Netherlands based MC/producer Dave Redi gives us some Monologic. Monologic. The title says it all, a monologue of a single speaker dwelling on personal experience – Dave Redi Off the back of two successful beat tapes, The Ear Infection Sessions and Insomniac Music, Dave Redi has returned this time with a full album of beats …
On Day 2 of 28 Days Of Dilla, we look at his early beat album, Vol. 2: Vintage.
To commemorate the month of Dilla’s birth and death, we’re bringing you 28 Days of Dilla. Day 1 is about Donuts cut, Workinonit.
Our friends at Empiyah have released a dope new mixtape. U·NI·TY [noun] – A whole or totality as combining all its parts into one © Empiyah Now THIS is what we call a mixtape. London clothing label Empiyah Clothing have produced a superb mixtape via the mixing skills of Akil aka Vodou. You’ve got everything from …
Marvin Gaye’s amazing performance of Let’s Get It On in Montreux is our Throwback Thursday this week.
Some hip hop warmth coming from the UK and the US in the form of Mecca:83’s Nightshift. It seems criminal that I didn’t mention this track when it came out on Christmas Eve last year, but them’s the breaks. Manchester’s Mecca:83, with electric piano help from Philly’s Buscrates 16-Bit Ensemble and cuts from Dj Ivan6 …
Mexican funk masters Shiro Schwarz join up with Jose Fernandez on a new track. Meet Shiro Schwarz, a Mexican funk duo comprising of Pammela Rojas and Rafael Marfil. Originally starting out as PRRM, the pair have been together since 2009 with Pammela constructing the visuals and vocal samples and Rafael performing music and audio clips. …
A random discovery while on YouTube produced something pretty cool, involving Flying Lotus and Gene Kelly on roller skates.
Canadian downtempo producer Tor relaxes us with some Drum Therapy. For some reason, this fell right under my radar which is strange considering I was Bandcamp surfing a lot last year and I love a bit of downtempo/trip hop. Released just last month, Tor’s Drum Therapy really does live up to its name with soothing …
Happy birthday to The God Emcee, Rakim! Today is the 45th birthday of William Michael Griffin Jr., better known by his stage name Rakim. Arguably one of the greatest emcees to ever rock the mic, his years with Eric B. gave us classic albums such as their critically acclaimed debut Paid in Full and the follow up Follow The Leader. It would be another …