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Thelonious Martin – A Dozen For Dilla Vol. 4

February 7, 2020• Instrumental Hip Hop

The Chicago producer drops the fourth instalment from his A Dozen For Dilla series.

Yumi Rose – Heaven Only Knows

September 19, 2016• Electronic

Yumi Rose shows gratitude to those who introduced him to future funk with his latest album, Heaven Only Knows. It’s always good to...

Thelonious Martin – Afternoon Swim

January 6, 2016• Hip Hop

Thelonious Martin keeps jazzy with Afternoon Swim. Firstly, happy new year to you all from everyone at Sampleface. We’re into our 4th...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: House Music, According To Chicago News In 1986

September 5, 2015• Music

Noname Gypsy – Cherrypie Blues

November 7, 2014• Hip Hop

Chicago’s Noname Gypsy slips her track “Cherrypie Blues” onto Two Syllable Records’ new cassette compilation. First...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Disco Demolition Night

July 12, 2014• Music

It’s the 35th anniversary of the infamous Disco Demolition Night held at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Witness the footage and the...

Hooligan – The ’95 Batch

June 11, 2014• Hip Hop

Hooligan – For Medicinal Purposes 4

May 25, 2014• Free Download, Hip Hop

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...

C-Sick – La Collection

May 1, 2014• Hip Hop

C-Sick produces La Collection, a mixtape released on Columbia College’s student-run label AEMMP Records. How many student-run labels...

One To Watch: MUNOZ

April 23, 2014• Music

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Pump Up the Volume – The History of House Music (Documentary)

April 3, 2014• House

Upon Frankie Knuckles sad passing, this week's Throwback Thursday is dedicated to the genre he fathered in documentary series Pump Up the...

NEWS: Sampleface Sign Chicago’s Preacher(man)

April 3, 2014• Hip Hop

Mysterious Chicago producer Preacher(man) joins the illustrious ranks of Sampleface. If you weren’t already aware, we also run a...

Preacher(man) – srmns{vol.1}

November 1, 2013• Hip Hop

Tensei & The Ones – Alright! Feat. Adad

June 27, 2013• Funk, Hip Hop, Soul

Chicago’s Tensei produces “Alright!”, a funky hip hop jam featuring vocals from ADAD. We’ve known about Tensei for...

No Love City Start J Dilla T-Shirt Kickstarter Campaign

April 25, 2013• Hip Hop

Clothing company No Love City have launched a Kickstarter campaign yesterday to make limited edition J Dilla t-shirts. You had me at Dilla....

Cocaine 80s – Fine Ass Pisces (feat. Jhené Aiko & Common)

January 12, 2013• Free Download, Hip Hop, R&B

Jazz Ain’t Dead

October 28, 2012• Jazz

Jazz may be as dead as Latin for some people, but to others, it’s still live and kicking. I recently read an article arguing that...

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