SoulAndMusic of NugenSoul drops his debut EP, I Introduce Soul, with cuts by Scott Xylo. SoulAndMusic (real name Samuel Chuku) is a rapper from London and his debut EP I Introduce Soul a few hours ago. The four-track EP features SoulAndMusic rapping over two Dilla and Apollo Brown beats and two Scott Xylo beats. Mixing …
Mndsgn. takes us to bed with his new EP. But in a good way. And not in *that* way… LA-based producer Mndsgn. released a new EP via Bandcamp on 25th February. Entitled “bed”, the EP contains some really atmospheric compositions such as the intro track “laps”, the hazy “try this peppermint soap” and the ambient …
Don’t sleep on FreshVibez collaborative mixtape with SupaGroovalistic and BrookLille. Being busy with other Sampleface posts and developments of late, we kinda slept on this mixtape from our partners over in France. We can only apologise profusely for the oversight as the mixtape is fire! FreshVibez got together with fellow French blogs/zines SupaGroovalistic and BrookLille …
UK producer Orion is our One To Watch today. It’s a small world, isn’t it? While commenting on a Facebook friend’s status from Detroit, one of his friends also commented who happens to go to my university. He invited me to like his Facebook page and now we’re here. Orion (real name Ope Alayande) is …
Who remembers when The Wu-Tang Clan was repping for St. Ides in this 1995 commercial? Welcome to this week’s Throwback Thursday.
Our good friend Decknologist has put together another fantastic Madlib mix for our earlugs and it’s absolutely free. We’ve been fans of Decknologist ever since he dropped his first Madlib mix last year and we’re eternally grateful for him putting together part 2. Being one of our favourite producers, it’s great to hear his material, especially …
DJ Wax On has compiled a free mixtape full of late 70’s/early 80’s fusion and smooth jazz.
Dutch producer BINKBEATS reconstructs “The Healer” from Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part One (4th World War). We’ve seen a few “beat remake” videos over the past year, with things like Marley Marl’s ‘Classic Recipes’, this Flying Lotus reconstruction (both for Dubspot) and that amazing Massive Attack track made from vegetables but this is arguably the best we’ve …
Lady Paradox drops some bars to an acoustic cover of The Broken Orchestra’s Reach The Stars. We showed you the first of The Broken Orchestra’s acoustic sessions: In The Same Way featuring Lauren Jade. Well, they’re back with a second performance, this time by Leicester’s Lady Paradox spitting some bars over Reach The Stars. If …
Craig M. Riding is back with another guest post, this time talking about an early 90s UK hip hop classic from Manchester. Manchester and its adjoining conurbation was a strange place to be a teenager in 1990, It seemed everyone wanted to be from there. Madchester fever had gripped the nation, and the acid house …