & Mrs. Smith theme to it. Swag. DON’T SLEEP!
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Mndsgn dropped a new project called “Daypass” yesterday that I wasn’t aware of since I went to the Redbull Emsee Battle in Boston. In any event, don’t sleep…
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Hip Hop producer King I Divine made a project where he has laid back instrumentals accentuated by the spoken word artist LD Henriquez that ended up being very dope. The project is called the “East 54th EP” and you can hear it below and cop it if you feel so inclined. DON’T SLEEP!
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Dubstep producer Dready and vocalist Nikki Grier lay down a track crafted on a brand new Maschine Mikro now available in stores and online music gear marketplaces worldwide. DON’T SLEEP!
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He goes by many names, Quelle Life, Quelle Christopher, The S.O.N., no matter what he’s called he still makes hot shit for the people dem. His long awaited EP “The S.O.N.” has just hit the internets like a comet. Invasion. Look out for his album “Shotgun & Sleek Rifle” on November 15th, 2011. Y’all been warned…
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Tenacity’s mixtape is hosted by the homie Houseshoes and mixed by Rhettmatic of the Beat Junkies. It features production from Vaughn T & DJ Haircut (Lab Techs), Tranzformer and Eddie Logix amongst others. “I’m Different” features bars from Guilty Simpson and his Abolitionist Projects crewmates but Tenacity carries the project on his own. Shit, he even recorded, mixed and mastered the songs on here by himself (shouts to Eddie Logix). All this adds up to you NOT sleeping on this mixtape. LISTEN! © Raphael De La Ghetto
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Back in July CSF dropped this Ilajide produced jawn “Strangers In The Night” as the lead single from their upcoming LP called either “The Forces With You” or “Detroit Revolution(s)”. Here’s the video for Clear Soul Forces‘ “Strangers In The Night”, don’t sleep…
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Wanna hear some Dubstep/Wonky/Electronica from Dublin? The Alphabet Set presents t-woc’s “Jetstar EP”. These 4 blaps go hard. Pause. DON’T SLEEP!
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Rashid Hadee enjoys his last day in LA and has breakfast @ 26 Beach. He also declares he’ll be back there to stay one day. Enjoy
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One of my favorite mixtapes of 2011 was easily Rocky Rivera’s “POP KILLER MXTP”. One of the many standout tracks from it is called “SF City Retrospect” featuring SWTBRDS own Davinci. Here’s the video. DON’T SLEEP!
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Cache sent me this beat tape via Gmail. After hearing it I’m surprised I never ran across it when it first dropped earlier this Summer. Oh well, better late than never I guess. Don’t sleep on Cache “Beat Tape Vol. 1”. Don’t do it…
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HashFinger’s monthly beat tape “October.11” comes courtesy of Sinoptic Music and the letter “D” for “DAMB!”. Do me a favor and try not to sleep on it. The Bandcamp embedded player is in the usual place, you already know the drill…
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Knxwledge is a dude that doesn’t really tell you he’s gonna drop something new. I usually hear about it RIGHT after it drops or before it does so I keep checking his page again and again waiting for it to go up like I was late last night. I finally remembered to go back and check (as I had several other posts on hold) after all the excitement today. He already has 384 likes on Facebook. DAMB. Peep “Hud.Dreems.EP” right now. The addition of “Ghost Dog” film dialogue on “Unkanni”? Brilliant. DON’T SLEEP!
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My boy Dibia$e calls Los Angeles the Mecca of Beat Culture. If you’re familiar with the scene then you already know who THE DEER is. He’s the drummer in Dam-Funk’s band Master Blazter, he’s responsible for all those ridiculous Starship 27 compilations and mixes and he also makes raw slaps under the name J-1. Here’s a beat tape from him titled the “Lucky 7 EP”. DON’T SLEEP!
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On the heels of Dallas’ own A.Dd+’s previous hot single “Can’t Come Down” and Black Milk announcing the upcoming release of his “Black & Brown EP” on Fat Beats next month comes the inevitable Black Milk x A.Dd+ collaboration “Insomniac Dreaming”. Keeping with the song’s theme you shouldn’t sleep on it. Salute to Black Milk, PICNICTYME, A.Dd+ and of course the miniboss herself Rosalinda Ruiz.
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The Grap Luva “Neva Done EP” vinyl hasn’t even officially dropped yet on Slice Of Spice/Redefinition Records and it’s already all but sold out (All 100 copies of the limited edition blue vinyl version that’s pictured below are sold out). Only 400 copies will be made available containing 11 tracks produced by Kev Brown, Joc Max and several classic Grap Luva slaps that were expertly crafted on his trusty SP 1200.
For that reason, this epic project will also be released on CD. Cover artwork by Joe Buck, recorded and mixed by Damu The Fudgemunk and mastered by K-Def. The tracks “Work Is Never Done” (featuring Damu The Fudgemunk), “Neva Done” & “Work It Out” all feature vocals and instrumentals then you get 6 raw beats from Grap Luva’s archives. You can now pre-order Grap Luva’s “Neva Done EP” in it’s CD form directly from Slice Of Spice/Redefinition or Fat Beats before they both officially drop on November 25th, 2011. DON’T SLEEP!
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The homie Sir Froderick’s new 7″ EP just dropped on Recordbreakin’, you can cop it directly from them or you can pre-order the full “Reconnecting!” LP before it drops on October 10th. Until then? Enjoy the slaps “Someolbullshit” & “143” from the project right now. DON’T SLEEP!
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Has-Lo’s “In Case I Don’t Make It” is easily one of the best releases of 2011, produced entirely by Has-Lo. When he first sent it to me last year, there were no song titles or cover art. Only me listening to the music and being simultaneously awed and disgusted that no label was responding to this genius project. Luckily, Michael Tolle @ Mello Music Group heard it and loved it and the rest was a gang of praise for a modern classic. Enter “Conversation B”…
Has-Lo’s “In Case I Don’t Make It” is reimagined as “Conversation B” where several of the games most respected producers and remixers rework the album track by track. In the end, the list of remixers reads like a Hip Hop fantasy league line up including names like Kev Brown, Oddisee, Exile, J-Zone, Paten Locke, Apollo Brown, Audible Doctor, Eric Lau, IMAKEMADBEATS, Small Professor, y?Arcka, ST/MiC, MikeFiveDeuce and even Has-Lo himself. Look for it to drop on iTunes November 8th, 2011 but everywhere else November 15th.
You can pre-order Has-Lo’s “Conversation B” from iTunes (November 8th release), Bandcamp, Fat Beats or UGHH (drops November 15th, 2011. DON’T SLEEP!
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Mayer Hawthorne & The County’s major label debut (on Universal) will be his re-up “How Do You Do”. If you loved “A Strange Arrangement” then by all accounts I’ve heard you’ll be blown away by this effort. “How You Do” will drop everywhere on October 11th, 2011 and you can pre-order it from Amazon & UGHH right now but you can actually cop it free and clear from iTunes as of this Tuesday (October 4th, a full week early!). DON’T SLEEP!
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Chief’s Feelin’ Music label has signed Willy Sunshine and he offers this free beat tape consisting of slaps he crafted between 2001-2005 as the “La Jeunesse Beat Tape”.You can stream and/or download it from Willy’s Bandcamp, either way? DON’T SLEEP! Shouts to Luigi…
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Meltdown’s “This Is Tomorrow” was actually supposed to be posted up yesterday but then I discovered the FlyLo footage and that plan went to shit. In any event, this Luxembourg beatmaker shouldn’t be slept on. DON’T SLEEP!
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To tide us over until Aspect One’s “The Butterfly Effect” drops, I offer you all 5 new beats he just recently uploaded to Soundcloud and tipped me off about more than 30 minutes ago called “Winter Sadness”, “Guillotine”, “Like A Dream”, “Feelings” and “Girls”. Enjoy and don’t sleep…
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This is fan footage of Flying Lotus’ epic set @ the recent Eagle Rock Music Festival people haven’t stopped talking about on the beat scene. I got my fingernails dirty and I found some footage of Flying Lotus with Thundercat as he does “Daylight” live onstage for the excited throngs of fans that was recently uploaded by a user (the first clip had only 4 views at the time I found it on YouTube). DON’T SLEEP!
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In order the celebrate RESONATE’s 2nd anniversary this instrumental compilation was put together starring many of the best and brightest in the California beat culture scene and beyond today such as Dibia$e, mndsgn, B.Lewis, BoomBaptist, johnwayne, AL_PD, Benito, Jermski and others. These 12 blaps are not to be missed out on. Salute RESONATE. DON’T SLEEP!
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After I posted up the 4pLay jawn earlier I noticed that in the credits SWARVY was thanked for mixing the project. Knowing that he’d recently dropped his “WaLDeN LP” last week I wondered what else he’d done recently. I’ll be dambed. He dropped something new right afterwards! Don’t sleep…
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