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Video: L'Orange & Stik Figa - Smoke Rings

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:34:00 +0000

L'Orange and Stik Figa link for their first vid, off their upcoming collaboration "City Under The City", that I must highly recommend.. Highly..

"Smoke Rings" slaps baby.. do check in and check it out...

Single: Toine - So Great (prod. by Kev Brown)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:28:00 +0000

Toine of DTMD fame branches out on the solo tip and drops a great new look in "So Great" a soulful loop-type track constructed by the DMV's DJ Premier; Kev Brown...

Real laid back, helpful feel here..

Singles: Moka Only - "Neil Blender", "Handled Right" & "Chicanery"

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:25:00 +0000

One of Canada's best dropped three new exclusives in recent days... Some reaally good stuff, as always the production is excellent and the bars are loopy and rambling.. All longtime Moka fans check in ..

Single: Sean Price - New Shit No Name

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:16:00 +0000

Straight forward titling and straight forward hardcore shit courtesy of none other than Sean P baby!

P dropped this off on Twitter the other day and it's that good ol' stuttery beat, with him kicking hardcore verses type shit...

House Shoes Presents... The Gift Volume III: EXT AKA Rudy Eckes

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Ahhh man, another new producer brnging that heat! I love that House Shoes (who's no slouch himself on the beats) is puttin on new names man, for the third installment of his "The Gift" series he's puttin on Brooklyn-based soul producer EXT AKA Rudy Eckes; who is I could describe his beats in a sentence I'd say, something like Madlib meets Pete Rock with a twist of 9th Wonder in there..

Please peep this beautiful ass noize!!

Volume III of The Gift brings you Ext aka Rudy Eckes.
From raw loop chops to layered synths, Ext has all that a true beathead wants. And he said fuck being a lawyer. Imma make beats.
From Brooklyn NYC to the world, House Shoes presents The Gift -Volume III: Ext aka Rudy Eckes...

Single: Che Grand - Thou

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:48:00 +0000

Che Grand (of Lessondary fame) is back w/ a wonky new lil' joint... def. is a different kinda beat... finds Che in his usual form providing the rhymes..

Apparently Che is also readying his 2nd LP "GRAND" for release sometime in the top half of 2014...

Video: Marco Polo ft. Organized Konfusion - 3-O-Clock

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:42:00 +0000

Wooooooow, who woulda thought that the one dynamic, boom bap producer of today that could get the legendary 90s duo of Organized Konfusion (Pharoah Monche & Prince Po) to link back up after a long hiatus would be ...Marco Polo?

I did.. def. did... he's already worked with just about every huge act from the 90s including Big Daddy Kane and Rakim among others, so why not Organized Konfusion?

Here Marco laces the raucus canvas for the duo to get loose on and the result is "3-O-Clock"; a fitting return for them.

Marco's "Port Authority 2: The Director's Cut" drops on November 12th people.. get ready!

Video: Oddisee - After Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:35:00 +0000

Oddisee laces us with some trippy kaleidescope visuals for his laid back opus "After Thoughts" that is quite thee track to zone out with...

Oddisee's new instrumental project "The Beauty In All" is avaialable now!!

Single: Clams Casino - Crystals

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:12:00 +0000

So yeah, everyone and they got damn mama's mama is all over this new GTA game, and from what I hear, for good reason.. I guess it's a righteous blast to play, but comin from a fella that has always liked the music that these games featured thee most, I was anticipating moreso what was gonna be on the FM dial in them whips that you steal!

One cut that you're gonna find on 'FLYLO FM' is this; Clams Casino's latest instrumental-from-mars endeavor, "Crystals". If you love fat basslines, fuzzy snyths and plunging melodies that all form a very drinkable and movable, menacing tonic... this is your cup of tea.

Video: Showbiz & A.G. - Walk With Me

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:02:00 +0000

"A wise man told me you always got two people walkin with you; one is who you was and one is who you wanna be"

Dope new visuals from a legendary Hip-Hop duo, off their latest collaboration LP "Mugshot Music: Preloaded" ...

Single: Black Milk - Sunday's Best / Monday's Worst

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:57:00 +0000

This joint right here man... this may just be my fav. beat of the whole fuckin month...ain't nuthin like when Milk gets ahold of a soul sample...

For "Sunday's Best / Monday's Worst" you're treated to two great, rousing cuts that perfectly describe them old Sunday's and Monday's man. Milk examines his rigid upbringing in the church, and then delves into that weary, worn out Monday feeling when you're unemployed by choice and you hit that block lookin to get paid..by whatever means.

Great work here..and I mean great. Milk's first solo work in a couple years I believe and it's going back to his roots--the soul sample flipping. He's not lost a step in that arena... not one, and his rhymes are still vibrant. This is a must hear cut.

"It ain't too late to get your values straight"

Single: J-Live - Heaven (freestyle)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:13:00 +0000

J-Live droppin' a new tape! There is still hope underground heads!!

It's snuck up on this old backpacker a lil' bit, but I'm in time to catch the 2nd single off J-Live's new mixtape "This Is Chess Not Checkers"...

Here, Live rips apart Jigga's "Heaven" instrumental...

Single: Raekwon - Marble Cake (freestyle)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:06:00 +0000

This man Rae goin in on a Drake Instro? Say it ain't so! LOL.. hey, I can appreciate the 90s heads reachin out to the 90s babies.,, it is what it is, after all Drake been tryin his best to pay respects to the Clan lately... plus Rae always gon' rip shit down...Peep the freestyle here as The Chef does in a track easily.

p.s. the wally's on the artwork = too too tuff brehs...

Single: Termanology ft. Inspectah Deck & Maffew Ragazino - You Ain't Safe

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:59:00 +0000

'Ology is back, hypin' his next release; the "G.O.Y.A. LP" (lmao, all my Latinos will get that title) and he's enlisted the help of longtime clansmen Inspectah Deck as well as BK upstart Maffew Ragazino for an ominous banger in "You Ain't Safe"...

Grab ya G.O.Y.A. on 10-8-13....

Cover Art: The Yancey Boys - Sunset Blvd

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:53:00 +0000

Ahhh it's almost here... read the details below..

On October 29th, Delicious Vinyl will release the second Yancey Boys album entitled “Sunset Blvd.” Consisting of Illa J (J. Dilla’s younger brother) and Frank Nitt (Frank N Dank), the album features production entirely from the late, J. Dilla, featuring a new batch of beats that was recently unearthed. The album features Common, T3, Talib Kweli, Posdnuos of De La Soul, Guilty Simpson, J. Rocc, DJ Rhettmatic and others. As Frank Nitt states, “We created an album that would make Dilla proud. But this isn’t a nostalgia trip: Dilla’s beats were so future-forward that they’re right on time in 2013, and we’ve assembled the best artists possible to represent that.”

Single: Oddisee - Own Appeal

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:46:00 +0000

DMV based producer/rapper and currently the most slept-on muthafucka out drops a new single that you'll find on his new mixtape "Tangible Dream" that will accompany his new instrumental album "The Beauty In All", which drops heavy, on the 1st of October...

Own Appeal by Oddisee

Video Interview: Zane Lowe Interviews Kanye West For BBC

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:40:00 +0000

Ya know... I've said a lot of shit about Ye' in the past publically... from the fact that I enjoyed his music more when he was mainly a soul-sample producing cat in the background to me always, always applauding him as the ONLY rapper who stood up on TV and attacked George Bush Jr. after Katrina. Complexity is this cat... and that's coo, I'm complex..I know ppl don't fit in one lil' tiny box..nah, we wouldn't even fuckin want that if they could. At least you shouldn't.

Here, Ye' speaks with Zane Lowe and sheds some jewels about self-perception, the nature of corporations in the music industry, what he wanted to acomplish with his new album "Yeezus", being an outsider in the fashion industry, making predictions for the future and a lot more... a lot more...

No matter what you may think of thi cat, truth is truth and he def.touches on a good deal of it here. Sit back and listen for a bit..

Single: L'Orange & Stik Figa - Monochrome

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:18:00 +0000

Just, puro goodness... Stik Figa maaaayne!!

Monochrome is second single from L'Orange & Stik Figa's upcoming project, "The City Under The City"

The new single establishes the setting for the story of "The City Under The City" and shows movement from a monochromatic life into the colorful depths below the surface.

lyrics
"As I wax poetic over past aesthetics,
craft a legend of a time before the apathetic.
Let’s start a tab. What will you have? Is that cash or credit?
How about a glass of purgatory with a splash of heaven?"

Monochrome by L'Orange & Stik Figa

Boardwalk Empire Presents... Sounds Of The Onyx: Prohibition Era Jazz Remixed

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:14:00 +0000

I rarely put an eye on HBO's Boardwalk Empire, but I will say, the show is pretty decent and captivating when I do.. as if the adventures of Mobster Nucky Thompson weren't a big enough selling point, I guess teh folks over at HBO decided to reel in the Jazz heads too...

This is where it gets interesting... Some of the people behind Boardwalk Empire recruited some of Hip-Hop's best jazz men to flip some of the prohibition era Jazz records they had layin around. Pete Rock, Jazzy Jeff, Tall Black Guy, Shafiq Husayn and others do some righteous ass work that you gotta hear..

"Sounds Of The Onyx" can be heard in full, streaming, below and is available for free download as well...

Single: The Procussions - “EXPLOSIAAAN!”

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:51:00 +0000

One of the illest underground groups is now taking on commissioned song work? Read more below and peep out what they've done with the, ahem, commissioning so far.

The “Pro-Exclusive” is an on-going series of commissioned pieces of musical art.
For 1k dollars The Procussions will produce, write, record, and distribute a custom song for you, your friend, family, organization, company, etc. The Procussions will also provide custom artwork by our in-house designer, Luke Atencio.

The subject and content is yours to decide, think of the possibilities!
ALL SONGS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC (unless you decide to keep it secret) and you will receive Executive Producer credit.

HOW TO GET A CUSTOM SONG:
FIRST- BEFORE PAYMENT- write us an email at pro@theprocussions.com expressing your desire for our work, please include any ideas and questions you may have. We will contact you to discuss music, lyrics, artwork, and payment.

This is a true collaboration, a unique piece of art from us to you, and a new step in the world of creating music! Let’s work!

Single: Blame One & J57 ft. DJ Rhettmatic - B.L.A.M.E.57 (Exile Remix)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:45:00 +0000

Props to ChemistrySurfboards.com for debuting a stellar ass remix from L.A. underground beat wizard Exile...

Here Ex pretty much reworks masterfully a joint from Blame One and J57 that was already a force to be reckoned with...

Play this, then go cop the fuckin T-Shirt!

Arts The Beatdoctor - Lazy Thunder EP Minimix

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:40:00 +0000

It's an instrumental kinda day today I guess..

Here you get a 7 minute minimix of Arts The Beatdocter's upcoming (see the cover date) new EP "Lazy Thunder"...

Again, the wonky, fuzzy off beat instro fans need to check in on this one...

Jol - Coffee And Cigarettes

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:35:00 +0000

What a perfect title right? LOL, I'm all about that title (minus the cancer sticks...) and I'm even more all about Denmark-based producer Jol's soulful, jazzy, dusty beatwork.

"Coffee & Cigarettes" is a 6-track mini instrumental album that is pretty fucking soothing and head nodding.. kind of has the opposite effect of what the title's ingredients will do to you... enjoy.

Coffee And Cigarettes by Jol

Mr. Probz - The Treatment

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Stirring and more than thoughtful new album from Dutch emcee Mr. Probz that you may listen to in it's entirety right here...

Lots of great production on this, and a heavyweight guest feature provided as well, courtesy of Action Bronson...

Single: Sole - WHITENOISE: nomoredystopias

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:57:00 +0000

Etherial.. downbeat... the perfect music to accompany my thoughts on a day where rain is falling continuously.

The sounds you hear arranged here are from Sole, AKA Soleone; a cat that's been featured on PHH before (search function ppl) but that I hadn't heard from in a lil' bit.. He's returned with a new beat-type album called "Whitenoise: nomoredystopias" that drops on the 17th... Here's the title cut...

WHITENOISE: nomoredystopias (Digital Only) by sole