Hey there! You should read this original post on the hill by going here: Ryan Stinson - FUTURA What does it say that a healthy portion of the new hip hop albums I'm the most excited to hear these days are often if the instrumental variety? Well I think it mainly says I'm a confirmed, curmudgeonly hip hop get-off-my-lawner, but I'd like to think that it also means there are plenty of talented folks in Canada making that kind of music. Ryan Stinson is one of these talented folks. The Saskatchewan-based producer has [...]
CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW "Self Taught consists of producer/mc's Vintage and Cliff Herman as well as the soul singing crooner himself, Jay Robillard. Influenced by golden-era hip hop but relevant to today's sound, Five YearJourney is a new-age throwback. The album is available for download (name your price) on Bandcamp and includes 15 songs with features from Inkspill, K-Rec, Mike Decline, and Allan Rodger. The album is dedicated to the group's longtime friend, Colin Van Dyk, who passed away unexpectedly in 2010." NEED I SAY MORE? DOWNLOAD [...]
Let me say this, if there's a Juno for "Best Instrumental Hip Hop Album with a Name That Kind of Sounds Like a Word But Isn't Actually a Word, I Don't Think", then Vancouver-based producer should be a two-time winner by now. I loved his last album, Umbrellatons and after being through it a few times, it's safe to say that I like his new one, Calmmunicate just as much. In discussing Mike's last album, I lamented the seeming dearth of the kind of "real" hip hop instrumental albums that used to be more [...]
When they sent me their new album, 5 Year Journey , it struck me that Vancouver hip hop outfit Self-Taught chose a very appropriate name for themselves. I'm sure it certainly describes how they learned their craft, but to me, it's fitting because the guys that invented hip hop actually created this movement & music that we all love by teaching themselves how to cut a record and move the crowd whilst on the mic. So anyhoo, I enjoy Self-Taught's name, but what of their album? ST is actually a 3-man crew: MC/Producers Vintage and [...]
Mikedecline - G'd Up with Your Feet Up Mikedecline - Backpacks Mikedecline - Beat Smoke Calmmunicate is Mikedecline lastest release via music label Phonographique, and sounds oh SO Dope!. Original beats and breaks from top to bottom. Preview above, and download below. All cuts by K-Rec! Additional vocals by Ashleigh Eymann! DOWNLOAD "Calmmunicate" 'ON BANDCAMP Phonographique: Facebook • Twitter •J• [...]
Hey, remember when it used to relatively easy to find a "producer" album that didn't exclusively feature "club bangers" that are filled with features from the current buzzworthy MC's? Actually, many of you are likely young enough that you don't remember such a thing, but in the late 902s & early 002s, there were albums like these that featured sound collages assembled from scratches & vocal samples over top notch production. Now I'm not saying no one is doing this now, just that it certainly seems like a lost art, but if you miss these albums like I [...]
Mikedecline - St. Laurent (east van) Mikedecline - Just Frens Mikedecline - Knee Deep Canadian label phonographique hit us up, with this very fresh debut album by Mikedecline " Umbrellations "...I have to admit that I wasn't quite felling the first 2 tracks....but as soon as track 3 kicks in " St.Lauren " (above) is gold after gold and the breaks are phenomenal....Give this one a spin, if you appreciate that good instrumental music, you won't regret it. [...]
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