Pete Rock - Mecca And The Soul Brother Deluxe

“Mecca And The Soul Brother” Deluxe Edition

The Deluxe edition of the “Mecca and the Soul Brother” by Pete Rock and C.L Smooth. The 1992 gets a beauty treatment. Get the info here.

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Barbershop Emcee's
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Barber Shop Emcee’s “Music, Money & Women” (1999)

I was moving my records to my new place last weekend and I stumbled across that piece of wax that I found back in the day at Tabou Records (R.I.P) in Montreal on Ste-Catherine St. It was DJ Skeptik who introduced me to that track. When I found it in …

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Rubble Kings Movie Shane Nicholson
Music Documentaries

“Rubble Kings” movie : the birth of hip-hop culture

I’ve always loved documentaries, especially the ones where I can learn something. Here is one that reveals the history behind the birth of hip-hop culture. Produced by Shan Nicholson (http://shannicholson.com), Rubble Kings is a comprehensive documentation of the life of street gangs in the ghetto of New York City from …

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MIMS Lists

LEXIS presents “My Favorite Teenage Years’ Records”

Here are my 7 most influencial teenage years records. They aren’t the rarest or most obscure, but back then I didn’t care about that so much…!

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The Life and Encounters of Questlove

What does a genius drummer/producer do when he is bored? Questlove recounts his life and his encounters, it’s worth the detour. So much interesting peoples and stories ! A very good read. Follow this link to read Quest’s yarns : http://hypnagogics.com/questo/ It’s kind of on the same vibe as Charlie …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Juggaknots “Leon Phelps”

Another forgotten little nugget of that real hip-hop shit from the Juggaknots from NYC. Really simple but oh so effective beat from producer Breeze Brewin off the Use Your Confusion (2006) record. And hmmm, well the title refers to the genius Lady’s Man – Leon Phelps from very underrated SNL dude …

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Sevdee’s 7 most slept-on albums

Sevdee aka 7D is my former “THE BRIDGE Fridays” partner. I love to Dj with him but also just to chitty-chat about music. We started talking about over looked records and all this time, I was taking notes! #1 Cee-Lo Green – …And His Perfect Imperfections @Sevdee: The title says …

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Future ClassicsMusic Documentaries

Future Classic: Karma Atchykah “Deep” (prod. by Kenlo & Shash)

More hot Montreal shit! and cameos by lots of my good friends. (Whattup Kenlo & Dingo!)

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Waahli from Nomadic Massive

Waahli (Nomadic Massive) x ATCQ’s “Vibes & Stuff”

Waahli from Montreal’s Nomadic Massive crew takes on the daunting challenge of doing a remix/cover of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Vibes and Stuff” (probably my favorite track from the “Low End Theory” album).

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MED + MADlib = So fine music

MED and MADlib are killing it ! Dope as fuck! Representing the west coast, MEDaphoar is my favourite MC from the Stones Throw family.

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Music Documentaries

“Fonky Expedition” – The Conscious Daughters

As I prepare to hit the road for an excursion through NYC, I came across that joint from The Conscious Daughters (TCD) who happened to hit it up straight with that joint back in ’94.  Although they’re from the West coast, I still be bumping this in my system.  Don’t …

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Alaclair Ensemble x Incubator

This is QUEBEC hip-hop at its finest right here. French meets English. Boom Bap meets 8-bit bassyness! The Incubator remixes Alaclair Ensemble, one of the best hip-hop projects to come out of Quebec in a long time!

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