Six previously unreleased remixes of Mr Oizo, Nelly Furtado, Madvillian, RJD2 and J Dilla. Flying Lotus flips these tracks 360 degrees and creates something totally new, in some cases rendering the originals totally unrecognisable. 500 copies pressed only! Get it on Rushhour.
Flying Lotus - $tunt$
Flying Lotus - R2D2
Hailing from the same Bed-Stuy blocks where The Notorious B.I.G. once roamed comes Spec Boogie, master storyteller and shit-talker extraordinaire. Equally adept at both razor-tongued braggadocio and introspective commentary, he is an artist that shadowboxes his way out of easy classification. Neither preachy nor sensationalist, Spec Boogies remarkable sincerity is the thread that weaves together his music — even the songs that deal with less-than-weighty subject matter inherit the trait of real honesty. Nut-grabbing boasts and masochistic posturing are staples of Hip-Hop, but when Spec Boogie says hes going to throw back a case of Sierra Nevada and steal your woman, goddamn it, you believe it. And when he talks about the tragic moments his young eyes have seen, the phrase old soul seems truly appropriate. A former member of The Sandhogs, a group which included indie favorite Tes-1, Spec Boogie relocated to The City of Brotherly Love in his late teens and eventually connected with Philadelphia heroes ?uestlove and the Grammy Award-winning Roots crew. Polishing his live stage show under the tutelage of the masters, he performed in both Philly and New York during the wildly successful 2000 Okayplayer Tour. But Brooklyn beckoned. Spec Boogie returned home and joined with several like-minded souls to found Loosie Music, a fiercely independent record label, online magazine and booze-addled political cabal. The fledgling label hooked up with Lower East Side boutique Staple Design to release the Grow single, a track that earned Spec Boogie a deluge of critical acclaim and immediately put him on the radar of indie Hip-Hop aficionados as far away as France and Japan. The buzz proved justified, as his dynamic first full-length compilation of material, Fresh Out the Box, moved several thousand copies as a promotional item with Digitalgravel-dot-com and Scifen Clothing. A brilliant live entertainer, Spec Boogie has delivered memorable performances at venues such as Nokia Theatre in Times Square, The Wetlands, Nuyorican Poets Café, Southpaw, The Knitting Factory and Hammerstein Music Hall alongside artists including The Roots, Mark Ronson, Melle Mel, Platinum Pied Pipers, Purple City, Theodore Unit, MF Doom, Little Brother, Pete Rock and Big Daddy Kane. Picture by Corren Conway.
Kidkanevil’s new single Black Bug/When I Dig Feat Kissey & Blu will be released on september 15th.
Kidkanevil - When I Dig Feat. Kissey Asplund & Blu
Fried Cotton is a new collaborative project consisting of Blu,Aimé Cain ,J83 and F-roots. Since J’83 and Aimé Cain work closely with Blu affiliate Co$$ aka Cashiusking under the name Spaceshipstatus a collabo with Blu was meant to happen.
While Blu was in europe during his last tour Aimé reached out to Blu and statemagazine to film a documentary of blu’s stay in the netherlands. That quickly turned in to a documentary of blu and spaceshipstatus making a track together in a studio allong with F-Roots.
The group is currently finishing up their debut E.P. and is planning a tour for the fall season of the year. You will hear that first on MoovmntDotCom. picture by carista naömiHomegrown Video + Trailer
Le n?ko - Up to number 5 in the All City Beat series now, this 45 on 33 comes from French beat maker Le n?ko (Le neko). Unfamilar to most, no doubt, but trust us on this one! He says: “My name is le N?KO, i do the beats my mind and fingers let me do.” We say: A double A with two Slices of bumping broken French fonk “Akedam” and “Apprendre” from the Lyon based producer who has been making some noise online over the last couple of years via myspace and ampsoul radio in particular. He has recently produced a track for Maspyke (ABB) MC Hanif Jamyls summer release “Krushed Grapes” but this is his first solo vinyl release. Release Date: 26/08/2008
Le N?ko - Akedam
Remix Summer is a new UpMyAlley project. Every few days we will post a remix by one of the UpMyAlley producers for free download. Hubert Daviz, fLako, moO + others…
First one is a Busta Rhymes “Touch It” Remix by fLako.
The Dirty Soul Trilogy is a three album series (1.Electric, 2.Accoustic 3.Live) exploring the alternative end of the soul spectrum. DST is rock & funk & folk/acoustic influenced soulful music that doesn’t fall into RNB and doesn’t fall in underground or “Beat Driven” soul music…it covers some of the most influential artists of the black music genre. Released 20/10/2008 on BBE.
01. You Need Me - Tiombe Lockhart
02. Untitled - Flako & Shuanise
03. Girl Of My Dreams - Coultrain
04. Holl Up’ - JimiJames
05. Noohustle - Bilal Salaam
06. Right Here (Seoul City Refix) - Dj Mitsu The Beats (Feat. Dwele and Neco Redd)
07. Portion No. 9 - OliverDaySoul
08. Pusha Man - Ayah
09. The Uncomfortable Truth [CD only Bonus Track] - Nneka
10. Conflict - Sy Smith
11. Construction - Musinah
12. Get Out Of My Face - Up Hygh (Feat. Melo)
13. p.r.i.t.t.y Boy - HEAVy
14. Is U Rollin? - Sandie Black
15. I Can’t Help Myself - Benny Sings
Flako & Shaunise - Untitled
DJ Mitsu The Beats - Right Here (Seoul City Refix) Feat. Neco Redd Bling 47 Version, get it here
The 30th Waxpoetics issue is all about rock; with articles on Bo Didley, Turkish rock, Babe Ruth, Bad Brains, Elvis, Prince etc! Get it on Rushhour
Hard to find and hard to please. We know that the easy route is always the least rewarding and that the best stuff is always hidden at the bottom of a pile, or under the counter, or in the basement of Chinese nail salon in the Bronx. That’s why we’re not interested by the tick-box mentality of radio playlists and the broad-brush approach of media empires. We instead present a utopian, transnational vision of culture that always stays one step ahead of fickle fashions. We’ll be covering anything from maracatù from the Pernambuco area of Brazil, the duttiest UK dubstep and low club, Haitian fight songs, Barabadian dancehall or French street-dance expressions.
Always the first to promote the hot sounds of the global-city to an international community of beat heads and music junkies – in issue 001 we broke the sound of Congolese coupé decalé, in issue 002 we announced the arrival of the international ‘beat generation’ and were the first to interview José Padhila, the Brazilian director of Bus 174 and now Elite Squad. And we’re just as likely to hit people upside their head with the new sound of Chinese rock as to hype the latest street sounds to from these shores.
But it’s not just music – we’re also in touch with many of the major street artists and graphic designers who have submitted exclusive artwork for publication – already Invader, HVW8 and LCP United have connected; and our extra stush typography and layout and our specially commissioned cover art has had grafik artists salivating like it was a first edition of Art Review.
And what speaks to us more than a hot artist is a great story – that’s why we’ll be speaking with human rights activist and Olympic winner Tommie Smith and Dominican author Junot Diaz, or looking back at the seminal warehouse parties of 1988 and the way they’ve shaped the music we know and love today. Never happy telling things the way things appear to be, we’re more concerned with the shape of things to come. SHOOK is the uncertaincy principle in full effect. www.shook.fm
Download Issue 1 with articles on and about: GUILTY SIMPSON, INVINCIBLE, DENAUN PORTER, BLACK MILK, JAY ELECTRONICA, GOYA MUSIC, BENJI B, PAUL WHITE, HVW8 FEIYUE SHOES, DJ MURO, SPACE INVADER, and more
Download Issue 2 with articles on and about:SAMIYAM, FLYING LOTUS, RAS_G, POO BAH RECORDS, HUDSON MOHAWKE, MIKE SLOTT, JOE GIBBS, TAKE, SA-RA, JAMES POYSER, KARRIEM RIGGINS, ANDREW MEZA, BLU, TA’RAACH, and more!
Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 5: Dil Cosby Suite, Digital album is available for download at Stones Throw.
Featuring J.Rocc. Madlib’s 5th installment of Beat Konducta is his & J.Rocc’s tribute to J Dilla.
Madlib - The Mystery (Dilla’s Still Here)
Madlib - Floating Soul (Peace)
88 Keys - A snippet of this song was on Yeezy’s pre-Graudation mixtape “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” . The song is from 88-Keys’ upcoming album “The Death Of Adam” executive produced by Kanye West himself.
88 Keys - Stay Up (Viagra) Feat Kanye West
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