Some deep visuals have been released for Kendrick Lamar’s Poetic Justice video. Street scenes are commonplace within hip hop videos but lately, they’ve become a lot more abstract; Flying Lotus’ short film being a case in point. Whether Kendrick Lamar took a cue from that, he’s taken it a step further with the story. The …
If atmospheric sampling and instrumentation is what you’re into, you better keep tabs on our One To Watch, Hominidae. Hominidae (stylised Hominidæ) is a producer from Raleigh, North Carolina. His spacious beats are sprinkled with crackling nuances, drum compression of varying intensity and an overall chilled out nature. In fact, nature is the perfect word to describe …
Coming from Jersey, USA, Flamingosis releases his debute album on new label Em La La Terra. Samples are our flesh and blood so we’ll lap up albums featuring them. Emerging label/collective Em La La Terra only launched on Valentine’s Day and they already have an album in their catalogue from Flamingosis. Entitled Reworks, the name …
Thanks to the interwebz, public access televangelist Reverend X became a viral hit in the 90’s.
Relive a rare J Dilla interview with Gilles Peterson back in 2001.
Back in 1994, Dilla (known then as Jay Dee) produced a beat for Da’ Enna C. It was the start of something truly magical.
The wonderful Georgia Anne Muldrow is offering a free track as part of Mello Music Group’s 7″ Series. Georgia Anne Muldrow’s Seeds was one of my favourite albums of last year and not wanting to slow things down, she is contributing to Mello Music Group’s 7″ Series with 2 brand spanking new tracks. Entitled Akosua and In My Heart, …
Of all the official Dilla tribute releases, Madlib’s Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6 is one of the best.
I don’t think there is a single Pharcyde fan that doesn’t feel that they owe a debt of gratitude to one Mr James Yancey, aka Jay Dee, aka J Dilla.
Erykah Badu provides the vocals for a new Bonobo track, Heaven For The Sinner. I think Erykah Badu has collaborated with about 90% of my favourite producers and she has been flawless on every single track. Personally, I was pretty stoked when I saw her name on the tracklist for Bonobo’s upcoming album, The North …