For me, dropping an annual best discs list is like stripping myself naked and moseying through paintball warfare. There are lots of snipers on the prowl who are eager to dent my dome, and this gives them a ripe opportunity to blast me silly. Yet I'm here anyway – unbound from any and all generic "Top 10" constraints – offering my favorite twenty-or-so albums of 2008 (in alphabetical order). By rough estimate I checked anywhere from 200 to 250 projects this year, and, unlike cats who obsess over the depraved hip-hop landscape, I have [...]
In what is quickly shaping up to be "DJ ON&ON Day" here on JumpTheTurnstyle - lest we forget the great musical contributions from one of the most interesting threesomes to hit Boston since the last time I had sex with two handicapped Korean sex slaves behind the green monster of Fenway park. I'm talking D Money, No Doz, + DJ ON&ON aka GOLDEN BROWN ! Their latest joint has them teaming with fellow beantowner Akrobatik. Take a listen and snag a version for yourself. [See post to listen to audio] [...]
Our BARACK THE VOTE CONCERT goes down tomorrow, and we got a write-up in the Boston Herald today courtesy of Marty C. Click Here to read the full article . Remember, If you live in the New England area - come down to the Middle East on Election Night for Boston's BARACK THE VOT E concert. And if you want to hear these three chop it up on political issues, download the interview from this past Sunday's episode of The Launchpad . DOWNLOAD: Akrobatik, [...]
A few tracks from the Mighty Underdogs. Gift of Gab is in this new group, so I'm gonna take this opportunity to post up some dope Blackalicious(mp4s). ZShare is working against me right now, so I'm doing this with Limelinx. The Mighty Underdogs - Escape ft. Mr. Lif, Akrobatik The Mighty Underdogs - Want You Back The Mighty Underdogs - Hands in the Air Blackalicious - Deception Blackalicious - Trouble Blackalicious - Swan Lake [...]
Solesides and Def Jux have finally released new information about the long awaited The Mighty Underdogs album Droppin' Science Fiction . The hip hop group, composed of underground heavyweights the Gift of Gab , Lateef the Truthspeaker , and Headnodic , will drop their debut full-length on October 14. We also now know all of the special guests on the album. Based on the fact that the Underdogs' EP The Prelude featured collaborators on just about every track, we shouldn't be surprised by the list. [...]
Fakts One Long Range / Green Streets / BUY Out of the vaults comes an almost forgotten record from Boston producer/DJ, Fakts One. Long Range out this week, a dusty but impressive collection of works enlisting the likes of Little Brother, fellow (and former) Perceptionists Mr. Lif and Akrobatik, Army of the Pharoahs, Boot Camp Clik, Planet Asia and [...]
What's up everyone! It's Fresh Music Friday! Not all these songs are brand new, but they might be to you. I'm gunna give you some of the bands that have been on rotation in our office. Some Hip Hop, some indie, and stuff inbetween! I'm ultra sad that I couldn't go to SXSW. Almost every band on planet earth is there! But if you're like me, stuck at work and other things, you still need to hear some new music. So without further ado...Let's keep it fresh! These guys are playing a sold out show at the Wiltern [...]
Picture from Sweeneykovar . Thankyou. MP3: Wiley - Kings (Instrumental) - - - - Slowly more and more wiley is finding its way to me. . This is the latest piece. . There is a vocalled version around, with a guest from Chipmunk. But like Wiley's Myspace page. . you have to give props to his production. MP3: Elephant Man - Wine Up On Me (Daybreak Riddim) - - - - The daybreak riddim got passed to me over the weekend. [...]
Boston based Afrobatik has teamed up with a pretty impressive list from hip hop legend Chuck D and the always classy Talib Kweli. The track off Afrobatik's new album that caught my ear dispite all the big names was the cut he did with Little Brother. Check it out: Mp3: Afrobatik feat. Little Brother - "Be Prepared" [...]
First off, before you go see any live music tonight, be sure to catch the lunar eclipse. Sometimes nature has the best performances. After that head on down to the Ottobar to check out Akrobatik with Snapz, Make Shift Deluxe, and T.M.F.. Akrobatik is a great MC with a flow and mentality similar to KRS One (though still worlds apart) and should provide a great show. If hip hop and Baltimore aren't in your sights, maybe Black Mountain and Bon Iver will do the trick in Philly at Johnny Brenda's . Or [...]
Every once in a while, I actually venture into the stratosphere beyond Souled On to check out what's happening in other realms of the worldwide interweb. Here's an overview of what's been goin' down elsewhere in the universe at large... This may not require much of a stretch of your imagination, but I used to be a pretty big Star Wars fanatic when I was a short shit. My family still ridicules
By ANDY VIHSTADT Run to Gnarls With a platinum debut and a Grammy under their belts, Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse have a lot to live up to. Gnarls Barkley leaked what might be the first single from LP2 last week. Listen to "Run" right here . The Odd Couple hits stores April 8. Shout Outs [...]
With Mr. Lif and the Perceptionists scheduled to play the Brickhouse in Phoenix on Feb. 1, what better time to check out some new Akrobatik , one-third of the Perceptionists? Akrobatik's new record, Absolute Value , comes out Feb. 19 on Fat Beats . As if the people of Boston need any other reason to brag (hello, Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox), they can also claim Akrobatik as one of their own. The lead single, Put Ya Stamp On It , with production by J Dilla , has [...]
A couple of years ago, I did up a post about failed attempts to integrate hip-hop into the natural soundtrack of a TV show. The crux of the thing revolved around one song that stuck out on The Wire . Here's that track: Akrobatik - "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle [produced by Edan]" Turns out Breihan just did up a nice The Wire piece about how the show itself has influenced hip-hop . Finally, here's a [...]
Seeing as Lewis Recordings are after bookings for the superlative Edan's UK Tour Dates , it seemed as good a time as any to post up some productions of his. You may have heard his psychedelic hiphop masterwork Beauty and the Beat from last year as well as the excellent old-school throwback Primitive Plus , but his work on the boards for other MCs ain't bad either. Whether it's the deft percussion-heavy [...]
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