Future Classic: Apollo Brown “Clouds”
Hands down one of the top 5 instrumental hip-hop records ever. “Clouds” deserves a spot right next to Flylo’s “1983”, Shadow’s “Endtroducing” and “Donuts” too… Clouds is a 27 track project released on MelloMusicGroup from producer Apollo Brown who has steadily gaining ground over the past years with great production …
Future Classic: Aloe Blacc & 14KT “Fourteen”
My daily web search put me on this dope track with vocals from Aloe Blacc and production from 14KT. Unfortunately, it’s a short one, but the beat is dope and the flow is laid back. With this gem, Aloe Blacc reminds us that his roots are in hip-hop (he was an …
“The Art of Rap” presented by Ice-T
I guess ICE-T took a few minutes off set of frikkin Law & Order to make this happen. But seriously, I can’t front. Looks very interesting.
Fashawn “Higher Learning 2” Mixtape
Really excited for this one. Fashawn, one of my favorite new school MC’s just dropped a new FREE mixtape full of goodies. I only heard 3 tracks so far but since they were all great I had to share this with you all. Don’t sleep!! Download Link Really digging this …
Forgotten Treasure: Count Bass D “Dwight Spitz LP” (2002)
Wow talk about an overlooked record. This was on my “t0-listen” pile for a while and I just got around to listening to it this week and it is a very strong one. For fans of those conceptual Dangerdoom, Madvillain, Jaylib records you need to check this one out. Dwight …
Forgotten Treasure: Group Home ft. Guru “The Legacy” (1999)
Group Home is a hip hop duo, composed of members Lil’ Dap and Melachi the Nutcracker. They came to prominence as members of the Gang Starr Foundation. Lil’ Dap made his rhyming debut on Gang Starr’s 1992 classic Daily Operation on the song “I’m the Man”. Both members appeared on …
Forgotten Treasure: Phat Kat “Don’t Nobody Care About Us” (Prod. by J Dilla)
It’s Jay Dee‘s birthday so the “Forgotten Treasure” of the day had to be a Dilla joint of course! I wanted to do a personal top 7 of my favorite Dilla beats but I guess that’ll have to wait til’ next year. My homies Naes & Scott C did their …
MF Doom “Special Herbs 0-9” Box Set!
Sound the rap nerd alarm. The complete Special Herbs series is being reissued in a deluxe box set with 10 LP’s and tons of other good stuff. All the next level rap fans are down with Doom, the Metal Faced avenger. He is one of the most prolific cats out there and …
J Dilla “Still Shining”
“J.Dilla: Still Shining” from B.Kyle on Vimeo. Created in 2006, this remembrance piece is created as a tribute to the memory and legacy of James “J.Dilla” Yancey. This is a piece designed for his fans and supporters who knew of his accomplishments before February 2006 and those that have grown …
Naughty By Nature on David Letterman
The New Jersey hip hop trio, Naughty By Nature offered a live medley on the Late Show With David Letterman last night that included their latest single “Flags” as well as their timeless track “O.P.P” and “Hip Hop Hooray”. Formed in the late 80’s, Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee did …
Future Classic: Bilal “The Dollar” (Black Milk Remix)
Detroit based, producer and MC, Black Milk did an awesome remix of an excellent track from Bilal‘s song “The Dollar” from his latest album Airtight’s Revenge. I hope there will be more collaboration from these two guys. Remember where you’ve heard it first.
SCOTT C presents “My Favorite Dilla Beats”
Ask anyone in Montreal whose opinion is worth something and they’ll tell you that the biggest Dilla head in town has aways been Scott C aka the Incubator. And i’m not talking about since 2006. I’m talking about since day 1. Most of us Montreal DJ’s bought our first Dilla …