Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Diplo: Halloween Special [Mix]
BBCR1xtra presents Diplo and his friends flipping familiar tracks for the frightful holiday.
DOWNLOAD Halloween Special
Beats Antique: Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) [EP]
Beats Antique break away from the business of their Fall Tour to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), commemorating the day with a two-track freelease.
DOWNLOAD Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
The Black Opera: Balcony [Video]
Be sure to grab a copy of Libretto: Of King Legend, and hold yourself over with the Balcony single until then.
N.O.L.: Catch Me If You Can [Mixtape]
N.O.L. nets Another One, slow-flowing over Battlecat, Flosstramadus, and three of his own brand new beats.
DOWNLOAD Catch Me If You Can
RQ Away: Homeless In New Orleans [Mixtape]
RQ Away is quickly becoming a familiar face on this site. Offering a wide range of mixes, including #SchwinnLife and Amygdala (just to name a few), the GO DJ embodies the elements of home, at the same time not shying away from experimenting with fusions which may at first seem foreign. He describes his latest, Homeless In New Orleans, like this:
As a life long resident of the Crescent City certain things have always been present, spicy food, good music, dirty cops, filthy politicians, and homeless people being shuffled around from place to place. This tape is not about music, it is about the idea that homelessness has to be. We have trees lining Canal street that cost more than some cars and yet the funding for housing assistance for human beings seeking refuge below over passes is not available.
As the tape progresses a conversation is had. Earl King's 'Street Parade' represents the happiness and wonder our city can produce, Dr. John's voodoo inspired rant represents the idea of karma making amends with those in power who benefit from and ignore those in need. John Lacarbiere's voice represents that of those who take it into their own hands in helping and preventing further pain amongst a people. This conversation continues as a representation of voices around the issue some opposed and some aligned.
Questions of the government's true hand in homelessness in our community, the idea that you hold power in the voting booth locally and nationally. Homelessness is only one of our larger issues in this great city but the things around it, lack of funding for education, a government divided when a people are at its mercy, a prominent bourgeoise cell within the city that simply thinks its the fault of those who are in need and that if they wanted they wouldn't be in such a position, as well as a capitalistic group who simply use the idea of lending assistance for show, with no want for a consistent positive result for those they help.
Homelessness is a major issue and although we can't all lend a room, resume, and a suit to everyone we see in need we can spare some change, a conversation, some time, or a plate of warm food.
DOWNLOAD Homeless In New Orleans
Audible Doctor: Doctorin [Instrumental Album]
Following several singles and show snippets, Audible Doctor delivers his instrumental album, executive produced by Large Professor.
DOWNLOAD Doctorin
Curren$y: Priest Andretti [Mixtape]
Spitta skips the sugar of Halloween, opting for an even sweeter 14-track freebie featuring Fiend, Young Roddy, Trademark, Corner Boy P and more.
DOWNLOAD Priest Andretti
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Cannabinoids: Beat Tape (Vol. 1) [Beat Tape]
In case you missed it, check The Cannabinoids along with Erykah Badu at Afro Punk 2012.
DOWNLOAD Beat Tape (Vol. 1)
Offbeatninja123: Manga Main St. [EP]
18-year old beatmaker Offbeatninja melds Weldon Irvine samples, FlyLo-like sounds, and several video game snippets to make Manga Main St., an instrumental concept EP inspired by all-things anime.
DOWNLOAD Manga Main St.
Eclectic: Sunday [Album]
Eclectic embodies the easy elements of Sunday, augmenting his arrangement with SuMi !'s soothing song. Check for standouts Sparrow On The Roof and Eclectic / Le GemDior - Shades (Hangover).
DOWNLOAD Sunday
Monday, October 29, 2012
Small Professor: Cool Story, Pro [Album]
From Small Professor:
'Cool Story, Pro' is an almost 49 minute long tale about finding love and then losing it told through beats soaked in chopped and screwed 70's soul records. The story itself did not happen...but the feelings that inspired it were real, and making this album was like therapy. This is the part of the album description where you say, 'Cool Story, Pro', and just peep it for yourself...maybe you'll stick with what my intent was in making this album as a whole, or maybe you'd just like to listen to it on your own terms...whatever you choose to do, I hope that you enjoy it.
DOWNLOAD Cool Story, Pro
Dub Temple Records: Augustus Pablo [Beat Tape]
Dub Temple Records, home to Rufio and Samedi Sound System among others, pays tribute to Augustus Pablo in the latest installment in their beat tape series. Check for the standout single Skateland Rock.
DOWNLOAD Augustus Pablo
Harbour City Sound: Without A Sound [Album]
At some points Harbour City Sound resemble early Orgone, and other times they sound more like Foreign Exchange. Either way, the gumbo of talent - including vocals from Ned Worboys, Louis Baker, Lisa Tomlins, Bella Kalolo, Kirsten Te Rito and Thomas Oliver in addition to instrumentation from guitarist Simon Koziarski, bassist Paddy Bleakley, Keyboardist Ed Zuccollo, drummer Shaun Elley, trumpeter Lex French, and trombonist Richard Shirley - comes together to create one hell of a harmony.
DOWNLOAD Harbour City Sound
Nate OG: Blaxploitation Sessions (Vol. 2) [Beat Tape]
Nate OG siphons inspiration from a slew of 70s soundtracks, resulting in the second segment of his Blaxploitation Sessions.
DOWNLOAD Blaxploitation (Vol. 2)
Athletic Mic League: GIANTS of the JUNGLE [Album]
DJ Haircut (Mayer Hawthorne) mans the motherboard while Buff1, 14KT, Trés Styles, Vaughan T, Vital, and Grand Champ handle the heat.
DOWNLOAD Giants of the Jungle
Corner Boy P: Money Neva Sleep 2 [Mixtape]
Fendi P drops off the follow-up to Money Neva Sleep, joined by Jet Lifers Fiend, Trademark, Jean Lephare and more. Don't miss the opening visual for his closing track, 15 Rackz, below:
DOWNLOAD Money Neva Sleep 2
Saturday, October 27, 2012
SΔTURDΔY S1NGLES 10.27.12
DOWNLOAD Chevy Woods f. Stalley: Tye Dye
DOWNLOAD Dam-Funk: Somewhere, Someday
DOWNLOAD DaVinci: Nothin Finna Stop Me (produced by Block Beattaz)
DOWNLOAD JMSN: Fallin'
DOWNLOAD k-Os: Astronaut (Slakah The Beatchild Remix
DOWNLOAD Kendrick Lamar: Poetic Justice (Instrumental)
DOWNLOAD Kendrick Lamar: The Heart Pt. 3 (Will You Let It Die?) (produced by Tae Beast)
DOWNLOAD Mos Def: Travellin' Man (Poldoore Remix)
DOWNLOAD Musiq Souldchild: So Beautiful (Capitol A Re-Steam)
DOWNLOAD Quartermaine: War of the Roses (produced by Kev Brown)
Friday, October 26, 2012
Flowback Fridays: Beach Trees [Video]
Kendrick Lamar: Money Trees
Silver Soul: Beach House
View Kendrick Lamar's first Flowback Fridays feature here.
Curren$y: Priest Andretti [Video]
Halloween is shaping up to be a big day for new releases, especially Priest Andretti, Spitta's second set since The Stoned Immaculate.
Cosmic Compositions: Avant Garde Series (Vol.1): Pharoah Sanders [Album]
Ackryte, Ben Jamin, Dutchmassive and many more premier producers contribute to Cosmic Compositions' Avant Garde Series opener, parsing pieces of the work of Pharoahe Sanders with that of several contemporary sound craftsman.
DOWNLOAD Avant Garde Series (Vol.1): Pharoah Sanders
Lounge Urbain presents 3Cliks: MONK.E [Video]
Lounge Urbain hit us up recently to announce a new monthly web series, 3Cliks, in which they highlight Montreal artists from a trilogy of perspectives - chilling, unplugged, and carte blanche - making the multi-dimensional magnetism of each mind better known.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Dee-1: You Stupid Fool [Video]
Dee-1 is definitely not a Stupid Fool, pulling double-duty directing and starring in his latest visual from the Mannie Fresh-produced Focus mixtape.
Koncept f. Royce Da 5'9: Watch The Sky [Video]
Brown Bag All Star Koncept solicits Slaughterhouse spitter Royce Da 5'9 for the Marco Polo-produced single from Awaken, out now.
DJ Muggs: People of the Earth [Video]
DJ Muggs vizualises the state of a union under the control of amphibious creatures in the first official visual from his forthcoming dubstep album, Bass For Your Face.
JMSN: †Priscilla† [Album]
For a limited time only, JMSN is offering †Priscilla†, his debut album, for the low price of free. Acclaimed by fans and critics alike, the 16-track LP features CFUNK favorites Jameson and Runaway.
DOWNLOAD †Priscilla†
RQ Away: #SchwinnLife [Mixtape]
From RQ Away:
Rushing down your favorite neighborhood hill is a wonderful idea until that turning mack truck just doesn't see you. #SchwinnLife a term I adapted to describe bike riding adventures I went on with my friends, and sometimes my thoughts and a good playlist. This mixtape is whatever you want it to be, simple entertainment, a soundtrack to your next bike ride or the instrumental that keeps you moving in the gym. Its creation is meant to motivate if moving and stimulate if standing still, the audio is set to mimic a quick bike ride across town. Bumps, breaks, sudden stops and waits for the train all inside, even towards the end of the ride when you wanna give up, yup thats there too. So press play, dig it, and share.
DOWNLOAD #SchwinnLife
Label Love (Volume 5) - The Jazz Edition [Album]
From Tru Thoughts:
Label Love is an eclectic yet unified bundle of unique sounds compiled simply for the love of sharing them with the universe - each track plucked and presented by Jazz heads from Tru Thoughts Recordings, Impossible Ark Records, Gondwana Records, Jazzman Records, Edition Records, Katalyst Entertainment, Revive Music Group, and Basho Records.
Each label and artist evokes its own signature giving this collection a diversified and interesting flow. Label Love consists of nostalgic jazz classics, unreleased gems, and exclusive selections.
DOWNLOAD Label Love (Volume 5) - The Jazz Edition
Elespee & Prospek: Nola Noir [Album]
Elespee and Prospek conceive a clever concept album that sounds like the diurnal course of the Crescent City. Check for standouts Hard Times In The Big Easy and Street With No Name, featuring Jon Mercure.
DOWNLOAD Nola Noir
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
(Empty America): San Francisco & Seattle [Video]
The Thrash Lab's (Empty America) series sets out to capture shots of several cities, including San Francisco and Seattle, sans automobiles and other moving objects and compile them into one short timelapse. The best part is that the visionaries behind the video also include the behind the scenes footage of the photographic processes used to put the project together.
Shatterhands: Land Fly [EP]
From Urban Waves Records:
Urban Waves is very proud to bring you the new EP by Danish producer Shatter Hands! Titled 'Land Fly' this album marks a new step on Shatter Hands producing venture. He’s been cooking it for more than half a year focusing on doing more than he ever did before. And yeah if you’ve been following Shatter Hands since his debut, you’ll notice how he outdone himself on this one. The progression is obvious, keeping the original thrill of his branded synthesizers from outta space he went from beat making to fully producing. And this step, even if it’s barely noticeable to an outside ear, required a huge effort from the man. The result paid off, here is a new chapter in Shatter Hands story. Let us read it to you.
Oh and on the other hand here’s an exclusive news that you’ve heard from us first; if you like this EP, you’ll rejoice to know that we have a REMIX EP in the making with amazing remixers such as DNTE, Mute Speaker, Terry Tester, Prof Logic, Iller the Abstract Giraffe, Doctor Lazer, Zack Christ, Oddlogic, … Maybe more, maybe less. We’ll confirm that on a later note.
DOWNLOAD Land Fly
100 Akres: Sincerely, Me [Album]
Los Angeles beatmaker 100 Akres shares 18 snippets of soulful sounds, self-described as "possibly" his "best work to date."
DOWNLOAD Sincerely, Me
Mickey Factz: #Y [Mixtape]
Mickey floats the first of a two-art project, #Y, featuring 12 freestyles to serve as the forward to its follow-up, #Ynot, due November 5th.
DOWNLOAD #Y
Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Samples) [Album]
Gianni Lee and Mike Blud, known for their rapid-fire release of new album samples, deliver the dopest collection of back-tracks yet - the samples from good kid, m.A.A.d. city.
DOWNLOAD good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Samples)
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
P.O.S. f. Mike Mictlan: Get Down [Video]
Be sure to scoop a copy of We Don't Live Here Anymore if you haven't done so already.
Radio Juicy: Vol. 31 (Off The Projects by Budd Hello) [Video]
Just one in a number of tomes of Radio Juicy, we have only recently been introduced the stash of scratch symphonies via Vol. 31, which features GZA, Ackryte, Sun Raw and Dopplegangaz among others. Rets assured that you will see many more in the future.
DOWNLOAD Radio Juicy, Vol. 31 (Off The Projects by Budd Hello)
The Beatfonics Crew: O.S.T. [Album]
From The Beatfonics:
The Beatfonics, after the beat-tape tribute to the Delfonics, from which was born the name of the crew, and its 'mixtape version' with the collaboration of various mc's, release an instrumental tape inspired by some of the most beautiful ost which have made the history in free download on October 22nd on the crew bandcamp page; the freshest sampling skills meets the wisdom of great masters of orchestra, it's up to you to witness this event. The inevitable alchemy made close, to a fireplace, producers from the most various subgenres of Hip hop music; flippin', daily, new works, making their way trough the italian scene and over. This is not only the uniqueness of the collective but it's his versatility and eclecticism typical of European music that distinguishes a heterogeneous agglomeration open to wide horizons, the Beatfonics are not a genre, they're a poltergeist that became a single living entity, the faces of an unsolved rubik cube that listeners are going to solve it inside themselves, the Beatfonics are 'imagination.'
DOWNLOAD O.S.T.
Mikigold & Fattosan: Female Hip-Hop [Mix]
Finally. Mikigold and Fatoosan go where few have gone before, featuring some of the finest female freestylers (including Jean Grae and Melodee) in one free mix.
DOWNLOAD Female Hip-Hop
Monday, October 22, 2012
Finding The Funk (Trailer) [Video]
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk. Nelson George and Arthur Baker highlight the history of music's most amicable genre - funk. To contribute to the project, please visit Kickstarter.
Method Man, Freddie Gibbs & StreetLife: Built For This [Video]
The Man with the Iron Fists OST arrives October 22nd, with the film to follow November 2nd.
Idle Warship: Beautifully Bad [Video]
Habits of the Heart are not always Beautifully Bad. Case in point? This latest visual from the Blacksmith duo.
Harn Solo: Shooting Star [Album]
Harn Solo taps Prospek to produce his most recent freelease, Shooting Star. Follow the NOLA native as he jet sets to Amsterdam to shoot the newest visual from the project below:
DOWNLOAD Shooting Star
Dibia$e: Llamaville [Instrumental Album]
Dibia$e drops off the instrumental-only edition of Llamaville, plus the bonus cut, Bang Bang Boogie.
DOWNLOAD Llamaville
Saturday, October 20, 2012
SΔTURDΔY S1NGLES 10.20.12
Weekly roundup of remixes, rarities, flips and edits - compiled by Clusterfunk Collective.
DOWNLOAD A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders (Fat Freddy's Drop Remix)
DOWNLOAD Curren$y f. Corner Boy P: White House Watch
DOWNLOAD Dam-Funk: Home (aka Private Time)
DOWNLOAD Dam-Funk: Right Now
DOWNLOAD Janet Jackson: If (Kaytranada Remix)
DOWNLOAD MF Doom: My Fav Ladies (Remix)
DOWNLOAD Method Man, Freddie Gibbs & StreetLife: Built For This (DJ Kas Remix)
DOWNLOAD Mystikal: Shake Ya Azz (Jim Sharp Edit)
DOWNLOAD Nas: NY State of Mind pt. II (D-Man Remix)
DOWNLOAD Otis Redding: Try A Little Otis (Jim Sharp Edit)
DOWNLOAD OutKast: ATLiens (Woody's Produce Remix)
DOWNLOAD P.So f. Andrew Reid: Find Out
DOWNLOAD Pusha T: What Dreams Are Made Of (S-Type Remix)
DOWNLOAD SOS Band: The Finest (Midnite Sons Remix
DOWNLOAD The Black Opera: Balcony
DOWNLOAD Trackademics f. Phonte: Fool On The Hill (1-O.A.K. Remix)
DOWNLOAD Vacationer: Good As New (Trackademics Remix)
White Girls In Hip-Hop: The Documentary (Trailer) [Video]
Director Brittany Graham seeks funding for her documentary, White Girls In Hip-Hop, in which she aims to open the discussion of race in hip-hop from an angle that, as of yet, has not been closely examined - the white female rapper. Please visit her fundraising website to learn more and donate.
Bad25 (Trailer) [Video]
Spike Lee celebrates the 25th Aniversary of Michael Jackson's Bad with a 60-minute documentary set to air on ABC on November 22nd.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Flowback Fridays: Maybe She'll Dream Of A Girl... [Video]
Foreign Exchange: Maybe She'll Dream Of Me
Diddy f. Usher & Loon: I Need A Girl (Part 1)
Roku: Oyasumi [Beat Tape]
Oyasumi, when translated, means "Good night." While we do not assume that Roku intended to put his listeners to sleep, it is hard not to wonder with track titles like Drowsy. However, if that were in fact his aim, then he has failed, because standouts such as A Jealous Prince/His Loyal Servants left us lost in the lush landscape of Far East instrumentation and Western soul samples.
DOWNLOAD Oyasumi
DJ Mahf: Soul Session (Live From Artopia) [Mix]
St Louis soul spinner DJ Mahf lets loose of his Artopia 2012 set.
DOWNLOAD Soul Session (Live From Artopia)
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Gary Clark, Jr.: Blak And Blu (Album Trailer) [Video]
Blak And Blu officially arrives October 22nd, but until then, stream the EP in its entirety here. Also, don't miss his breakdown of Ain't Messin' Around , below:
Cellar Door & Deadpoole: DeadCellar [EP]
The interpolation of the sounds of Cellar Door and Deadpoole have created a clever collection of clear-cut consciousness that one could wade in for a while.
DOWNLOAD DeadCellar
Keor Meteor: Sociology [Album]
Keor Meteor delves into the different dimensions of humanity on his latest freelease, Sociology.
DOWNLOAD Sociology
La Melodia: Spaced Out [Video]
Mellifluous MC Melodee and dulcet DJ I.N.T have put together a perfect pairing of pitch and prose that will leave listeners Spaced Out.
DOWNLOAD Spaced Out
Freeway: Freedom of Speech [Mixtape]
Free exercises his First Amendment right, freestyling over production from Jake One, Thelonius Martin, SAP and more. Also, don't miss his behind the scenes interview with Fuse, below:
DOWNLOAD Freedom of Speech
DJ Muggs: Sound Clash Business [EP]
From Mishka:
The Soul Assassin is here and he's about to burn shit to the ground. Get right down to business and let this thunderous clash of sounds slam some bass into your face. DJ Muggs is in the house. Legendary DJ, longtime member of Cypress Hill, and progenitor of that certain raucous dark hip hop sound, DJ Muggs proves his endurability with Sound Clash Business, the new EP out today on Mishka Records.
This five track release shows how the dextrous Muggs has married his decades of experience in production to newer sounds, incorporating heavy bass, dubstep, and trap elements into his signature sound. It also features A$AP Rocky and The Cool Kids' Chuck Inglish sounding positively demonic over Muggs' imposing beats. With everything from full-on dubstep to just plain dub ragga, there's impressive versatility to Sound Clash Business. You wouldn't expect anything less from DJ Muggs. Also, be sure to check out the video for single "Bow".
DOWNLOAD Sound Clash Business
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)