28 Days Of Dilla #2: Jay Dee - Vol. 2: Vintage (Album Stream)
On Day 2 of 28 Days Of Dilla, we look at his early beat album, Vol. 2: Vintage.
28 Days Of Dilla #1 - WORKINONIT!
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.
Empiyah - The Unity Vol. 1 [Mixtape]
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 …
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (Montreux 1980)
Marvin Gaye’s amazing performance of Let’s Get It On in Montreux is our Throwback Thursday this week.
Mecca:83 - Nightshift
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 …
Shiro Schwarz & Jose Fernandez - Thai Tempo
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. …
VIDEO: Flying Lotus meets Gene Kelly on roller skates
A random discovery while on YouTube produced something pretty cool, involving Flying Lotus and Gene Kelly on roller skates.
Tor - Drum Therapy
Canadian downtempo producer Tor relaxes us with some Drum Therapy.
Happy Birthday, Rakim!
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 …
MED & Gangrene - Run It
Stones Throw offer a free download of MED & Gangrene’s Run It. Frequent Madlib collaborator and Stones Throw member MED will have a new mixtape series for us all this year called Bang Ya Head IV and it’ll be available for free on Stones Throw (gosh, they’re good to us). While that’s still in the …