Mick Jenkins releases “Get Up Get Down” from upcoming Wave(s) EP
It’s no secret to our faithful MIMS readers and listeners that the young Chicago MC known as Mick Jenkins is one of our favorites. We’ve been pushing all his tracks since last year’s “Water(s)” EP dropped. Well today came some great news as we now know that the new EP …
Future Classic: Adrian Younge & Ghostface Killah “12 Reasons to Die II”
Ghost is a busy dude. Having released 3 projects prior to this one in the last 2 years, his storytelling abilities are dark, lyrical and always entertaining. On “12 Reasons to Die II”, Ghostface and Adrian Younge craft an album darker and more ambitious than their first, providing some incredible …
Future Classic: La-No & Jaël “Synthese” (Darker Than Wax)
For this week’s show, I had a few forgotten treasures that I picked up while in Europe, but I also wanted to expose this really heavy banger from LA-NO & Jaël, “Synthese” premiered a few weeks ago on Darker Than Wax, one of my favourite labels, based in Singapore and …
Swindle announces upcoming “Peace, Love & Music LP” LP on Butterz
via Butterz: “Peace, Love & Music is the result of Swindle’s experiences touring globally over the past two years. Constantly meeting other talented musicians and seeing new places helped naturally form an album that brings together friends and family from across the world together for the first time. We visit …
Future Classic: Tapes “No Broken Hearts On This Factory Floor”
I was introduced to the London artist Jackson James Bailey’s outstanding work in 2011 when I bought a mysterious 7′ on a label called Seletah Waddah. The track was called “Old Pan Riddim” under the artist name TAPES and I was instantly captivated by the lo-fi electronica meeting the digital-dub …
Future Classic: Your Old Droog “We Don’t Know You”
Some records just have a very specific vibe attached to them. They need to played in just the right context to truly make sense. The new joint from Coney Island’s (NY) Your Old Droog would have to be filed under: lazy summer morning. A track reminiscent of the good old …
Exclusive Premiere: INKSWEL – Watch Out ft. Charli James & Ugly Drums
We’re honoured to premiere a track from the exceptional Australian producer known as INKSWEL who has been a mainstay on our website and radio show these past few years. Actually he’s probably in our top 5 most played artists in the 8 year history of our monthly radio show. The world …
Today in Dope Music History: Eric B & Rakim release “Paid in Full”
July 7th, 1987 Eric B And Rakim release their classic platinum-selling debut album “Paid In Full” on 4th & B’way Records on this day in 1987. “The album featured the classic hit singles “Eric B Is President”, “Move The Crowd”. “I Ain’t No Joke”, “I Know You Got Soul” and …
Future Classic: Sean Khan (Remixes by Henry Wu & Ben Hauke)
via FarOut Recordings: London based jazz impresario Sean Khan will release his second album ‘Muriel’ later in 2015. Dedicated to the driving force behind his musical career, his mother Muriel McGinley, the album is virtuosic free, latin and nu-jazz experimentation, drenched in soul with the help of the vocal talents …
Forgotten Treasure: UMC’s “One to Grow On” (1991)
Here is one I hesitate to call a Forgotten Treasure since it’s really more of an all-time classic, at least for me. The UMC’s, not to be confused with the legendary Ultra Magnetic MC’s were a duo comprised of Haas G and Kool Kim which only put out two LP’s: …
Future Classic: Title “Memories”
If I’m being totally honest, the so called “beats” movement doesn’t excite me as much as it once did. Maybe it’s a sign I’m getting up there in age, but I’m just not the biggest fan of the drastic turn the scene took since the rise of the trap influence. …
1992 PBS documentary “Wreckin’ Shop from Brooklyn” (Hip-Hop Dance)
“Just like the movie “Flash Dance” is so important for the history of bboying culure, this clip is extremely important when we talk about hip hop dance culutre. This clip you see here is actually edited sequence of several excerpts from a documentary “Wreckin Shop from Brooklyn”. This documentary was …