Wow these are coming around quick and fast. Here’s another Ugly Duckling sample, this time Simon Haseley’s “Hammerhead” is used to great affect. Or if you prefer, Simon Haseley is Portable Payback aka Soup and Marc7 of Jurassic 5 fame.
This post is part of Sampled Saturdays, a new feature where we explore where our music originated from.
First snippet of the 7L & Esoteric album, 1212, has been dropped and the beat is brilliant. Reminiscent of DJ Shadow’s brilliant “Organ Donor and more importantly Columns on the Sega Megadrive. Loved that game.
The big push for SHAD’s US release of TSOL is in full flow dropping new videos and remixes in it’s wake. Listen and download below.
Shad: “Rose Garden” (Remix) f. Von Pea & Donwill (Prefix Premiere) by prefixmag
I’m no expert on the ins-and-outs of recording, I’m just a listener and a lover. So instead of trying to describe the details of the recording, I’ll just quote the man.
“All analogue. No quantize. 10-15 seconds sample time. One floppy, one beat. All tracks created with an Mpc 3000 and an Sp404″
The album is really nice, stripped down with a great feel. Looking forward to hearing more from the unknown man from Korea.
Some UK based beats for you now with a previewing of Eric Lau’s new album, Makin’ Music. I’m really looking forward to this album after listening to the preview. If you are too, then pre-order it on Bandcamp.
Let’s kick off Instrumental Thursday with a bang. A jazzy bang. This album is only one track long but you get a lot for your download as it’s 35 minutes of jazz loops. It moves from sample to sample, bounces from horn to horn, and keeps things expertly chilled.
Thanks to Musical Schizophrenia for the heads up
New video from Jeff Spec off his new album, Sneakerboxx, showing off the sounds and sights of Vancouver.
Now this is a good video. Simple concept wondefully executed.
“To say ‘Hamdulillah’ is to be grateful for what one has.
The images of the past decades have cast a veil on our identity as a people. We, as international brothers and sisters, are now witness to injustice in real time. We watch our Wars in HD.
It is time for us to claim our faces back.
This video is a global collaborative effort by 10 photographers- from London to Lebanon, Cairo To Canada, Abu Dhabi to America- to create a portrait of the New Global Citizens. They are DJs, MCs, poets, architects, teachers, doctors, parents and children. Most of all they are people.
Thank you to everyone that was involved. We are blessed to have each other.”
Another hectic weekend over and it’s time for the Top Six. Been doing a little digging this week, finding new stuff to share as well as old gems that I continue to enjoy. That’s what I love about Hip-hop, it’s so eclectic, there’s something out there that will sway even the biggest hater and match every mood possible. Even if it is a bad one.
Easily listen to our last twenty tracks. Featuring tracks by Witness, Organic Flow, & Milo Open Mike Eagle
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British success story, Plan B, might not come off as the most eloquent guy but last month he gave his thoughts to an all-ears TEDxObserver crowd on hip-hop and the term ‘chav’, among other topics. It’s definitely well worth a watch whether you’re a fan of his music or not. I found myself agreeing with [...]
Lesson is about progressive & cliché-free hip-hop with intelligent lyrics. Striving for something more than the mainstream perception of hip-hop. This means no misogyny, no glorification of drug-use, no violence and no played out flaunting of personal wealth.