Free Download: Joey Bada$$ “Rejex”
“Earlier this summer, Brooklyn high schooler Joey Bada$$ made a splash with his debut mixtape 1999, receiving accolades from critics and fans alike. A new mixtape, Rejex, features tracks that didn’t make the final cut but that he felt needed to be unleashed: “I decided to put this project together because I have a lot of …
Free Download: Bizarre Tribe “A Quest to The Pharcyde”
“Join Gummy Soul’s Amerigo Gazaway as he embarks on a 55 minute “Quest to The Pharcyde”. Utilizing the original Jazz, Soul and Funk recordings sampled throughout A Tribe Called Quest’s extensive catalogue, Gazaway recreates classic productions – pairing his reinterpreted instrumentals with select vocals from West Coast “golden era” favorites, …
Touch & The Dirty Samples “The Fly”
Touch is a veteran rapper from Alberta mostly associated with fellow Canadian producer from Edmonton Nato. This time around he teams up with another Neferiu Records pillar, the man with many personas, The Dirty Sample. When it comes to beats, the name is pretty acurate; the samples used to make his …
J Rocc “Crate Diggers” presented by FUSE
via FUSE: “In this episode original Beat Junkie J. Rocc digs through his record collection and talks about why you shouldn’t spend big bucks for “rarities.” Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections.” Subscribe to Fuse for all …
MOOVMNT “Glimmering Fractions : Mix 08 Peridot”
I’m seriously starting to run out of words to express how much we’re loving the mix series by the MOOVMNT boys from Amsterdam, so i’m going to let them use their own words: “Breathtaking sparkles, glimmering fractions. What melodical madness causes such satisfaction?” Another summer edition coming your way on …
Future Classic: Elaquent “Parallel”
It’s so great to listen to a new project from a good friend objectively and to really love it. Not to be nice to your homie and give the very predictable “yeah, it’s dope!” but because you really do love the project regardless who it came from. This is why …
Future Classic: Submerse “Tears EP”
Project: Mooncircle are pretty much kings when it comes to releasing really cool instrumental hiphop slash electronic music projects. I’m especially a big fan of Robot Koch’s music which is, in my opinion, the best representation of their sound. However I’m thinking that there is a lot more to Mooncircle than …
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: 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 …