Brother Ali’s Brilliant Conference at Chicago Ideas
I’m not going to spend a long time going into the many reasons why you need to watch this great mini-conference by Brother Ali, you’re just going to hit the play button as well you should! The best way to sum it up in a few words is that Brother …
Guest Mix #19: DR. KWEST (Belgium)
Really nice hour long guest mix courtesy of Dr. Kwest all the way from Brussels, Belgium. Focusing on the worldwide beat scene you could say that the main thing found in this next hour is the head nod factor! Great to see some familiar names on the tracklists; 3 tracks …
Upcoming: TOAST DAWG “Brazivilain EP” (Music Is My Sanctuary Release)
Music Is My Sanctuary presents the “Brazivilain EP“, the second solo release from Toast Dawg veteran Montreal producer and pioneer of the French hip-hop scene. “Brazivilain” follows his 2012 critically acclaimed solo debut instrumental EP “The Love Loop”, it marries futuristic sounds with old school esthetics in a unique sample …
Mixtape: Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip – The Abstract and The Dragon
via Complex: It’s a moment that some hip-hop heads have fantasized about for more than 20 years. The long-awaited question to what, in fact, is the scenario. The ultimate “Oh My God.” A collaboration between two of New York’s most revered rappers, announced suddenly just a few weeks ago, as …
New Release: Madlib – Rock Konducta
via RAPPCATS.com: “Rock Konducta is the latest in Madlib’s instrumental “Beat Konducta” series, the producer’s raw hip-hop beat tapes brought to life. Previous titles include Movie Scenes and Beat Konducta in India, imaginary film soundtracks; the self-deceptive A Tribute to J Dilla;the Beat Konducta in Africa inspired by the Zambian “Zamrock” music scene of the ’70s. The …
Guest Mix #18: ABJO (San Diego, US)
The explosion of the instrumental / abstract hip-hop beat movement since the mid-2000’s is still going strong but after a couple years of constant growth with a gazillion new beat-makers every month we are starting to see who are the artists that are in this for the long run and …
Mix of the Day: Flipout & Jay Swing “The Love Theory”
Vancouver hop-hop staples, Flipout and Jay Swing, take a creative plunge into the catalogue of their all-time fave hip-hop group(and mine), A Tribe Called Quest. A very fine-tuned foray that pays the utmost respect and homage to one of the greatest hip-hop acts of all time Split version (into separate …
The Jazz Jousters “Autumn” Oscar Peterson Special
Millenium Jazz is a label and service provider based in London and home to talent from across the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Holland and Germany. via MilleniumJazz: “As a very productive year comes to a close, Millennium Jazz Music is proud to present ‘Autumn’, The Jazz Jousters 27th album in …
MIMS Talks with: DJ PLATURN (Oakland, US)
When he’s not providing the Bay Area with his broad spectrum of sounds, or curating his 45 Sessions brand, it’s a safe bet you’ll find DJ Platurn doing the back end work that makes him one of the finest disc jocks around; digging for records, making beats, and crafting some …
Artbeat Montreal & Istolethesoul Present: B.A.S.S.
Expansion is a motherfucker: We all want it and the associated growing pains are inevitable. The fruits of that labour get reaped only by the undeterred, the diligent… The SKRONG. Over the last year or so, I’ve been hard at work with the ABMTL team, flexing our collective muscle in …
Future Classic: Dead Obies “Montreal $ud”
Only about a year ago Dead Obies was at its infancy; a collective of MC’s (SnailKid, O.GBear, JoRCA,YS McCan & 20some) spitting stream of consciousness rhymes over producer VNCE’s beats. They decided to throw together a mixtape collage of their efforts released as Collation Vol.1 which was met with critical …
Mix of the Day: A Tribe Called Quest “Midnight Marauders’ 20th Anniversary Mixtape” mixed by Chris Read
via WHOSAMPLED: “This week saw the 20th Anniversary of another of hip hop’s most beloved LPs, A Tribe Called Quest’s much celebrated third album ‘Midnight Marauders’. In celebration, we’ve teamed once again up with Wax Poetics to present an exclusive mixtape placing tracks from the album alongside original sample material used …