Madlib Medecine Show #13: Black Tape
Pre-order. Expected ship date is March 1st, 2012 Oh that cheeky man Madlib tricked us, no. 12 wasn’t the last one! No.13 – Black Tape is volume two of the Medicine Show remixes which started on No. 12. This is a 60-minute hip-hop mixtape with some of rap’s best, half-best, …
Forgotten Treasure: A Tribe Called Quest “Bonita Applebum” (1990)
Well actually I don’t really think I can say that ‘Bonita Applebum’ is forgotten treasure cause anyone who’s anyone in the hip-hop world has this track on replay every couple of months but after going to Phife’s show in Montreal this past Sunday and seeing the must-see documentary Beats, Rhymes …
Future Classic: Alaclair Ensemble “America” / “Dans l’South du Bas”
Although the guys Alaclair Ensemble have been our good homies for a long time they still manage to surprise us. All these guys have been doing music for a long time but it’s like the Alaclair project created the perfect storm of creativity and crazyness. And not to mention, pretty …
Future Classic: Brother Ali “The Bite Marked Heart” (Free EP)
Brother Ali offers up a free 7 song EP for your listening pleasure. The Bite Marked Heart features Phonte (Little Brother, Foreign Exchange) Stokley Williams (Mint Condition), Singer/songwriter Nikki Jean and Aby Wolf. Beats provided by Jake One and Ant. Ali is currently putting the finishing touches on his 6th …
Future Classic: Homeboy Sandman “Subject: Matter” (EP)
One of the labels best ever at picking up underground talent, Stones Throw Records (Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, J-Dilla, James Pants, Jonwayne, Dam Funk, Oh No,…) do it again and sign Homeboy Sandman (one of my favorite indie american MC’s). Listening to the homeboy’s third album, The Good Sun, it’s …
Forgotten Treasure: Bran Van 3000 “Drinking In L.A” (Dave One Remix feat. A-Trak)
An all-star, all-Montreal lineup on this hip-hop jam circa 1997. Not a big Bran Van 3000 fan myself, I came across this stunning remix about a year ago, when a record collector friend of mine hooked me up with this one as a part of a “100 vynils for 80$”-type …
Black Glovez ‘La Cypher’ ft. Aiza (Video)
Fun Fact: Lauryn Hill was 20yrs old when The Fugees’ The Score dropped. That really puts the idea of ‘young’ in perspective cause let’s be real those were definitely not some juvenile lyrics that she brought to the table. I guess it could be argued that Lauyrn Hill was some …
Future Classic: Del The Funkee Homosapien “West Coast Avengers”
Oakland-based hip-hop legend Del The Funkee Homosapien returns with “West Coast Avengers” a trippy-ass cover, all P-Funk sample-based, funky-fresh mixtape available for free via Datpiff.com. If you know the man already, you know how Del almost done did it all. From taking the G-Funk gangsta rap’s aesthetic and flip it …
Raphael Saadiq “They Don’t Know You” feat. Common (Steve Spacek Prod.)
Back in 2004 Raphael Saadiq opened his studio doors to Spacek to producd an album for one of his sub labels, the album was supposed to be called “Pookie Blue Room” and features 10 songs produced by both Steve and Morgan with raphael singing on all of them and featuring …
Future Classic: Shash’u “4 Dilla”
Yeah in February for the past few years it’s been DILLA all day everyday. I think we would probably all get over it if the man didn’t have such a ridiculous catalog of production. Even as a Dilla head, when you think you know everything an unreleased nugget surfaces (like …
J Dilla & Steve Spacek “Look” (2007 Unreleased)
via BamaLoveSoul.com: So to my knowledge, the only Spacek/Dilla collaborations were Eve and Dolla. Well, let’s celebrate because more tracks have been unearthed! KCRW’s Mathieu Schreyer has not one but two tracks that have never blessed the ears of most mortals. He released one yesterday and plans to release them both on 45. Can’t wait …
Monk.E & Sola “Voir ton Soul” Production by Kenlo (Video)
Montreal you don’t stop! Seriously I’m getting artistic seizures from all the treasures coming out of this city. Monk.E, the well-known Montreal visual artist and MC just dropped an amazing new video “Voir ton soul” produced by Ken-Lo, featuring Sola, and captured by Cemont Films. This beautiful love ballad is …