Future Classic: Marques Toliver “Magic Look”
Marques Toliver! I knew I had to keep my eye out for you. A couple of months back I fell upon the Toliver’s mix tape Studying for my PH.d and was obsessed with finding out more about this wonderful artist. The mix tape itself wasn’t in the regular format of …
Forgotten Treasure: KLYMAXX “Don’t Hide Your Love” (1982)
You could say Klymaxx was ahead of its time. The all-female band was brandishing the girl power ideology a decade before the onset of riotgrrl or the appearance of leather-clad starlets like Avril Lavigne. They released albums with titles such as “Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman” and “Girls …
Future Classic: Lecrae “Long Time Coming”
I spent the first 25 years of my life as a devout Christian, and the first 17 years growing up in a household that didnʼt let me listen to anything but “praise music” (and Lorrrrrrrrd knows it wasnʼt the “exciting” kind). I wouldnʼt even be complaining as much had I …
Future Classic: Azizi Gibson “Sweet Space” (Flying Lotus Production)
I was brushing up on recent hiphop releases and wasn’t finding too much to get excited about and then the opening melody of this track came in and my ears perked up. Only a few bars into it I recognized the beat as the outro to Flying Lotus‘ outstanding collaboration …
Future Classic: Maddslinky “Compuphonic”
I am genuinely taken aback that I have not yet written about one of my all time favourite producers. Time to change that. David Jones, aka Zed Bias, aka Maddslinky, aka one half of Phuturistix, is one of the reasons I fell madly in love with UK Garage, and never …
Future Classic: Funkineven & Fatima “Phoneline”
It’s no secret to anyone that we are huge fans of pretty much anything that comes out of the EGLO Records catalog. I played with label boss Alexander Nut last year, an amazing DJ and just great tastemaker in general and a few weeks ago I played with Eglo co-founder …
Future Classic: Canya Reial “Special Weedz Vol.5”
Tribute projects were never a really a big part of hiphop culture. Of course, a lot of rappers shout out many other MC’s, crew, family, and all sorts of random people in a sign of respect. But a complete album dedication to one great artist is rare. Maybe it’s saying …
Forgotten Treasure: Group Home “Up Against Tha Wall” Getaway Car Remix (1995)
My homie put me up to this one I had forgotten (quite unforgivably) about a couple weeks ago, and it only felt normal that I should put it up on MIMS’ “Forgotten Classics“… I remember Lexis talking about the peculiar way certain tracks had a seasonal feel to them… No …
Future Classic: Tomato Jonez “Penny Hardaway Tape & more…”
Ok i’m blaming the homie Joe Kay from Soulection for this absolutely addictive new discovery called Tomato Jonez. If you haven’t yet, you really should start checking out the Soulection radio show which is always absolutely packed with that next level beats stuff we all like. With way too much …