Mix of the Day: Flipout & Jay Swing “The Love Theory”
Vancouver hop-hop staples, Flipout and Jay Swing, take a creative plunge into the catalogue of their all-time fave hip-hop group(and mine), A Tribe Called Quest. A very fine-tuned foray that pays the utmost respect and homage to one of the greatest hip-hop acts of all time Split version (into separate …
MIMS Talks with: DJ PLATURN (Oakland, US)
When he’s not providing the Bay Area with his broad spectrum of sounds, or curating his 45 Sessions brand, it’s a safe bet you’ll find DJ Platurn doing the back end work that makes him one of the finest disc jocks around; digging for records, making beats, and crafting some …
Future Classic: Dead Obies “Montreal $ud”
Only about a year ago Dead Obies was at its infancy; a collective of MC’s (SnailKid, O.GBear, JoRCA,YS McCan & 20some) spitting stream of consciousness rhymes over producer VNCE’s beats. They decided to throw together a mixtape collage of their efforts released as Collation Vol.1 which was met with critical …
Mix of the Day: A Tribe Called Quest “Midnight Marauders’ 20th Anniversary Mixtape” mixed by Chris Read
via WHOSAMPLED: “This week saw the 20th Anniversary of another of hip hop’s most beloved LPs, A Tribe Called Quest’s much celebrated third album ‘Midnight Marauders’. In celebration, we’ve teamed once again up with Wax Poetics to present an exclusive mixtape placing tracks from the album alongside original sample material used …
Roc Marciano “The Pimpire Strikes Back”
As we patiently wait for his upcoming LP called “Marci Beaucoup” Roc Marciano delivers a new mixtape, The Pimpire Strikes Back, with a slew of dope tracks with great production from Alchemist, Lord Finesse, Madlib, Evidence, the Arch Druids and Marci himself! via Man Bites Dog: “Rapper, songwriter and producer …
Action Bronson & Party Supplies “Blue Chips 2” Mixtape
Here is Action Bronson & Party Supplies’ “Blue Chips 2” mixtape. Based on how dope the first one was, we are very anxious to check this one out!
Future Classic: AKUA x Black Milk “Puddles”
OkayPlayer and OkayAfrica launched an awesome project a few months back called the Player Xchange, which is a videos series where they link an African artist with an American artist to write and record an original song. I was already pretty excited about this series cause I think the idea …
Mix of the Day: HouseShoes “King James Version”
via Redefinition Records: “House Shoes presents The King James Version Chapter One: Verses One – Four (2LP, Black Vinyl Mixtape) Follow HouseShoes on Soundcloud: @houseshoes This is a lovingly and expertly constructed journey through the building blocks of Dilla’s beats – the dusty OG vinyl grooves that he sampled. From …
Future Classic: Ohmega Watts “Pieces of a Dream”
The ever so talented Ohmega Watts, as of today, has dropped his newest album, “Pieces of a Dream” on the highly lauded indie label, Mellow Orange Music. After a thorough listening of the album, one can conclude that Mr. Watts maintains what we’ve all come to know of as his …
Dudley Perkins “Foot Surgery” (prod. Kankick)
via MelloMusicGroup: “Dr. Stokley. So old school and still so cool. Holistic healer for the dark heart. Stimulator of the mind. Inoculating you with sharp darts. Old dirty record addict. Heads have been waiting 4 years for a new Dudley Perkins solo record – this Black Friday November 29th it …
“The Unseen” Documentary on Detroit Hip-Hop Producers
I’m stood in the middle of some sweatbox club on the Brighton seafront. On stage, three of Detroit’s finest are putting the finishing bars to Game Over by Dabrye. At the end of the track, DJ Dez cuts the music and Phat Kat steps past Elzhi to the front of …
Forgotten Treasure: Chuck Small “U Got Nothin’ Coming” (1989)
West Coast Hip-Hop, Compton; 1989. Perhaps the first names that came to your mind are: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Ice Cube, Eazy E, Compton’s Most wanted and stuff. But if you go further in your searching, then you’ll find treasures like this: “Compton Compilation – The Sound Control Mob” We …