Future Classic: Godlee Barnes (Blu) “The Norman Rockwell Beat Tape”
Ever since he hit the scene in the mid 2000’s, west coast MC Blu always been a really prolific artist. Bouncing from solo projects, to collaborations like Johnson & Jonson, Blu & Sene and C.R.A.C Knuckles. In 2011, he’s already put out 4 projects! That’s pretty much unheard of. It’s …
Future Classic: Jose James “Trouble”
It’s no secret that we at MIMS have always had major love from Jose James. James is one of the freshest voices to hit the jazz and soul scene for a long long time and in addition to being ridiculously talented the guy is really prolific. Since he hit the …
Forgotten Treasure: The SIlvertones “Rejoice Jah Jah Children” (1973)
My original daily forgotten treasure for today was The Upsetter’s “Rejoicing Skank” from 1973 on Black Ark Records, that is before I heard the original vocal version of this. “Rejoice Jah Jah Children” by The Silvertones produced by Lee Scratch Perry. What an incredible roots track. Great lyrics and harmonies, …
Future Classic: Flote “Disenchanted Forest”
“Disenchanted Forest” is a really strong beat excursion from Flote, a producer from Philly who I didn’t know about until just now. Major big up to home girl Sandy Tea for sending me this. Jokes aside, it took me about 20 seconds into the first track to notice that this …
Forgotten Treasure: Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio “Still in The Groove” (1981)
This one is from my secret stash. I’ve been playing this track at pretty much every opportunity ever since Montreal homie Dj Kobal told me about it 5-6 years ago. What’s great about it is that it’s not rare at all. It’s a pretty common early 80’s record from Ray …
Future Classic: Oddisee “Rock Creek Park” LP
Not sure if it’s a coincidence but a lot of my favorite hip-hop projects this year have come out of the Mello Music Group. From the Hasaan Mackey & Apollo Brown project, the Georgia Ann Muldrow LP and Has-Lo they’ve become of the most trusted names for the discerning hip-hop …
Future Classic: Kidkanevil “Tokyorkshire Research Inc”
Not so well written by: Max Robin – Do you know about Tokyorkshire? It seems to be some place in the UK that is home of the peculiar beatmaker Kidkanevil. In his beatmaking research, he stumbled on the work of Raymond Scott. Mr Scott’s music has been used in classic …
Forgotten Treasure: Dj Deeon “Spatikus” (1996)
I was doing some digging around my record in preparation for a “juke” gig last friday and came across a few records I had lying around in a small pile of “ghetto tech” and the foundations of that juke sound, now so popular because of top notch producers like Machine …
Future Classic: Empyrean “Solstice EP”
Written by: Aie Chat I’m known to love ambient and/or soulful music. I really appreciate it because, when you listen to it you get a special feeling, like you can get inside the little universe of the beatmaker who made it. Empyrean, is one who captivates me because he’s kind …