Future Classic: M.E.D. ft. Hodgy Beats “Outta Control” (Madlib Production)
One of the freshest vids we’ve seen in a long long time. Who knew rap music could still be fun! Big track from M.E.D and Hodgy Beats and absolutely ridiculous drums by Madlib of course. “Outta Control” produced by Madlib http://stonesthrow.com http://stonesthrow.tumblr.com Director/DP/Editor: Henry DeMaio Co-director: Rory Gamble Producer: Shane …
Future Classic: Dead Obies “Collation vol.1”
Dead Obies you’re killing me! I honestly can’t even listen to anything else since I coped this free album on bandcamp this Saturday morning. I’m talking the kind of album that you immediately transfer to your iphone, ipod, usb, hard drive, shit you even make a CD copy cause all …
Future Classic: ZZBRA “The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
ZZBRA is a duo made up of Canadian MC’s Moka Only and Evil Ebenezer backed by the the beats of Stuey Kubrick. Because of the beatmaker’s name, it’s only fitting that the title of the album is The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. It’s also fitting because our two favorite protagonists …
Dilla Dilla Breaks
Just when you thought all the Dilla bases had been covered, the good folks at Bling47.com (Wajeed and fam) come out with an absolutely great look into some of the greatest sample flips by James Yancey aka Jay Dee. The reason that these short clips are so fascinating is that …
Lil B “Pretty Boy” (Video)
You know us, we’re not on that blog rap bandwagon, but we have to admit a fascination / appreciation for the Based God. I swear this might be our favorite video of all-time. 0:04 Carl Winslow 0:19 Malcolm X 0:27 Miss Jay 0:37 Kid Capri 0:49 Dave Chapelle 0:57 Karate …
Grems & Lefto Mixtape
From the homie Lefto: If you’re into some french rap music, especially when it’s a buddy and one of the most prolific and creative emcees I know, this is the mixtape you need to download. I originally mixed old, new and unreleased tracks by Grems for a magazine called Tsugi. The cd comes with the April …
Future Classic: Quakers “Quakers LP”
A lot of press surrounding the Quakers project is focused around the fact that the core members of the group have some kind of link with Portishead (one being Geoff Barrow…). Yes, there are some resemblances here but don’t expect a rap version of Portishead. It’s an oversimplification and the real link …
Gilles Peterson – The Last BBC Radio 1 “Worldwide Show”
Don’t mean to sound overly dramatic one this one but this is definitely the end of an era: for the last 14 years Gilles Peterson has been a source of inspiration with his weekly “Worldwide” show on BBC Radio1. I discovered Gilles through a CD I bought in the late …
Future Classic: Metabeats feat. Dubbledge “EyeSeeYou”
Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of tracks released by Associated Minds, a Cardiff based hip hop record label. I got deeply into UK hip hop about 2 or 3 years ago when I realised that there was more to it than the grimy, mindless rap you’d hear during …
Forgotten Treasure: The Pharcyde “Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde” (20 Year Anniversary)
Oh man where do we even start with this one. It’s one of these records that you just can’t believe is turning 20 very soon (on November 24th). The Pharcyde‘s debut album remains to this day one of the most influencial and original records in hip-hop history. Without The Pharcyde …
Future Classic: Odd Future “Oldie”
Ok, so after listening to a bunch of music tonight and we really felt let down by most of it, nothing impressive. And 17 tracks into the 18 track new Odd Future mixtape we werent feeling it, no real highlights. And then the last track hit the speakers and everything …
Future Classic: Action Bronson “Blue Chips Mixtape”
We were really waiting for this project to drop so when it did, instead of posting about it right away like a lot of other music sites (do they even take 5 minutes to listen to stuff before posting it? that’s another story I guess) we took our time to …