Apollo Brown “Cigarette Burns EP” (Free Download)
via Mello Music Group: Two weeks from today Detroit producer Apollo Brown will be releasing his newest instrumental soundtrack Thirty Eight. The sound falls somewhere between the end of 70s heroin and the beginning of 80s crack, with all the cigarette burns and scratches intact. The technicolor journey begins today …
Future Classic: Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson “Dice Game”
Big big one right here. For the ones that doubted that if hip-hop we once loved still existed. Well it does and this is one shining example. Not to hate on where is seems to be going with all the trap and straight up dance music influences but sometimes it’s …
Future Classic: Apollo Brown & OC “Trophies”
Ever since we absolutely fell in love with Apollo Brown’s production skills from his part in rap collective The Left, we’ve been hooked and always anxious to hear what he’s got next on the menu. 2011’s instrumental record of the year (for us) called “Clouds” definitely confirmed for us that …
Future Classic: Apollo Brown & Hassan Mackey “Daily Bread”
Ascending production star Apollo Brown started making waves in 2009 after winning the Detroit Red Bull Big Tune Championship. The next year he signed to Mello Music Group and released a series of critically acclaimed albums: The Reset, Brown Study (selected by iTunes as one of the Top 10 Hip-Hop …
Apollo Brown Interview
I listen to a pretty insane amount of music every day and every week and it’s pretty rare in the age of “beat tapes” that there is one that stands out so much for me. I knew APOLLO BROWN a little bit before the release of “Clouds” from his work …
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: The Left “The Melody”
Another gem that came at me straight outta nowhere. I have this monthly discoveries exchange going on with LEC, one of my longtime childhood friends and this was one of his nuggets. Wow, ok. 1-0. THE LEFT are a trio with Appollo Brown on production duties that have apparently been …