Today Beat Inc. finally released their latest Original Cultures project “The Formula EP” on the Original Cultures Bandcamp. You can also check the preview of this new Beat Inc.jawn since it’s been embedded via Soundcloud. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Beat Inc. “The Formula EP” [NEW PROJECT]
DON’T SLEEP: Ayatollah “Straight Out Of The MPC” [BEAT TAPE]
Alkota just uploaded this exclusive collection of 27 Ayatollah beats spanning almost 83 minutes directly off of his trusty MPC 60 to SoundCloud. If you remember correctly, it dropped last year on Bandcamp with completely different cover art. Don’t sleep on it this time around. Cop it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Muneshine “Winter ’12 Beat Tape” [BEAT TAPE]
Muneshine dropped a new beat called the “Winter ’12 Beat Tape”. I realized that it was a beat tape when I saw 20 straight beats from Muneshine with the same damb art on my SoundCloud stream via my iPhone a few hours ago. This jawn consists of 36 beats so block out some time, people. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: M▲GGZ™ “Day Dream: Side A” [BEAT TAPE]
When last we heard from M▲GGZ™ he dropped us off some beats to get us through the cold, harsh, unfeeling Winter months. I guess we actually got that winter we feared this time around last winter so he’s back with some slaps we can ride out with until the Spring finally officially gets here. “Day Dream: Side A” is a 14 minute beat tape/mix of new exclusive beats from M▲GGZ™. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Pragmatic Theory Collective “Curtis: The Beat Tape” [BEAT TAPE]
The beatmaking collective known as Pragmatic Theory has compiled a beat tape consisting of samples from the catalog of the great Soul/R&B singer, arranger and producer Curtis Mayfield. “Curtis: The Beat Tape” features production from an all star lineup of beat culture luminaries such as Ta-Ku, Keor Meteor, Handbook, Constrobuz, SE1DavidE, Cypria, Mononome, Sh∆inC∆w, Je$u$, ManOnWire, ProducerNature, Byrdverson1 x Nextwon, Keith Price x MadColour, A-Beats, Glyphick, AudioDoctor, Jewbei, JP Balboa, Snakehips, DuckaDucka, Prozak Morris, Kam0, Pawcut, Funky Notes & ChromadaData. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: El Hefe & The People’s Ensemble (Jeff Spec) “Beat Tape Volume 3: The Mystery Of Tapeboxin'” [BEAT TAPE]
El Hefe & The People’s Ensemble are back at it one mo’ ‘gin with the third beat tape which is titled “The Mystery Of Tapeboxin'”. Who tapeboxes better you suppose? The Shaolin or the Wu-Tang? Sadly enough this beat tape doesn’t answer that question but it DOES give you 13 slaps to nod your head to. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: DJ BLXG “HIT PARADE VOL. II” [BEAT TAPE]
DJ BLXG is one of the former resident DJ’s of JASS here in Boston. He drops his first beat tape in about 6 months. To some he’s a mysterious figure. To others? He’s that guy that goes by another name you’d know better. Listen to that guys’ beat tape and don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: JASS #8 f/Wheez-ie, The Range, Howse & Quam @ Phoenix Landing (MA) 2.28.2012 [LIVE EVENT]
JASS is a live music/production/DJ showcase that happens once every month on a Tuesday evening from 9 PM – 1 AM @ Phoenix Landing in Cambridge, MA featuring resident DJ’s Jassy Jeff, T-Dredz & VJ Renzo on visuals with selected special guests. On Tuesday night, JASS #8 will happen @ Phoenix Landing on 512 Mass Ave. in Cambridge, MA near Central Square (MBTA Orange Line MBTA stop) those guests will be Wheez-ie, The Range, Howse & Quam. For footage of previous JASS events go here or check my footage from JASS #6 & #7. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Kaytradamus “Kaytra Nada” [BEAT TAPE]
The homie Kaytradamus just dropped a bangin’ ass 10 track beat tape called “Kaytra Nada” on an unsuspecting populace. Guard your grills. Protect your necks. Gird your loins. Expect to hear some of the joints on mixes and live DJ sets in the beat culture arena for months to come. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Decon x The Alchemist “Got Raps?” Contest [CONTEST]
And now, a contest from our good friends over @ Decon Records for you aspiring emcees:
The Alchemist makes bangin beats. You Got Raps? The Alchemist is all ears.
Make a video of yourself rapping over the Alchemist’s “Whole Lotta
Thug” beat and post is as a reply to the video on http://rappersbestfriend2.com
One winner will get their own Alchemist produced single to be released on Decon.
1. Download the Alchemist “Whole Lotta Thug” instrumental from http://rappersbestfriend2.com
2. Make a video of yourself rapping over the beat.
3. Upload the video as a reply to Alchemist’s video above.
4. Go to facebook.com/decon to submit your contact information and video link.
Got it? GO. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Robert Glasper Experiment f/KING “Move Love (B.Lewis Remix)” (prod. by B.Lewis) [REMIX]
Last week, B.Lewis dropped a remix of Robert Glasper Experiment’s single with the vocal group KING “Move Love”. I can’t believe that I neglected to post this already considering exactly how much I’ve played it lately. It’s bananas so don’t sleep. Oh, and “Black Radio” drops on Tuesday!
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DON’T SLEEP: Infamous Reptar “Lil Sumthing #2” (prod. by Infamous Reptar) [INSTRUMENTAL]
Infamous Reptar dropped an instrumental on SoundCloud yesterday that ran close to 6 minutes but served as more of a beat reel with about 4 to 6 different slaps contained inside of it. LISTEEEEEEEEN! © Raphael De La Ghetto
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DON’T SLEEP: Hodgy Beats x Jonti “Samurai” (prod. by Jonti) [SINGLE]
Apparently there’s a Hodgy Beats EP floating around. I saw a weird video for a mediocre song that made me think that someone spiked my Sprite with peyote yesterday on YouTube. Yesterday morning I heard a song called “Samurai” by OFWGKTA’s Hodgy Beats that was produced by Jonti. I guess someone from Odd Future said something that pissed off Dam-Funk cuz he spoke on it last night. At least this song is cool…
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DON’T SLEEP: FreshNerd (100 Akres) “neddih epattaeb” [BEAT TAPE]
There is a 5 slap beat tape hidden somewhere on the 100 Akres site by FreshNerd himself. It’s called “neddih epattaeb” but I ain’t gonna tell you WHERE it is. I’ll go as far as link you to it so you can hear it but no my brother, you’ll have to find it on your own. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Knxwledge “komfi.EP” [BEAT TAPE]
I fuckin’ told you so! As soon as I saw Knxwledge had posted up a new slap with album cover art there was gonna be a beat tape to follow it up. After spending a night pissed off at the wack ass Slam Dunk Contest, rockin’ to Peanut Butter Wolf, J.Rocc & Dam-Funk then playing NAMELESS’ new beat tape here’s the “komfi.EP”. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: NAMELESS “BE[ats]ORIGINAL Vol. 3” [BEAT TAPE]
NAMELESS has just dropped his long awaited and highly anticipated next installment of his popular “BE[ats]ORIGINAL” instrumental series. Last night I walked the streets of Boston playing “16-Bit” and “Finished A Beat” knowing that I was gonna hear a banger tonight/early this morning. I was right. My voice even leads off the project from one of the 52 episodes of The Scrunchface Show. Happy born day, NAMELESS! DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Stones Throw x Boiler Room “Boiler Room LA 001” [LIVE STREAM]
Live from L.A. Boiler Room is broadcasting the Stones Throw Takeover to make up for that wack ass Slam Dunk Contest. The masters Peanut Butter Wolf, J.Rocc and the homie Dam-Funk will all spin sets for the next 3 hours or so of the most facemelting shit you can imagine. Just click the link to watch the show live via Boiler Room TV. Soon the recordings or streams should be up as well. Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: “(Beat)en Senseless: Austin Beat Culture” [DOCUMENTARY]
This documentary about beat culture set in Austin, TX has 10 days left in it’s Kickstarter campaign but as yet it’s only 33% funded. That being the case I’m going to see what I can do to help this film get made. I want you all to go here and read about the film itself and then watch the accompanying video so the filmmakers Biance Sauceda, Alice Geaconne, Karan Sethi, and Hannah Casper can realize their dream, meet this goal and get this film “(Beat)en Senseless: Austin Beat Culture” made. Let’s go. DON’T SLEEP!
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DON’T SLEEP: Boiler Room x DOOM “Red Stripe Make Sessions 001” [MIX]
Boiler Room aired DOOM DJing a live 60 minute set last Tuesday as part of the first ever Red Stripe Make Sessions series. Lex Records was a participant and DOOM had the leadoff set before Jneiro Jarel AKA Dr. Who Dat got on who is his partner in the new JJ DOOM project dropping later this year. Since there’s no recorded video available of the event and no embedding is being allowed (no really a surprise, I couldn’t embed the DJ Shadow set from a few months ago either) you need to go here. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Prefuse 73 “A.M.N.H. P.73 SET” [MIX]
Prefuse 73 just recently did this ridiculous 43 minute mix for self titled magazine (yeah, I never heard of it either) and it hit SoundCloud not too long ago. I just finished listening to it and I felt like I should share with the rest of the class. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Knxwledge “Misti.ide[roop]” (prod. by Knxwledge) [INSTRUMENTAL]
New Knxwledge slap called “Misti.ide[roop]” that he just uploaded to SoundCloud. Keep your heads on a swivel for a new beat tape soon…
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DON’T SLEEP: Hezekiah “In The Studio: Beats & Hooks w/ Marjani” [BEAT VIDEO]
Producer/emcee/vocalist Hezekiah shows us him preparing a new batch of beats to send out to artists/labels complete with hooks (you get more publishing that way and a better chance at a placement in many cases). Marjani Clark joins him in the studio. Johnny Popcorn drops march 20th with Tone Whitfield (finally!). Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Beat Konductaz DC x DJ J-$crilla “Makes A Beat From Scratch/Breaks Down One Of His Beats” [BEAT VIDEO]
If you’ve spent any considerable amount of time reading and/or following Producers I Know and you don’t know who the homie DJ J-$crilla is then I feel sorry for your mothers. Inner Loop Records’ J-$crilla breaks down how he made a beat from scratch on video for the good people of Beat Konductaz DC. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Honors English “State Of The Art: Part 2” [MINI-DOCUMENTARY]
Trenton, NJ’s own Honors English teamed with Needlz and they crafted one of the best and most impressive indie Hip Hop albums in recent memory called “State Of The Art”. It’s incredible to think these cats have put so much more love, effort, lyrical content, sonic creativity and hard work into this album which they gave away for free than major labels do with the ones they sell for exorbitant prices nowadays. That’s hurting Hip Hop and destroying the Rap music industry. That’s why THIS is one my site and that other shit ISN’T. Every download and purchase you make is a conscious choice. Choose wisely. Choose better. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: TxE (Tope, Epp & G_Force) “The First One” (prod. by G_Force AKA Calvin Valentine) [VIDEO]
You’ve no doubt seen me post about TxE before on PIK. I’m sure you downloaded their new album “We Get It In True” from FRSH SLCTS. Maybe you’ve even downloaded G_Force’s debut album as Calvin Valentine called “Red Eye Flights” from Potholes In My Blog or even directly from his Bandcamp. You then need to see TxE’s new video for “The First One”. They get it in, true? Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Pete Cannon TV Vol. 1 f/Naive Machine, Stig Of The Dump, Dr. Syntax, Sivey, Mod Medicine & Mazzie [MINI-DOCUMENTARY/BEAT VIDEO]
PIK member Pete Cannon gives us a glimpse into his daily operation as a producer/beatmaker/musician/tech genius/synth master/DJ with the first installment of Pete Cannon TV. We get guest appearances from Team PIK’s own Naive Machine as well as other friends of PIK Sivey & Mazzie. We also catch up with Stig Of The Dump, Dr. Syntax and Mod Medicine. Don’t sleep on my dude, shun! Salute to Pete Cannon. For that heat, hit him up at petecannonmusic[at]gmail[dot]com. Serious inquiries only. My dude might be a slight bit crazy but so are his beats so it all balances out so…….Don’t sleep!
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DON’T SLEEP: Houseshoes x MichiganHipHop.com x Peace Of Mind “The 5 Day Theory” [BEAT TAPE]
The story goes that the homie Houseshoes challenged Team PIK/Beats At Will’s Peace Of Mind to make a beat tape much in the spirit of the 15 minute beat challenges he used to hold in his old apartment back in the days. Here how Shoes described it on Twitter:
“So. 5 days ago, @Peaceofmind313 was on here [Twitter] askin for some shit to chop up.. I sent him 5 joints that have been sampled previously. And posted that the results would be posted in 5 days on @MichiganHipHop It would be called #The5DayTheory. Basically I just did it to put him on the spot. @Peaceofmind313 is a dope producer. Real dope.”
You can download “The 5 Day Theory” from here via a MediaFire link or stream it via the embedded SoundCloud link. Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: Audimatic (The Audible Doctor x maticulous) “Broken Cup” (prod. by maticulous) [VIDEO]
This track was off last year’s release from maticulous’ “the maticulous EP”. Audimatic (The Audible Doctor x maticulous)’s “Broken Cup” finally has a video! Don’t sleep…
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DON’T SLEEP: SH∆IN C∆W “Free Your Mind. EP” [BEAT TAPE]
SH∆IN C∆W‘s “Free Your Mind. EP” dropped a few days ago but I didn’t hear it for the first time until a few hours ago. That’s when I first heard a track he just uploaded to SoundCloud earlier tonight and went searching for his Bandcamp page. Don’t sleep on this…
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DON’T SLEEP: Mike Gao x Daisuke Tanabe “Faces Vol. 2” [INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT]
Mike Gao x Daisuke Tanabe dropped the second edition of Finest Ego & Project Mooncircle’s 12″ series “Faces” last week. You can cop the physical vinyl version as well as the digital version from the Project Mooncircle Bandcamp page. Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: Dramadigs x DJ Phax Mulder “Nicht Der Rede Wert: A Seite & B Seite” [BEAT TAPE]
This beat tape comes courtesy of the good people over at Melting Pot Music/A.U.D.D.A. It’s Dramadigs second beat tape featuring DJ Phx Mulder on the cuts called “Nicht Der Rede Wert: A Seite & B Seite” (A & B Side). Don’t sleep on it…
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DON’T SLEEP: J.Rocc “Mystery Tracks” [NEW PROJECT]
Last year, The Funky President J.Rocc dropped “Some Cold Rock Stuf” and it came with several tracks that weren’t identified on either different editions of it’s releases on both CD and vinyl. J.Rocc & Stones Throw compiled 8 of these mystery tracks and put them on a new digital release called, uh….“Mystery Tracks”. Don’t sleep!
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