Future Classic: Evenings “Lately EP”
With Broasddus Nathan aka Evenings, it was love at first sight. I think that at this time of the year in Montreal, music is even more necessary than usual because, as I often say in my articles, the fall does not suit me well. I’m like a wilted flower that …
Future Classic: Ta-Ku “September”
Well .. I know we are in October, but I found this very nice project by Ta-Ku. He said “I will be making a beat a day in September 2011 and uploading here. Take a listen.” He didn’t make it all the way but we can only image what could …
Future Classic: Kendrick Lamar “Rigamortis”
Whenever I hear so much hype about an artist I usually take a bit of time and let some time pass before I sit down and listen to it. I finally gave Kendrick Lamar a shot this week and listened to his record called “Section 80” a couple times. I …
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 …
Shlohmo “Places” Video
A sweet and simple video of the song “Places” off the Bad Vibes LP by Shlohmo.
Nas “Nasty” (Video)
Oh man, I was about to be seriously depressed by this new Nas video. One minute in I was about to turn it off and bitch about it on but then the video starts making its point as the redux anti-bling version of 1999’s “Hate me now”, one Nasty Nas’ …
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 …
Onra “Chinoiseries part 2” Preview (November 15th)
Our good homie ONRA has released the final teaser of his upcoming second volume of the Chinoiseries project. The concept is still the same: Onra goes on a trip to Vietnam and China, digs obscure traditional folklore music and pumps it into the MPC for some boom bap goodness. It’s …
James Pants “Beat Archive / Failed Rap Beats (’04-’08)
In 2011, is giving away free music still an a worthy incentive? Well, quite simply when the music behind it then yes. In this case, it’s coming from a very reliable source: Stones Throw‘s James Pants. Download JP Beats(Right-Click Save as:) via James Pants: “I bring forth the first installment …
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 …
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 …