Thelonious Martin dropped a ridiculous beat tape titled “MCMXCII” a few days ago and I had to let y’all hear it too. Don’t sleep….
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DON’T SLEEP: Moka Only “Airport 6” [NEW PROJECT]
The homie Moka Only dropped his new album “Airport 6” from Canadian label URBNET. It’s the Moka Only we know and love over 12 dope tracks. After 50 albums he still manages to make excellent music. Salute this man. Don’t sleep on him…
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DON’T SLEEP: Sorrow “Shinigami EP” & “Art Is Dead EP” [BEAT TAPES]
UK producer/beatmaker Sorrow dropped two excellent beat tapes/instrumental EP’s over the Summer/early Fall that I managed to miss. First his “Shinigami EP” then his recent offering “Art Is Dead EP”. Don’t sleep on ’em…
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DON’T SLEEP: Paper Tiger “Summer EP” & “Beat Tape” [BEAT TAPES]
Paper Tiger is from the Hip-Hop collective/crew Doomtree. He’s a DJ/producer/graphic designer and he made an instrumental project called “Summer EP” and a beat tape called “Beat Tape” a few days ago. Don’t sleep on either…
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DON’T SLEEP: jlasoul “The Someday Sessions” [BEAT TAPE]
jlasoul dropped a dope ass beat tape more than two weeks ago that I slept on but I don’t wan’t y’all to. I would’ve posted this up yesterday but it got hella busy. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Redefinition Records “2012 Preview & Demos” [PROMO MIX]
Redefinition Records has dropped and will drop a ton of 12’s, EP’s and LP’s in 2012. Still forthcoming are releases from K-Def (“One Man Band”), Kev Brown, Quartermaine’s “Quarter Life Crisis” and much more. The mix features tracks from Damu The Fudgemunk, Quartermaine, K-Def, Seven Shawn, Kaimbr, Kev Brown, Def Dee, Joc Max, Tony Williams ft Kanye West, Raw Poetic, El Da Sensei, Artifacts, Jamal Bufford & Majestik Legend, Union ft Elzhi & Talib Kweli, MassInflu and more. Check here regularly for new REDEF updates. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Adrenaline Productions “Beat Diggin’ (1997)” [DOCUMENTARY]
Here’s an old documentary about beat diggin’ featuring Da Beatminerz, Diamond D, Showbiz, Godfather Don and more. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Fuse x Cut Chemist “Crate Diggers: Cut Chemist’s Vinyl Collection” [MINI DOCUMENTARY]
Fuse dropped another installment of Crate Diggers featuring Cut Chemist, this record collection is bananas but he has a collection of record store bags. He has an original bag from Skippy White’s in Boston for God’s sake. Respect. I enjoyed this thoroughly. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Memotone “Ghoul LIVE September 2012” [BEAT VIDEO]
Check out the homie Memotone live looping on a Boss RC-50 all while playing a Nord Piano 88, Alesis Micron, Akai MPC 1000 and adding live effects on the Korg Kaoss Pad 3. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: MAARTN “MPC 2000 XL | S900 | Hip Hop Beat” [BEAT VIDEO]
Belgian beatmaker/producer MAARTN shares a beat he made on his Akai S900 & MPC 2000 XL that he recorded on video. You can here the completed beat just below. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: B.DURAZZO “B.DURAZZO Performing “Waterbed” Live On TWO MPC’s At Once” [BEAT VIDEO]
B.DURAZZO goes ham on two MPC’s playing one of his old beats live. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: jon zeign “The Rebirth EP” [BEAT TAPE]
jon zeign (zeiGn) just dropped a new beat tape on PIR▲.MD Records called “The Rebirth EP”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: B.DURAZZO “Beats Vol. 1½” [BEAT TAPE]
B.DURAZZO made a beat tape way back in May called “Beats Vol. 1½” that I completely slept on. The truth is that I only discovered this beat tape after a beat video of his that I’ll post in PIK in a short while appeared in my YouTube subscriptions when I didn’t subscribe to his page. Thanks for the screwup, YouTube! It’s helped my site tremendously over the past couple of days. I appreciate it!
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DON’T SLEEP: Melhen “歪み、再びEP”, “音楽集｢未タイトル音楽｣” & “Short short story EP” [BEAT TAPES]
What can I say about Melhen? Melhen is actually Takuya Matsumoto from Japan. He makes beats. I post them up. We could try it the other way but it wouldn’t work. Here is some of his recent work. Enjoy…
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DON’T SLEEP: Knxwledge “klemintine|taype” [BEAT TAPE]
Just do the Knxwledge and don’t ask no questions! © Busta Rhymes. Don’t sleep, sleepyheads….
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DON’T SLEEP: Flying Lotus “Until The Quiet Comes” & “Putty Boy Strut” (prod. by Flying Lotus) [VIDEOS]
Flying Lotus’ new album “Until The Quiet Comes” drops on October 1st in the UK/Europe and October 2nd in US/Canada on Warp Records. “Until The Quiet Comes” will feature Erykah Badu, Laura Darlington, Niki Randa, Thundercat, Thom Yorke & more. Pre-order it here. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Bahwee “Don’t Have Time (Tokyo Salaryman)” (prod. by Bahwee) [VIDEO]
Here’s a video from Bahwee’s remastered HW&W release “Flavors 2”. I dig it. Don’t sleep…
Bahwee- Don’t Have Time (Tokyo Salaryman) from alex lee on Vimeo.
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DON’T SLEEP: The Audible Doctor “Andy Kaufman Theory” (prod. by The Audible Doctor) [SINGLE]
On September 25th, 2012, The Audible Doctor will release a project titled “I Think That…”. This is the self produced single from said album titled “Andy Kaufman Theory”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Danny! f/Gavin Castleton & Amber Rose Tamblyn “Evil” (prod. by Danny!) [SINGLE]
This is pretty epic, Mr. Swain. Pretty epic indeed. Gavin Castleton. Amber (Rose) Tamblyn? An homage to Timbaland. A beat like the kind Kanye West DOESN’T make anymore. Can’t wait for ‘Payback” to drop. Thank you Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. You are a giant among men and your afro has even inspired Prince to get one. Don’t sleep on “Evil”…
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DON’T SLEEP: Skyzoo f/DJ Pr!nce “Give It Up” (prod. by !llmind) [SINGLE]
Skyzoo & DJ Pr!nce each spit bars over an !llmind slap charged with kinetic energy to create the banger “Give It Up”. Cop Skyzoo’s album “A Dream Deferred” when it drops on Duck Down Records October 2nd, 2012. Support our culture. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Clear Soul Forces f/Brogainz “Won Too” (prod. by Ilajide) [SINGLE]
Clear Soul Forces teams up with Brogainz and producer Ilajide to bring us the extra lyrical”Won Too” in commemoration of the video for “Gets No Better” reaching 1,000,000 YouTube views. That’s quite a few. Don’t sleep on this or Clear Soul Forces…
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DON’T SLEEP: Robel Synthesia “Trips” [BEAT TAPE]
Robel Synthesia dropped this beat tape yesterday that you all need to hear. It’s called “Trips”. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Bahwee “Flavors 2” [BEAT TAPE]
Back in May, I posted up the original version of “Flavors 2”. Apparently, it wasn’t even mastered yet and I played the SHIT out of it in my iPhone 3GS/defacto iPod Touch. Now that I’m devoid of it since it’s been lent to my brother’s girlfriend until her iPhone 5 arrives I can put the remastered version in my iPhone instead. Don’t sleep on Bahwee…
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DON’T SLEEP: Digital Hustle Films x Hillprop97 “Behind The Beats presents Hillprop97” [MINI DOCUMENTARY/BEAT VIDEO]
Gadget of Digital Hustle Films & Backpack Theory Records presents Baltimore/DC area beatmaker/producer Hillprop97. He takes us to his lab and plays us a gang of jawns he produced. Don’t sleep on this…
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DON’T SLEEP: MidaZ The Beast “The Duelist” (prod. by MidaZ The Beast) [VIDEO]
MidaZ The Beast produced this selection from his release “LOOPS” and he made a video for it. Here it is, don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Brown Bag AllStars f/Akie Bermiss “Say It Now” (prod. by J57) [VIDEO]
This BBAS jawn is from “Brown Label Part 2”, the Akie Bermiss featured “Say It Now” is produced by J57. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Medline f/Roni Alkekengi “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” (prod. by Medline) [VIDEO]
Here’s the video for MPM’s Medline and his remake of the Roy Ayers classic “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” with Roni Alkekengi. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Bling 47 x DJ Spinna “Bling 47 Breaks Dilla Edition: Thelonious” [MINI-DOCUMENTARY]
Check out DJ Spinna telling Bling 47 about his favorite J Dilla flip, “Thelonious” originally off Common’s “Like Water For Chocolate”. If you aren’t visiting Waajeed’s site already smack yourselves. Stop sleeping…
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DON’T SLEEP: Richard Eigner x Shigeto “Live @ The Future Sound #18 @ Stwst Linz (4.25.2012)” [LIVE FOOTAGE]
Back in June I posted footage of this performance. Shigeto did an hour long set in Cambridge @ a JASS function this Summer & I missed it. Here Sigeto is engaged in a drum duet with Richard Eigner. Don’t sleep on this…
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DON’T SLEEP: Mad Zach “How To Practice Finger Drumming & Controllerism” [BEAT VIDEO + TUTORIAL]
Mad Zach demonstrating techniques for live performance, demos and beat videos that’s especially relevant to beat making and those in the beat culture scene. Oddly enough? I never even subscribed to this channel in the first place. In any event, this is helpful for those trying to master the art of finger drumming and incorporating aspects of controllerism. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Turkman Souljah “Making A Beat Episode 16” [BEAT VIDEO]
I went to my rather prodigious YouTube subscriptions page and I found a few videos from users I actually didn’t even subscribe to. One of the users happened to be Turkman Souljah. I watched “Making A Beat Episode 16” since it somehow landed on said page. I watched this video, then I watched some more of his videos and I subsequently ended up subscribing to his YouTube channel. I’m now going to share with the rest of the class. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Fresh Kils “Double Dragon Routine” [BEAT VIDEO]
Fresh Kils returns with another insane live beat routine using the old 1987 “Double Dragon” arcade game theme. Don’t sleep on it…
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