"The Gift" features Blueprint, Ill Bill and DJ Johnny Juice discussing what "Family First" means to them. It is a love letter to my son, my family and the universal HIPHOP family. I shot and edited this with help from my wife, learning Adobe Premier and After Effects as I went, so I could share these very special moments in our lives with all of you. This isn't your typical HIPHOP song, nor is it meant to be a "hit" or a "banger". It's simply an incredible beat produced by DJ Johnny Juice and some honest, heart felt words by [...]
New instrumental from Blueprint "Tramp Stamp", from Weightless Radio: A Collection of Blueprint Instrumentals . Bandcamp: Weighless Radio: A Collection of Blueprint Instrumentals
New instrumental from Blueprint "Floorian", from Weightless Radio: A Collection of Blueprint Instrumentals . Bandcamp: Weighless Radio: A Collection of Blueprint Instrumentals
BLUEPRINT from Rhymesayers produces and guest stars on this extraordinary track by ILLUS off of his "FAMILY FIRST" album dropping May 29th! Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/pro jects/1726788789/illus-family- first-and-for-adam-re-release The legendary turntable wizard, DJ JOHNNY JUICE (from PUBLIC ENEMY), blesses the wheels of steel with an introduction to underground emcee- ILLUS. This 50+ minute mix includes tracks from ILLUS albums- "Feel Good Music", "For Adam" and the upcoming "Family First" and features collaborations with Eternia, Ill Bill, Homeboy Sandman and more.
Blueprint wrote a book detailing the making of his album "The Adventures in Counter-Culture" . Today, Print uploaded a soundcloud link of himself reading the chapter on making " Automatic" . It details how the song was created after he took a vacation on the heels of the ending of So What Wednesdays which was a weekly Hip Hop event that was formed in the aftermath of the deaths of some key Columbus Hip Hop figures and close friends. He also goes through the process of learning new recording skills after switching [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Blueprint brings a new video off "Adventures In Counter-Culture" out now on Rhymesayers .
New visuals to Blueprint's "Go Hard or Go Home", off Adventures In Counter-Culture out today. iTunes: Adventures In Counter-Culture (Deluxe Edition) - Blueprint
After giving us a teaser , Print guides us through a day in his life while creating Adventures In Counter-Culture . The video for "Go Hard Or Go Home" was self-directed by Blueprint, watch it above.
Blueprint's "Go Hard Or Go Home" was one of the highlights of his 2011 album Adventures In Counter-Culture (buy via Fifth Element , iTunes ). The video for that song will come out on April 5, the one year anniversary of the album's release. The video above details Blueprint's lifestyle after entering sobriety, how he got into videography, and the inspiration for the upcoming music video.
Like School of Seven Bells suckling on Fairport Convention in place of space rock, Golden Fable are a North Walian duo comprised of lead vocalist Rebecca Palin and multi-instrumentalist Tim McIver. Incorporating swatches of striking melody evocative of countrymanandwoman The Joy Formidable and slashing them together with insistently penetrative electronic pulsations Always Golden, the title track from an EP released this week via Full of Joy Records , is a wonderfully textured introduction to a quietly spectacular act. Golden Fable's Bandcamp .
Friday, February 24, 2012 I'm Leah Manners, known as Miss Manners when I host KOOP 91.7FM's Hip Hop Hooray on Sunday's from 2-3PM. A few years ago I was privileged enough to write on a regular basis for SOTO, but a busy schedule hindered me being able to keep that up. Fortunately, John has cordially offered me the opportunity to send over a monthly mix of whatever I'm spinning/interested in. This will likely be mostly hip-hop, but one never knows when I'll stray and bring [...]
Just like lots of other folks in the blog world, we get sent lots of material that is still at the demo stage. It's to be expected seeing as we tend to operate among the bottom layers of the underground music scene, so we expect a broad range of finishes to the work received. However, some is surprisingly polished and it just goes to show how much effort goes into new bands from the outset - something that's required to get noticed, particularly by record labels, if you want any chance of being signed in a very competitive environment, where [...]
Till Von Sein & Fritz Kalkbrenner - Blueprint (Kollektiv Turmstrasse Remix)
Small Professor has been grinding for a long time, but it wasn't until recently that he really started popping up on the blogosphere's radar. With an ironic album title and a slew of heavy hitting guest features, there is no wonder that people are jumping on this Philadelphia producer's bandwagon. I'm talking features like Buff1 , Blueprint , Reef the Lost Cauze , Von Pea , Guilty Simpson , and more. On top of that, the beats are raw, trust me. Gigantic, Vol. 1 is out now on iTunes. Hit the skip [...]
iTunes: Gigantic, Vol. 1 - Small Professor
No more hearing about TT until maybe September. A nine month reprieve, but I've decided to throw my support for the Ravens. There a blue-collar team that I hope socks Brady in the mouth. Radiohead-Bloom (Jamie xx Rework Part 3) A2 - Direct Experience (Art Bleek's Direct remix) Florence and the Machine 'No Light No Light' (Spector Ryan Gosling Remix) Purity Ring - Lofticries (Shapes of Light "Glittering Shadow" Remix) Weatherhouse-Cometius Remix [...]
As the Philly-based producer Small Pro gets set for the release of his debut retail-ready producer compilation Gigantic, Vol. 1, which drops next Tuesday (1/24), the Illadelphian unveils the project's gemstar, "Spare Razor". Featuring one third of Random Axe's Guilty Simpson and Army of The Pharaoh's Reef The Lost Cauze, "Spare Razor" is a warning shot to all perpetrators - "Give me that microphone, or get a tight line-up, I'll knife your dome/ Fade 'em, I feel it, nothin' could save 'em, I get biz, buck 'em and blaze 'em." Gigantic, Vol. 1 includes features from Von Pea, Buff1, Blueprint, [...]
Urban Sufi Music dropping some unique soundscapes for the 2012 and droppin' heat outta no where.. There breaking through to the hiphop masses.. You cant afford to sleep on "Autolect and Bil Basmala" Introducing the track "Get Down" off of the newly released project in the making "BLK RCK BIL (demo 24.1)" scheduled to release in sometime in February.. So this is the blue prints.. This duo releasing mind stimulating music.. WIB Catching Wreck.. Support the aritsts and slap properly!! WIB MIND STIMULATION!! Autolect: Twitter [...]
It's becoming quite an instrumental morning. Print just fittingly released a couple tracks on his Soundcloud account. These joints are off of his Sign Language album. Go cop it or just enjoy the stream.
New beat taken from Blueprint's upcoming 2012 instrumenatal projects.
Raw Drive- The Vice President of Soul
donewaiting.com
Midwest Broadcast
Dots & Dashes
Side One: Track One
THE RECOMMENDER
redthreat
Potholes In My Blog
Cause=Time
The Word Is Bond
Donuts & Milk
Bobby Womack & Lana Del Rey
Video: Chromatics – “These Streets Will Never Look The Same”
