When Stu Bangas let me hear an early version of this jawn after Roc Marciano sent his verse. After hearing the full version with Wais The P on it, it’s even sicker now. Here it is, y’all:
Blaq Poet x Brutal Music f/Roc Marciano & Wais The P “Bushmaster Music Remix” (prod. by Stu Bangas) [DIVSHARE LINK]
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We first had Jomac appear on an early episode of The Scrunchface Show. SFS #30: The Exclusives Show to be exact. I remember Jomac being nervous but his music spoke for itself. I was floored. Enough so, that I closely monitored his progression from that eye opening showcase. When I made the (no brainer) decision to select M Slago for Team PIK last month, I knew the obvious decision for the next spot had to be Jomac based on his incredible output since last December.
We hit heads with a little misdirection by posting up his sickening new beat tape on Bandcamp earlier today to throw y’all off the scent but please officially welcome Jomac to Team PIK. Salute Team PIK. Jon Phonics. Apatight. Pete Cannon. Dockmini. Naive. D-Man. Shag. M Slago. Jomac. So far who to add has been a no brainer and on August 12th we announce the 10th member of Team PIK. Salute Jomac. Welcome to the crew, fam!
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I saw Dam-Funk perform in Allston, MA last year and he did all his joints from “Toeachizown” in addition to spinning some classics. Then he played this song “Goin’ Hard” he was working on with the frontman of Slave Steve Arrington that he claimed would be dropping soon on Stones Throw. After the show, I talked to Dam and asked him how the collab came about and when to expect to cop it. He said he was hoping for it to be out before 2010 was up. It’s July 2011, I just posted it on my site and it was worth the wait to hear it again. Don’t sleep!
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Back in 2008, this YouTube video of one of my favorite Japanese producers/multi instrumentalists Mabanua surfaced. Mabanua goes through the entire beatmaking process until we reach the end result, a funky ass slap. Later on that year, Mabanua released on of the most overlooked Hip Hop/modern Soul project of the past 5 years, “Done Already”. If you slept, I’ll be your alarm clock.
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Comin’ straight outta Finland! Two crazy muthafuckas called The Boomjacks”! That’s all I’ve got. They recently dropped a beat tape called “Beats Vol. 3”. They dropped “Beats Vol. 1” & “Beats Vol. 2” earlier this year. I missed them but you can catch up by visiting The Boomjacks Bandcamp page. Don’t sleep…
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There’s a student in Atlanta with FL Studio that’s making beats that smash the shit they play on the radio nonstop. His name is TheEnginear and he just dropped this ridiculous collection of recent beats called the “RCT Beat Tape Vol. 1”. This beat tape is so sick it makes we wanna rip the tags off my mattresses, give my mailman the People’s Elbow then attempt to put a bedazzled dollar sign doo rag and a TapOut tee on a grizzly bear. Which reminds me…I need to get a passport. Don’t sleep!
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I’ve loved the previous Finest Ego regional producer compilations but dare I say that this edition is the one I’d be the most partial to. Why? Because it features so many of my favorite producers and beatmakers from across the pond such as Mr. Beatnick, Jay Scarlett, fLaKo, Danny Drive Thru, Kelpe, Om Unit, Sert One & S-Type. Go to Project Mooncircle’s Bandcamp right now and prepare to get your damb minds blown. The official release on cassette & digitally is August 5th. Don’t sleep!
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This particular song was written, performed & produced by Jneiro Jarel as a tribute to the life and music of Dilla. If you go to the Bandcamp itself and read the back story it will all make sense. Go listen to Jneiro Jarel’s “It Lives On (Part Two)”. Don’t sleep…
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My boy Jomac has been featured on Producers I Know several times in the past and here he is to fuck your heads up again. 16 slaps that speak with thunder called “Meditative: Beat Set 2”. Had I named it, it would’ve been called “Music To Smack Fire Outta Muthafucka To”. I’ll defer to Jomac. Go listen and spazz the hell out to it. Don’t sleep!
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Last year, the legendary DJ/producer Exile alongside producer DaveNotti took part in a live producer showcase in Portland, OR in association with Humble Beast Records called the Neck Brace Producer Showcase. Also in attendance were Xperiment, Theory Hazit, DJ Flip Flop & DaiN contributing live beats. The end result is “The Neck Brace III EP”, a live instrumental EP. In order to fully appreciate this project in the spirit it was originally intended, you need to get over to FRSH SLCTS to not only download & listen to the audio but see the live footage of this event. Don’t sleep!
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One of the best (if not THE best) albums of 2010 was “Marcberg”. It’s a masterpiece, lyrically, thematically, sonically and the execution was pretty much flawless. There was a vinyl only “Marcberg EP” that featured some of the instrumentals a while back but now you can cop all the “Marcberg” instrumentals without fear that Dart Adams will send a team of technologically savvy ninjas to your rest so they can stand you up as a punch you in the face for trying to make your own instrumentals. It happens. Cop the “Marcberg Instrumentals” from either Amazon or iTunes. Don’t sleep!
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One of the best albums of 2010 was Eternia & MoSS’ Fat Beats release “At Last”, hands down. Now they’ve finally dropped MoSS’ insane instrumentals via iTunes so you can finally possess those slaps that Eternia spit hot fiyah over legally. We all know that the most far fetched scenario is some zealous instrumentals loving Just Blaze mad scientist cat could’ve possibly used ProTools to meticulously digitally scrub Eternia’s vocals out and just leave the instrumentals.
In which case, I’d want to commend him for his brilliance and shake his hand and wanna punch you him the face for erasing Eternia’s vocals simultaneously. I’d feel really conflicted about that. I’m pretty sure if E’s reading this she might say something to the effect of “Aww, Dart! That’s sweet…I think”. In any event, the “At Last” instrumentals are available right now via iTunes. Cop ’em. Don’t sleep & salute the homie Sav One!
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Unless you’ve been under a rock you’ll be familiar with Good Life Cafe and Project Blowed vet Born Allah. Considering how many Wake Up show freestyles he ripped and the vinyl he’s dropped in his career you had to be aware of him. On Twitter last night, he let me know that he had some new material and a new project dropping. I gave him the email, he sent the one sheet and the two singles. I HEARD them both and now I’m writing this post. That’s all it takes.
This particular single is called “West, West” and features former Good Life Cafe alum, Freestyle Fellowship member and Project Blowedian Aceyalone. The LP “B-Boy Prophecies: The Book Of Him-Othy” will feature production from Thayod Ausar & Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra Creative Partners) and assistance from fellow Project Blowedians Medusa & Aceyalone plus Lord Jamar (Brand Nubian). Get ready to put your money in the collection plate when the full length drops digitally August 30th, 2011. Don’t sleep!
Tabernacle MCz (Born Allah & Panama Redd) f/Aceyalone “West, West” [DIVSHARE LINK]
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I was about to do a post about this Trebles And Blues “16 Bars Challenge” I read about on Twitter not too long ago but I saw that The Soul Dojo already did one that covered what I was gonna do so I just decided to link to theirs instead. Go here to get details on the contest that closes on July 31st, 2011. No more window love! GO! © Kenny
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New shit from MadKem featuring Skyzoo over a Dave Notti remix beat. The jawn is called “Malcolm Browne” and is the lead single from the forthcoming MadKem Soulspazm Records LP “Charles Workman”. Don’t sleep!
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SWTBRDS and Drums & Ammo member REL (who also contributes to the Roy Ayers Project) just dropped the video for “On My Way” which will be the lead single to his upcoming instrumental LP “Out Of View”. Don’t sleep!
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Back in 2009, DZA of Error Broadcast did a couple of beat videos on his trusty MPC 2000 XL that some of y’all probably missed. I remember them fondly. Yeah, I’ll be doing this as a regular feature to test my encyclopedic knowledge (and show off) from time to time. Enjoy…
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Eric G is 1/7th of 9th Wonder’s hand selected production team The Soul Council. Yesterday on Twitter the IWWMG/JAMLA/Soul Council crew circulated a beat that Eric G made for Skyzoo that flipped the Cosby Show theme song that didn’t make “The Great Debater”. Here it is:
Eric G “Cosbyzoo” (prod. by Eric G) [DIVSHARE LINK]
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“Listen” is the newest single off of Freeway’s highly anticipated Rhymesayers Entertainment LP “Diamond In The Ruff”. It’s produced by Jake One (“The Stimulus Package” & “Patience”) and you can cop it from iTunes and support Freeway. Salute to Frank The Butcher on the graphic design tip. Between Evidence & Freeway Rhymesayers have an ill one two punch in these upcoming albums. Don’t sleep!
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The homie House Shoes mixed a collection of Apollo Brown & Hasaan Mackey jawns to promote and bring awareness to the upcoming Apollo Brown x Hassaan Mackey “Daily Bread” LP that drops July 26th, 2011. Go to the Mello Music Bandcamp to experience the mixtape right damb now. Don’t sleep!
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The homie Paten Locke (of Asamov/Alias Bros./AB’s, The Smile Rays & Dumbtron) has been on tour with Edan and he sent me this beat tape months back. We were actually discussing releasing it through Producers I Know recently and I’d sponsor it. He decided to post it up on Bandcamp instead which was cool but homie didn’t tell me when he did. So here my dumb ass is just now discovering it after it’s been up for two weeks. Don’t be like me. Don’t sleep on “Knock ‘Em Out The Box”. Also, look out P. Locke’s upcoming LP on Tres Records (“Super Ramen Rocketship” is still in the rotation on my iPod Touch) as well as the Dumbtron project to hit High Water Music later on…
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Here is a video for “Mind The Gap” using footage from Knxwledge‘s latest tour of the UK & Europe plus his newest Soundcloud upload called “GasedBod”. Why are y’all still sleeping on Knxwledge? Knxwldege Reigns to paraphrase the hat. I need to call homie up and get him on the Scrunchface Show soon. In any event, enjoy. Salute Klipm0de Sound Agency and stop sleepin’…
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Ta-Ku’s “KT EP” is set to drop on Darker Than Wax on July 15th and just yesterday he posted this flip employing a Justin Bieber acapella and a funky ass blap to his Soundcloud page. I can’t wait until his album “Knots” drops. If you haven’t noticed the 2011 this cat has had so far then you’ve been hibernating in a cave thus far (drop down & get your Google on). Don’t sleep!
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First, take DJ/producer/remixer Max Tannone. Now take a gang of Ghostface Killah accapellas. Then take a gang of well picked African Funk, psychedelic and prog Rock selections and the end result is the extra funky project called “Ghostfunk”. Don’t make the mistake of sleeping on this. If you enjoy it (and you should) then get your ass over to the official site. Don’t sleep!
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Ta-Ku will drop a new EP on Darker Than Wax featuring 4 ill ass instrumentals on July 15th, 2011. This project is called “KT” and you can hear the lead single “Hands In The Rain” via the Darker Than Wax Soundcloud page then preview and cop the EP from Bagpak Music. Like what you hear? Yeah, me too. Don’t sleep…
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This jawn “The Doldrums” is a bonus instrumental that will be included with your pre-order purchase of “Rapping With Paul White”. Said project will drop August 22nd/23rd, 2011. Can’t fuckin’ wait. Don’t sleep!
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Bwan of Beatrock Music spits over one of my favorite beats of 2011 produced by the homie Esta. This is real dope. Don’t sleep!
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I’m not the hugest fan of posting radio rips of releases before an official press copy or CDQ audio is provided by the label but since Nature Sounds announced that the long awaited project once called “Swift & Changeable” will be officially called DOOM/STARKS and is expected to drop in 2011, the buzz has been immense. Enough that I’ll cave to pressure and post audio of Peter Rosenberg’s premiere of “Victory Laps” on Hot 97 recently. The single will drop July 26th and you can TRY to still cop the tape directly from Nature Sounds. The Serato picture disk ships August 30th. Good luck & don’t sleep…
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New 5th Seal beat vlog for the people dem. 5th Seal was gracious enough to hit me with a YouTube link since Vimeo won’t embed on my site anymore for some odd reason I haven’t figured out yet. Good lookin’ out, fam! Enjoy:
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The homie Vandalyzm’s new project “The Proposal” just dropped today. Get your asses over there and listen to it then cop it for a damb dollar. ONE DOLLAR. If you claim you support Hip Hop you can cop quality music for the same amount you spend on a dutch. Be on the lookout for “Vandalyzm Is The Stepfather” in the fall you raggedy ass bastards (I say that with love). Don’t sleep!
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The homie Zo! just dropped his latest collection of covers featuring the vocal talents of Phonte Coleman, Erro, Sy Smith, Jeanne Jolly, Nicholas Ryan Gant and Anthony David. You can download “…Just Visiting Three” directly from Foreign Exchange Music. While you’re at it, cop “Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange“, too…
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It’s been a long wait (more than a year) but the DJ Jazzy Jeff x Ayah album “Back For More” will get a proper release today after the “This Way” album sampler initially dropped. Salute to the homie FWMJ for the excellent cover art and salute to Jazzy Jeff, James Poyser, Demien DeSandies & Ayah for making such an excellent album. Cop it right damb now. Don’t sleep!
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