So many jams, so little time. I’ve got on some one's radar as a person blogging about the hippity hop that’s out here. You may have already seen some of these goodies, maybe you still need some convincing to press play.
Paul White has been making beats and capturing my ear briefly for the last few months. Getting in with Stones Throw is never a bad idea and for the latest volume of their stellar podcast series - number 62 for those counting - he delivers an awesome mix of his own production. It’s quick but you won’t be disappointed in the vibe throughout. Add to this a few verses from the likes of Guilty Simpson, Marv Won & Talib Kweli and you got a dope little modern beat generation mixtape. Download here.
The young emcee out of Inglewood that goes by Skeme apparently has seven mixtapes under his belt (time to do some Internet diggin) and is now delivering his latest project Pistols & Palm Trees which has quite a bit of hype behind it considering his lack of stature online. That being said he has production from current pop hit maker Boi-1da, and features from Dom Kennedy and Kendrick Lamar. I’m excited to give it a spin, if any of yall have let me know your thoughts on it! Downlaod it here.
Ced Hughes keeps dropping gems this time via a stray tune “Shoot Down The Stars” that may or may not be on his upcoming album One Day We’ll Wake Up. Over a bouncy beat produced by a cat out of Dallas who goes by PicnicTyme. Ced also wants people to know that the 10 piece wing dings at Food Lions are the business. Haha. Vibe to this yall!
Finally bringing it back home to wrap this little catch all post up, our Cloud brethren Jarv Dee dropped his first official single with “I Just Wanna” produced by Bladerunner. Also included in the zip is a remix by Mr. 10-4 Rog. If you aren’t hip to these individuals download it.
Yesterday afternoon Stones Throw founder and vinyl junkie extraordinaire took to the LA Times music blog Pop & Hiss to promote Sunday's marathon 10 DJ show where all involved will kill with strictly the choicest of 45's.
In typical digger fashion, PB Wolf went out this past week and excavated a few gems from LA area record stores. This mix is the result. For those of us here in Seattle, or anywhere but the City of Angeles this weekend take solace in the fact that you can press repeat all you want on this mix. I'll warn you it contains nothing to be expected. Thanks to Jeff Weiss for the track list:
1. Take Down Your Fences - Dave Goodman & Friends (The Label, 1978) 2. Always On The Horizon- Mitch Cooper (Prismic, 1986) 3. We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years- Prairie Fire (One Spark Music, 1974) 4. I Know- Tom Browne (GRP 1981) 5. Safety Is A Cootie Wootie- The Residents (Ralph, 1984) 6. Dancin¹ and Prancin¹-The Brothers Johnson (A & M, 1976) 7. Wigs On The Green- Princess Tinymeat (Rough Trade, 1985) 8. Komakino - Joy Division (Vox Pop 1988) 9. Robot Woman- Bronner Brothers (Neighbor, 1984) 10. New Wipeout- Vex Ruffin and the lo-fi Jerkheads (Black Gladiator, 2010)
Speaking of 45s, rumor has it a Jet Set before the end of the month is going to have a star studded 45 night itself. You know where to watch for more details.
Don't be forgetting about that In Search of Stoney Jackson come the end of the year, released in January it's sure to have slipped out of ear shot of just a few of y'all. You know how I do, how could I not post this up? Madlib on the beat! Guess today is video day.
Dam-Funk put together a 45 minute mix last week while on tour in Croatia called the Future Sound of Modern Funk. I don't suppose I need to tell you what it covers, and how good it is. Well...it's funky...and it's awesome.
The poster for Dam-Funk's two dates in SF and LA at the beginning of July. I appreciate me some good graphic artwork, especially in the form of concert posters, and this is about as good as they come. Doesn't hurt that Mr. Funk also happens to be my MVP of 2009.
I had the opportunity to meet Oh No down at SXSW during the Red Bull Big Tune Battle and dude was super cool. We chopped it up about beats and records and I gave him some mixtapes and a copy of the Magnetic Blackness 7 inch.
Here he is flexing his ridiculously juiced creative muscles on an iPad. Wowzers.
Now THIS is the way to pay tribute to those talents that we have lost. A well thought out, well executed idea that is a functional collectors item. Eff throwing together more post-humous releases (although Dilla has had the best of any dead artist IMO) these types of projects are where things should be headed.
Serato and Stones Throw are joining forces with Dilla's estate to release the Donut Shop. The package will consist of two vinyls with six Dilla tracks - 3 on each vinyl and the serato control tone on the flipside - and 2 donut slipmats (DOPE). Set to release May, 10th. Pre-order is available now.
Paul White has been making beats and capturing my ear briefly for the last few months. Getting in with Stones Throw is never a bad idea and for the latest volume of their stellar podcast series - number 62 for those counting - he delivers an awesome mix of his own production. It’s quick but you won’t be disappointed in the vibe throughout. Add to this a few verses from the likes of Guilty Simpson, Marv Won & Talib Kweli and you got a dope little modern beat generation mixtape. Download here.
The young emcee out of Inglewood that goes by Skeme apparently has seven mixtapes under his belt (time to do some Internet diggin) and is now delivering his latest project Pistols & Palm Trees which has quite a bit of hype behind it considering his lack of stature online. That being said he has production from current pop hit maker Boi-1da, and features from Dom Kennedy and Kendrick Lamar. I’m excited to give it a spin, if any of yall have let me know your thoughts on it! Downlaod it here.
Ced Hughes keeps dropping gems this time via a stray tune “Shoot Down The Stars” that may or may not be on his upcoming album One Day We’ll Wake Up. Over a bouncy beat produced by a cat out of Dallas who goes by PicnicTyme. Ced also wants people to know that the 10 piece wing dings at Food Lions are the business. Haha. Vibe to this yall!
Finally bringing it back home to wrap this little catch all post up, our Cloud brethren Jarv Dee dropped his first official single with “I Just Wanna” produced by Bladerunner. Also included in the zip is a remix by Mr. 10-4 Rog. If you aren’t hip to these individuals download it.
