Hitting the Mnuvrs inbox this week are two intense little numbers from JOHN ROMAN . We mentioned ROMAN at the start of the year as a producer you’d be hearing good things from in ’09. Here we have two slices of digital goodness that are sure to get your head nodding. The first of these two belters is EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A DJ – a synth lead, sample heavy track that harks back to ROMAN’s early Hip-Hop roots. Classic De La Soul and DJ Shadow samples form a wry comment [...]
Tupac. Biggie. Now J Dilla. Posthumous releases in the form of tributes are the order of the day 3 years after Jay Dee’s untimely death. London’s Doctors Orders mainstay Spin Doctor is the latest to pay homage to the Detroit based producer. Now I’ve got to admit, during his life, I was ignorant of his work. Since his death I’ve realised a few of my favourite tracks were produced by him, for example, ‘Dynamite!’ by The Roots (one of my all time favourite songs). I don’t know how many other people share my experience of unawareness [...]
Tracklisting: 1. The Pharcyde-Runnin’ 2. Slum Village-Fall In Love 3. Common-The Light 4. Erykah Badu-Didn’t Cha Know 5. De La Soul-Stakes Is High 6. Busta Rhymes-Show Me What You Got 7. The Roots-Dynamite 8. A.G. feat. Aloe Blacc-Hip Hop Quotable 9. The Pharcyde-Drop 10. Amp Fiddler-I Believe In You 11. Steve Spacek-Dollar This is the first in a series of planned albums focusing on different aspects of the illustrious producer’s career and should be seen as a tribute to his memory and spirit. In [...]
If, like me, you find trawling through amounts of modern Hip Hop just to find something good is boring, you need to get over to the T.R.O.Y. blog to download some of their 'Sounds Like The 90's' compilations. They do exactly what they say on the tin: sound like the 90's. They've sorted the wheat from the chaff and selected prime cuts of retro-sounding-but-modern Hip Hop and stuck them all in one download with artwork to boot. There are currently 3 volumes [...]
De La Soul were the first rap group I ever got into, deep in the hood of Rochdale the rest kind of passed me by. Once I'd heard "3 ft high and rising" in the park on my mate's stereo, I was hooked and borrowed the tape that night. Anyway - they've got a new [...]
I've gotten a lot of great submissions that I was planning to review and post by now, but with my moving back to Brooklyn from Florida next week... I just don't have the time. I've been spending time packing and reorganizing my belongings, along with working and spending as much time as possible with friends and family. But I wanted to get something up here to hold y'all over until everything is settled, so here's a couple of playlists in the meantime: This first playlist I'm posting was partially influenced [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =K9M0n-YBQIk The first hour of Mochilla's "A Suite for Ma Dukes," was solid if not soporific. But when the surprise guests started rolling out, events rapidly turned memorable. Pos and Talib Kweli performing "Stakes is High." Bilal, AmpFiddler, and the guy in Sa-Ra who doesn't wear leopard, singing the hook on "Runnin," backed by an orchestra that had just segued seamlessly from the song's sample source: Stan Getz and Luis Bonfa’s “Saudade Vem Correndo.”Common coming out...in a tuxedo to give a polite two-minute address about the divinity of J Dilla's beats. [...]
Last night in L.A. a 40 piece Orchestra, some of hip-hops greatest artists, the family of J. Dilla, and a lot of appreciative hip-hop fans assembled for a music spectacular all to celebrate the art one J.Dilla. At the end of the night though the story was the struggles of Dilla's mom Ma Dukes and how the art community is working to provide support for Dilla's family through the celebration of his music and his legacy. Thanks to Blind I and Dert
This all really needs no commentary. Just classic album covers of the rap genre re-created with legos. I guess I never realized that in lego land, there' isn't race. Everyone's yellow, just like in the Simpsons. Well, not Carl... [More after the jump...]
Non-linear Sod it, the time has come. Blow off the cobwebs, crank up the loudspeaker, cos an announcement is in order here at pogo a go-go: FiL is hereby abandoning linear time. What? You thought I was packing it in? Not a chance, Dearest Friend. Yes, yes, I know postings have been rather thin around here as of late, but it's a trickle, not a drought. I still have stories to tell, it's just that I can't [...]
From the 1979 album of the same name & the sample source for De La's "Keeping The Faith." Slave - Just A Touch Of Love
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One of the most exciting aspects of J. Period & Q-Tip's The [Abstract] Best mixtape is how fresh tracks from The Renaissance sound when contrasted against songs from Tip's back-catalog. One of my favorites, "Move," is considerably more vivid when cast between a pair of lackluster singles from 1999's Amplified , "Vivrant Thing" and "Breath & Stop." But the mix doesn't stop at Tip's solo material, it goes back to the beginning, covering his time with A Tribe Called Quest and many of the cameos he's made along the way. Amongst Busta Rhymes [...]
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip is an electronic hip-hop band from Essex, UK. In case you were wondering, the duo consists of Dan Le Sac (the beatmeister) and Scroobius Pip (the bearded rapper). Back in 2007, these lads made the world sit up and listen with their song "Thou Shalt Always Kill". They are back with a rework of that same tune, this time with Posdnuos of American hip-hop outfit De La Soul . You can check out the video above, or buy the music here . I'm wowed when Pip sings (around 1:29): [...]
No explanation necessary... Courtesy of jperiod.com Tracklist after the jump 1. J.Period f. Prince Paul, Questlove & Randy Watson– Rhythm (Scratch Intro) 2. Cannonball Adderly / Excursions Intro 3. J.Period f. De La Soul – Excursions (Tribute Remix) 4. Aquarius Interlude #1: Welcome 5. Q-Tip f. Busta Rhymes – Getting Up (DJ Scratch Remix) (The Renaissance) 6. Behind the Scenes: Ghetto Origins [Produced by J.Period] 7. What the Fuss f. Stevie Wonder (Shook Remix) 8. Queens [...]
Any regular listeners to the Mary Anne Hobbs show will know she recently headed over to LA and San Francisco to check the scenes out and deejay at Low End Theory and West Coast Rocks . Well XLR8R have just put up her West Coast Rocks set and true to form it's full of some of the most exciting new Dubstep-esque material out there. (Direct Link) Mary Anne Hobbs [...]
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From the press release - J.Period's highly anticipated to The Abstract Poetic is finally here. This styles precedented mixtape arrives on the heels of Q-Tip’s critically–acclaimed album, The Renaissance (released Nov 4), and urges a new generation of fans to take note of Q-Tip’s tremendous contributions to Hip-Hop throughout his career. With an all-star lineup of contributors—De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, ?uestlove, Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Consequence, Zion I, Skillz, Black Sheep, Kid Cudi, and Blu, The [Abstract] Best is a first of its [...]
I didn't think Dilla and De La could top "Stakes is High" until I heard this joint off the criminally underrated The Grind Date . The way he flips LTD' s "Love Ballad" into a summer park jam, with Yummy on the chorus, is infectious. If it was up to me, they would have played this at Obama 's inauguration.
If this was 1991, there would no dispute about A Tribe Called Quest obtaining a 5 Cig rating from TSS for The Low End Theory . The level of innovation spawning from the jazz-infused, Hip-Hop masterpieces - which many have gone on to become standards in the culture, still inspire fans and artists to this day. So much to point where the typical remix or remake is considered adulation whenever the album's concerned. Which gradually sets the stage for J. Period's Tribute 2 Q-Tip . [...]
I've been laid up all day with a burning head and everything is a falling daydream when there's nothing to comfort. But pure love comforts, and right now I'm compelled to recall the several Loves of my life. This isn't about the girls that seem to come and go all too often. This is about the things that have got me through, have always been true, and nurture me inside and out. My first pro skateboard was a Ron Allen H-Street. I saved up for a whole summer and by the time I was 10, I was doing [...]
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