Forgotten Treasure: The Beatnuts “Robbed” (199?)
Before the phrase “tat my name on you so I know it’s real” convinced poor, unsuspecting girls to shamelessly defile themselves, The Beatnuts were the original hiphop band NY party kids got inked up for. At the height of their popularity in the ’90s, you could catch their double-arrow devil …
Madlib – Adult Swim Interview
Absolutely great interview with the Madlib the Beatkonducta. Adult Swim follows him for a day and talk to him about sleepin’ 2 hours a night, making music pretty much non-stop, Cookin Cheerios and the new Madvillain project.
Quakers – The 35 member Hip-Hop Collective
Second track from the forthcoming album by Quakers – the 35-member, foundation-shaking hip-hop collective produced by Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow), Katalyst, 7-Stu-7.
Forgotten Treasure: Lootpack “Soundpieces: Da Antidote” (1999)
via Stones Throw: Originally released in 1999, Soundpieces was the debut album production by Madlib and an introduction to a whole stable of MCs – Quasimoto, Oh No, Declaime, MED. The full 70-min 3/LP edition was only in circulation during the first 1-2 years after the album’s release, but is …
Jai Nitai Lotus & INQBTR “Eyes Wide Whut”
Great new track from Jai Nitai Lotus (Anti Cupid EP, The Notice, Nu High) who I finally met a few weeks ago but has been doing his thing as a producer and MC in Montreal for a while now. Great collaboration on this one with the man Scott C aka …
Future Classic: Alaclair Ensemble “Vire De Bow” (Sikh Knowledge Remix)
Ayoye. First DJ Duff took a crack at it, then the kid Kaytradamus went and flipped it, now Sikh Knowledge comes through and knocks this one into the stratosphere. Just make sure you got the bass set to “ham & cheese sammich”. Ho-lee. Visit Alaclair.com for more high school hijinks. …
Forgotten Treasure: Natural Resource “(Negro League) Baseball” (1996)
After reading recent MIMS post about The Herbaliser featuring rapper What What, a New York MC now going by the name of Jean Grae, I felt the time was ripe to share this forgotten treasure from her first outfit, Natural Resource. Released in 1996 on the Ekapa RPM Label -owned …
Forgotten Treasure: The Herbaliser “The Blend” (1997)
Oh wow this takes me back! I discovered this at a time when I was just starting to open up musically to other genres and scenes. As a hip-hop kid, I was very open minded but 90% of what I listened to was rap. So, it took tracks like this …
Yasiin Bey “Sunshine Screwface” (Dilla Beat)
Always nice to see anything pop-up from mister Mos Def, or actually Yasiin Bey as he prefers to be called these days. The live performance of ‘SUNSHINE SCREWFACE‘ was recorded at Radio Nova out in Paris, one of my favorite radio stations for the past 10 years or so. Ok, …
Future Classic: Loe Pesci “DMT with Joe Rogan”
They don’t call him the King for nothing. Loe Pesci is an acclaimed King of the Dot Battle MC, one half of the Hip-Hop duo OG Hindu Kush, a Montreal Swag promoter, and of course a sick solo artist! Just over two weeks ago he dropped his new solo album …
Future Classic: Monk.E “Né au Bronx”
In 2007, multidisciplinary artist/contemporary troubadour Monk.E quietly dropped his sophomore set Entre Mektoub et Autodestruction. It documented his transition from vandal to visionary and the path undertaken in order to bridge that chasm. I met him in the days of the rap dojo on St-Antoine and got to witness his …
Spotlight: Kenlo Craqnuques (Quebec / Montreal)
Download the complete Craqnuques collection from KENLO. Noir, Orange, Rose, Mauve, Bleu