Future Classic: Gregory Porter “Be Good” (Lion’s Song)
First video from one of the records we were waiting impatiently for, Gregory Porter‘s new record called “Be Good” out on Motema music. We discovered him on his record called “Water” which had the absolute classic track called “1960 What“, which easily made it to our Best of 2011 list. …
Future Classic: Sid Roams “Budapest Synth Orchestra”
Producer tag team Sid Roams (made up of beatsmiths Joey Chavez and Tavish ‘Bravo’ Graham) stay on some other shit. They helped revitalize the QB sound by lacing Prodigy during his 2008 run on H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 and Product of the ’80s, as well as weed carriers Ty Nitty and …
Forgotten Treasure: Everything But The Girl “Hatfield 1980”
I’ve always had a soft spot for Everything But The Girl, the great duo from the UK who were quite big in the 90’s. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt definitely have their place amongst the best in the trip-hop / Brit pop era. “Hatfield 1980” is from their last album …
Future Classic: Project: MOONCIRCLE “10th anniversary 4LP box compilation”
As soon as I heard about this Project: Mooncircle‘s 10 years anniversary collection, I couldn’t wait to hear it. For me, I mostly associated the label as the home for Robot Koch and the all records they put out were generally instrumental hiphop and a bit electronic in nature which …
Forgotten Treasure: Dorothy Ashby “Come Live With Me” (1968)
Sample digging is a science into itself, something that other websites like The Breaks and Who Sampled, so we try to not do too many sample oriented posts. But still, when you’re just listening to music while cleaning the house on a sunday afternoon and a 3 second melody strikes …
Forgotten Treasure: The Beatnuts “Robbed” (199?)
Before the phrase “tat my name on you so I know it’s real” convinced poor, unsuspecting girls to shamelessly defile themselves, The Beatnuts were the original hiphop band NY party kids got inked up for. At the height of their popularity in the ’90s, you could catch their double-arrow devil …
Future Classic: Robert Glasper Experiment “Fever” Ft. Hindi Zahra (Bonus Track)
For all the soul heads I think it’s safe to assume that Robert Glasper‘s “Black Radio” was one record that we were all waiting for impatiently ever since hearing the Badu track and hearing about the impressive roster of guests. Well, the record didn’t disappoint that for sure: one of …
Forgotten Treasure: Lootpack “Soundpieces: Da Antidote” (1999)
via Stones Throw: Originally released in 1999, Soundpieces was the debut album production by Madlib and an introduction to a whole stable of MCs – Quasimoto, Oh No, Declaime, MED. The full 70-min 3/LP edition was only in circulation during the first 1-2 years after the album’s release, but is …
Future Classic: Kenlo Craqnuques “Forêt Boréale Mixte”
Our man Kenlo Craqnuques keeps up the crazy pace we’re now used to from him. In fact, probably the only guy dishing out the niceness at this frequency is someone I like to compare Kenlo to a lot, the Beatkonducta known as Madlib. We’re happy to see “Forêt Boréale Mixte” …