For our birthday month, Scott Xylo has dropped an exclusive joint called Super Contra Homies. We might have been incredibly late to our own birthday party, but that hasn’t disrupted the celebrations. In fact, one of our brethren, Scott Xylo, has provided us with an incredible present in the form of Super Contra Homies. I must point out the title was made up by myself…
Natural Material release SP-404-inspired compilation, 1000 IDEAS BEAT TAPE. Twenty lo-fi beats courtesy of online collective Natural Material. It appears every track was made using the SP-404, so expect gruff-sounding beats and obscure samples galore. Stream it below. 1000 IDEAS BEAT TAPE by NATURAL MATERIAL
Grab some of the 11,000+ royalty-free samples at Converse Rubber Tracks… for free! The discovery of this site had me metaphorically salivating. The folks at Converse Rubber Tracks, a community music studio based in New York, are offering up more than 11,000 royalty-free samples from the wide range of musicians who have played sessions there. The likes of Gary Bartz, Otis Brown III, Daru Jones…
NYC producer Blake Frederick drops the second volume from his Rhythm N’ Beats Vol. 2, inspired by 9th Wonder, J Dilla, and Jake One. As controversial as Reddit can be, some of the subforums are a treasure trove for hobbyists and enthusiasts of any discipline. While browsing the /r/makinghiphop subreddit, I stumbled upon this an album by New York producer Blake Frederick. The beatmaker is…
RKZ is back for his fourth Round Up featuring Basement Jaxx, Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar. Gather round, get comfortable, stick your headphones on and zone out for the evening. I’m keeping this month short and sweet with a music hit-list full of smooth, powerful, resonating gloriousness. Barney Artist – Space I absolutely LOVE the production on this joint, the concept, and the simplicity of…
Sampleface’s RKZ drops his latest free mixtape, Science X Soul, featuring the likes of Shawn Sanderson, Kaly and Raxstar. If you’re close to the goings on of RKZ’s music career, you’ll know just how much has gone into this project and for how long. Science X Soul is the singer/songwriter’s latest 14-track mixtape and packs in the usual blend of hip hop, soul and R&B…
Pipomixes – the self-proclaimed “PBS of the mixtape game” – throws together a fine mix featuring Madlib, James Brown, DOOM and plenty more favourites. We’re all fans of the themed mix but sometimes you just want to hear the greats together in one single stream and Pipomixes has provided. Saying that, there is a tenuous link to all the artists, as he explains: I’ve never…
Brooklyn’s rxn gets smooth like butter on his 303 with our Song For Sunday entitled “next2u”. The man known as Teddy Bear – Teddy Pendergrass – laid down some of the rawest sex appeal in his tracks during his career, lending to plenty of samples along the way from Toure to 9th Wonder. The newest producer to join the club is rxn, who we previously featured…
New York emcee Jondis shares some “Deleted Scenes” with Keor Meteor on their latest album. France’s Keor Meteor is something of a collab magnet, having already joined forces with Cor Stidak and Jack Wilson and now the producer has combined with a brand new artist. The emcee in question is New York’s Jondis, a beatmaker in his own right. Their new album is called Deleted Scenes, perhaps…
Chi Town’s Hooligan drops the fourth instalment of his For Medicinal Purposes beat series. It’s around 1:15am here in the UK as I write this and I’m about to watch the Chicago Blackhawks play in the Western Conference final. How convenient, then, that I stumbled upon Hooligan, a Chicago native, and his latest beat tape. For Medicinal Purposes 4 is the fourth in a beat…
