The homie Dibiase doing a live beat showcase @ Fat Beats L.A. back in May 2009. When this video first hit YouTube I couldn’t stop playing it. I decided to bring it back up for those that weren’t aware of it’s existence. Salute Green Llama Music, 10thirty Records & NasRockswell. Don’t sleep…
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I’m not excited about this release in this least as I wasn’t feeling “Blueprint 3” or “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Nightmare”. I expect Stadium Rap made for rich bastards and I’m not the audience for this jawn at all. In any event here’s the Vimeo link that I can’t embed. This is driving me insane. Enjoy the mini doc as it is hella interesting…
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I’m not entirely sure how I missed this one but This Is Tomorrow’s “After Midnight” is bananas. I wanna kick my own ass for not posting it until now. Seriously, how did this one somehow manage to slip through the cracks? Whatever. Don’t like me, be better than me. Don’t sleep on this jawn…
A while back, Praverb The Wyse asked me if I’d be willing to host his upcoming compilation for his “Behind The Beats” interview series on Praverb Dot Net. I said “HELLFUCKINGYES”. He kept me abreast of the progress and when it was done we decided to release it on Monday initially (or tonight @ midnight) but Praverb asked if we should post it on Bandcamp. I said “Definitely”. It was available for streaming all afternoon and several blogs have responded overwhelmingly to it all before I even had a chance it make the official post. That’s the beauty of the internet. Here it is: Praverb Dot Net x Producers I Know present “Behind The Beats Volume One”. Don’t sleep!
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The Canadian beatmaking homie Skywalk3r dropped his new project “Luminous” earlier than I’d expected. Like 6 hours ago instead of Tuesday. No matter, here the full jawn is via the magic of embedded Soundcloud sets. Don’t sleep cuz this entire project is raw. Check it out just below:
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Shag was made a member of Producers I Know’s Team PIK back in May and he’s already dropped two insane projects. The young lion will begin taking classes @ The University Of North Texas in the Fall so donate what you can and if you’d like to purchase any of his slaps hit him up @ garsidetogo[at]gmail[dot]com. Don’t sleep, but if you absolutely NEED to then take some “AmbiBen” first…
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Bugseed Live in Tokyo @ Sai for their anniversary party direct from his blog. Stop sleeping already…
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This jawn is RAW. Paradime spits over some Peace Of Mind trill shit. Download “Never Been” below & don’t sleep…
Paradime “Never Been” (prod. by Peace Of Mind) [DIVSHARE LINK]
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I was an Amy Winehouse fan going back to Winter 2003 when this chick I knew from the UK came into my job asking me if I’d ever heard of her. I said “No” & she showed me the album cover for “Frank”. I hit the internet & found the album and needless to say it racked up plays on my iTunes like crazy. Her voice was bananas. Then I REALLY saw what she looked like when YouTube went up in 2005. DAYUM! The Amy Winehouse I remember isn’t the same one most fans do. Most Americans didn’t hear “Frank” until they heard “Back To Black” after “Rehab” became a hit…
In any event. I got a text that she had passed today and it fucked me up as I was one the those American bloggers that bigged her music up. My boy Sir Froderick told me he’d done a beat using her voice recently called “Chasing Amy” & he was gonna upload it to Soundcloud. Here it is. Rest in eternal peace, Amy Winehouse. The biggest Nas fan evar.
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My dude Falside of Poorly Drawn People hooked up with Ricky Shabazz and made a promo video for his upcoming Producers I Know Summer beat tape release which will also be pressed up to 100 cassettes on a limited run. Look for it to hit the mean digital streets on August 16th, 2011 (the day before I enter the 36th chamber of life). As you all were…
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This is bananas. I’m kicking myself in the ass for not finding out about this dude until recently. Get this cat an Akai sponsorship already! Don’t sleep on Memorecks. Don’t be like me. Be better than me…
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Montreal beatmakers & producers High-Klassified & MusoNi made a beat tape called “90’s Babies Vol. 1” and just released it yesterday. Don’t sleep on this one as Luigi just put me up on it like last night.
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The title says it all. Salute Nodfactor, Torae & Large Pro. Can’t wait to hear “Do The Math” once it’s completed. Don’t sleep!
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Hashfinger’s “July.11” first came to my attention when I saw it on Bugseed’s blog Independent Beatcasting. I’m glad I decided to give a listen as these 5 slaps are tight as all hell. Don’t sleep…
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Next week (July 29th, 2011) Project Mooncircle x Finest Ego will drop the first of their new “Faces” 12″ series. The debut edition will feature Ta-Ku & Pavel Dovgal and you can hear the tracks “Ink Dropper” & “Faust” on the Project Mooncircle Bandcamp. Don’t sleep and pre-order the vinyl today…
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On July 26th, Stro Elliot (formerly Stro The 89th Key of The Procussions) of The Stare (production team behind Mr. J.Medeiros’ “Saudade” LP) will drop an instrumental album for only $1. If you’re a fan of production, beats or quality music in general then you need to be checking for this. Currently only “Yesterday’s Chop Suey” can be streamed but in 4 days time, you can check out the entirety of “Stro’s Old Beat Farm”. Don’t sleep!
The homie S-Type is a Louis Den alum, a Tartan Bully & the newest signee of LuckyMe Records. He recently posted two jawns on Soundcloud, his collaboration with Wizard from his “Chill Pill 3” project “Diamond” & “Sweet Vixen” from the recent Project Mooncircle x Finest Ego “United Kingdom & Ireland Compilation” . Check ’em both out embedded below and don’t sleep on S-Type…
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Legendary producer & DJ K-Def has recently partnered with Redefinition Records and his first release on the label will drop August 9th, 2011. The 12″ will feature the tracks “For Def’s Sake”, “Birds Flying High” & the B side (which I’ll be showcasing in this post) “Times Change”. You can now pre-order the “For Def’s Sake”/”Birds Flying High”/”Times Change” 12″ from Fat Beats. Look forward to more K-Def material & projects to drop from Redefinition Records in the near future & beyond. Don’t sleep!
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Kenny Fresh over @ Fresh Selects just did a post involving Teeko’s incredible Mellow Orange debut “Light Up The Darkness” which will finally see a physical release. Get your asses over there right now to see & hear it. Don’t sleep.
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Here’s the thing. Back in April, I stumbled across this indie album really randomly on the internet by a band called Blackbird Blackbird and the project was called “Halo”. My laptop kernel panicked like crazy not too long afterwards so I forgot about said project. Fast forward to about a week ago. I got an email from Abstract Cannon to check out his “Primary Consumer EP” on Crash Symbols. Guess what project is looking me in the face again? Blackbird Blackbird’s “Halo”. How fuckin’ random is that? Check both jawns out right now. Don’t sleep!
This free remix EP involving one of the greatest and most sampled guitarists ever just dropped recently featuring the talents of 14KT, Dabrye, Astronote, Nick Speed, Shigeto, Mayer Hawtorne, Magestik Legend and others alongside the genius of Dennis Coffey. You need this in your lives so just go here and thank me later. Don’t sleep…
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Of the many producers I know, one I’ve known of for about 15 years is illadelph rep Chops formerly of Mountain Brothers. He’s made beats for many of your favorite artists, provided the music you heard while watching ESPN, made music for commercials you loved and even made slaps you loved watching shows like Saturday Night Live. In any event, Chops uses live instrumentation in his sonic soundscapes and he got his hands on some Lil’ Wayne acapellas and here’s “Sorry 4 Your Producers”. Don’t sleep.
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The third, final & most recent Free Crates release is Rbe’s “The Bear Tricks”. When I saw there were two other jawns other than it that I could do posts on I opted to listen to them first. I’m glad I did. I certainly hope that DJ Bloodbeats knows that he has either an excellent ear or he’s just brilliant at finding beatmakers/producers/talent. Don’t sleep!
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While I was checkin’ out what was the newest Free Crates release, I realized that I’d missed two others that had also recently dropped. The second offering being this, Camel Crock’s “Jazzmansion: Preparations” (it says just “Preparation EP” on the cover art, tho…). In any event, just enjoy this beat tape and don’t sleep…
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Those magnificent bastards from Free Crates have done it yet again! Here is Sasha Ate’s “Music From The Left Hemisphere” amongst some other nice jawns I recently slept on. This is dope, don’t be like me. Don’t sleep!
Our homie and Beat Fanatic fam Wizard dropped “Beat Tease 3” on the masses yesterday while his latest effort “Chill Pill 3” is still in regular rotation. If you’d like to purchase any of these slaps you heard in this post then hit Wizard up to ask about pricing and availability. Serious inquiries only as to quote Black Spade “there’s no time for the bullshit”. Enjoy & don’t sleep…
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I just went on the site Rap Ohne Lizenz and discovered that there was a new collection of “Bonus Tracks” for their last beat tape recently uploaded to their Bandcamp. That’s what I’m talkin’ about. Go check ’em out and stop sleepin’…
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Flying Lotus recently got on Twitter and alerted his followers that he’d uploaded a grip of jawns to his Soundcloud page. Here are all of his recent offerings for the beatheads and the beathead curious. Enjoy:
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My peoples MUDD & DJ Ragz of Jazz Addixx during one of their beat sessions back in February. There was a phone call from Unknown in there as well. If you’re still sleeping on DJ Ragz, MUDD, Unknown, ST/MiC & Ralph Real then you are truly missing out on some of the best DJ’s, beatmakers, remixers, sound engineers, musicians and producers not only in the DMV but on the planet. These are some of many of the producers I know. Don’t sleep!
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Back when my 15″ PowerBook G4 crashed for the kabillionth time, right before it did I downloaded Amin Payne’s “Curtis Mayfield Tribute” and had since forgotten about it. My brother is trying to make the 15″ & 17″ PowerBook G4’s educational laptops for the niece & nephew so my niece was rockin’ to what was left on the iTunes, that jawn being among them.
I just saw that Amin Payne recently dropped a new beat tape called “PayneOdyssey” on his Bandcamp that might be even iller than the “Curtis Mayfield Tribute” beat tape. You should definitely check them both out once Bandcamp is back up. Wait until Bandcamp is working again and don’t sleep! Time for some YouTube beat videos!
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Ras G’s new Ramp Recordings release “Down 2 Earth” drops August 2nd/3rd, 2011 and features 21 raw slaps that will satiate the appetite of any true beathead. It will drop in digital form, on CD and 2 LP’s and there’s the Standard Edition and the limited Deluxe Edition. You can cop it from iTunes, Amazon, UGHH, Rush Hour, HMV & every reputable digital music marketplace online. Below is a preview mix of Ras G’s “Down 2 Earth” courtesy of Ramp Recordings Soundcloud page. Don’t sleep!
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I was on Facebook dealing with the mounting messages I was receiving from folks with links to beat tapes & I forgot to make myself invisible to chats. I got hit up immediately by the homie Luigi-Bo of Hypedog & we chopped it up about some beatmakers & the Maschine before he asked me if I was familiar with a cat named Side Brain or his album “On The Second Moon Of Earth”. I told him “No”. Luigi then told me he uses a damb Dreamcast controller when making beats and sent me a video. I was floored.
Next he sent me a link to one of Side Brain’s live showcases @ Tha Beat Down last week. I then spent the next 30 minutes watching Side Brain videos and I began listening to his album. Good lookin’ out, Luigi. This is what this blogging shit is SUPPOSED to be about. Enjoy these beat videos of Side Brain doing his thing that Luigi put me onto not too long ago. Don’t sleep!
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