This Is Jazz Hop by Adam Kvasnica on Mixcloud
It began in early 2011 with a mutual Soundcloud respect and nods to each other's skill and talent. That nod resulted in a collaboration, their first--the Keor Meteor produced and Cor Stidak penned roller, 'Crown Chakra,' which appeared on the latter's first album 'Treatises of a Pendulum Slave.' The two joined forces again on Stidak's sophomore effort, 'Past the Sun and Moon' and again crafted a slick underground classic, 'Nothing To Seek.'
The plan and intention had been, from that point, to build a complete project of well crafted music that would make their 'peers proud but also to put an indelible stamp on this game' with their own original hip hop and unique focus.
For those who waited patiently, or were mildly curious or indifferent..wait no more. From VA to Paris to the UK and straight to the soul, Cor Stidak, Keor Meteor and Pragmatic Theory offer 'Widepsread Irregularity.' There are cameos by Virginia emcees El RaSun and Cordova on the tunes, "Pearls" and 'Elixirs,' respectively. Stidak trades bars with two underground generals, New Jersey emcee Light and Slim Pickens from Boston on the wildout 'Triangle Choke.' And with a styled out nod to roaring '20's cool, the lovely and uber talented Alexandra Bautista makes you fall in love with her creamy yet edgy soul stylings as she pairs with Stidak and Meteor on the polished, 'Vermillion.' Clearly, the guys haven't forgotten or neglected one of the essential hip hop elements--the DJ, as there is also some fine turntablism on display on a number of the cuts. Those duties were handled by RenRok, Delight and DJ Ivan6. Quite the lineup.
It may be hard to believe that on the cusps of previous releases by Stidak, Meteor and Pragmatic Theory that this album of 9 vividly dark jewels would be made FREE to download. But it is. Enjoy. And just hope we don't have to wait another 2 years for more.
Elegant Truths - A mix tape by Zach Cowie for Dust & Grooves by Dust & Grooves on Mixcloud
The Vapors is a 5 song EP celebrating 420. This collection enlists bangers from Amp Live, as well as newcomers to the Zion I sound MkSmth and Neon Brown. On the mic are featured Fashawn, D.U.S.T., Nump and Povi Tamu. Turn it up and put one in the air...
Trek Life's new album 'Hometown Foreigner' is out everywhere now, but we wanted to take a moment to point out the mixtape DJ Rhettmatic of the world famous Beat Junkies put together featuring some of Trek's greatest moments. The mixtape called 'Hometown Heroes' was pressed on cassette and is available for free when you pick up the new album on CD. It features Oddisee and Exile among others, as well as production from Evidence, DJ Babu, Duke Westlake, and more.
All proceeds from this digital EP will go to New Orleans Musician's Relief Fund. The EP is available for a "name your price" download, as low as $0, but if you choose to donate we will be passing on all the funds to help keep the music alive. Thank you!
I had decided a few nights back that I was going to do a live off of vinyl mix and I started to get some records together to record another jazz mix as I haven't done one for a while, I quickly decided that one of the mixes I had been really wanting to do was a Prestige Mix, but I had 2 dilemmas, 1. I knew there was already an amazing Prestige mix by Fatback from the SoulStrut Forums and 2. I didn't know how I was going to get the funkier prestige stuff I loved into the same mix as the straight Prestige stuff I also loved? The answer was kind of simple, as Fatback had covered the straight ahead stuff so well, I would stick to the funky organ stompers and dance floor monsters side of the prestige releases. So I gathered a bunch of records and pressed record and this is the result, scratches/scuffs and pops and crackles included! For those that don't know much about Prestige Records, this should be a great intro into their catalog, it includes cuts from jazz greats like Charles Earland, Sonny Phillips, Sonny Stitt, Patrice Rushen, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Melvin Sparks and Brother Jug Ammons, and the line up of some of the players on these recordings is like a who's who of jazz, think Bernard Purdie, Idris Muhammad and Candido just to name a few!
