In the first in a series of video interviews, Abraham Beltran interviews House Shoes about his early years and how he was introduced to the Detroit Hip Hop scene. Afterwards, the latest music video from House Shoes Let It Go album for the track "Castles" featuring Jimetta Rose.
(via 2dopeboyz)
CASTLES ft. Jimetta Rose
Aug 7, 2012
New Album: LuvJonez - Mental Rental
Officially released today, Mental Rental is 30 tracks of instrumental brain food with a mix of throwback sounds and soul samples to fit inside your head. Check out the streaming album at the Bandcamp link above and share it with anyone you think would enjoy it. Thanks for the support!
Aug 6, 2012
Video: Rapsody - Believe Me
RAPSODY - "BELIEVE ME" (PRODUCED BY 9TH WONDER)
Rapsody lays down some Lauryn Hill quoting, mellow, battle rhymes for the wack MC's of the world and folks who continue to sleep on her skills. Nice to hear some less anthem-like tracks from 9th Wonder and more of a laid back feel. Nice mix of lyrics and visuals from the Jamla family.
Watch out for the "The Idea Of Beautiful" project coming soon. More please!
Schlomo: New Music Mix
Shlohmo was a recent guest on Benji B’s BBC Radio 1 show and laid down a hypnotic and, to quote PIMB, a "woozy 27-minute mix of previously unreleased material from his discography, a Ryan Hemsworth cut, and, perhaps weirdest/best of all, chopped-and-screwed Carly Rae Jepsen. Yes, I hate “Call Me Maybe”, too, but this is hilarious." Stream or download the mix below.
(via Potholesinmyblog)
Music Mondays: Future + Past
TRILLECTRO
ROCKI EVANS
I know this is older material and a bit out of a left field post, but I recently came across some songs by Rocki Evans and I like his mix of hip hop production (throwback style) and soulful singing. This is the type of sound I wish folks like Anthony Hamilton would rock with, but I am glad to see an authentic voice of soul singing using the Golden Era sound as a backdrop for his words. Check out his Bandcamp link below and the latest remix/ cut from SoundCloud below.
LUVJONEZ - MENTAL RENTAL
One more plug for my upcoming release, tomorrow, for an instrumental hip hop project of 30 songs with unreleased material and remixes of mellow, throwback beats to fit inside your head on your daily commute. Preview or Pre-order today or check it out on Bandcamp here: http://luvjonez.bandcamp.com/album/mental-rental
Aug 5, 2012
2012 DMC Finals: The Results Are In
For my first time seeing the DMCs live and in-person, it turned out to be a pretty dope show. Hosted by Lord Finesse, who took time to crack jokes, freestyle some gems, took turns cutting on the tables and spoke honesty about his issue with Mac Miller (unprovoked), the finals featured a few DJs I knew and many I didn't. However, in addition to seeing fan favorites like DJ Precision of the X-ecutioners crew ( who won) and Boogie Blind (also of Xmen), it was nice to see some former champs share the stage and cut live, like DJ Cheese, Snayk Eyez, Spiktacular, Total Eclipse, DJ Swamp, and Fat Fingaz. I even got to meet Pharoah Monch (one of my all time top MCs) who was just hanging out in the crowd watching. Even got a chance to see my old friend and professional goofball DJ John Swan in the crowd. Overall, great event and glad to see DJs still drawing a crowd with scratching in 2012! Pics below!
DJ SOL RISING, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SKWINT
PRE-BATTLE CREW PRACTICE W/ FAT FINGAZ, PRECISION AND WAYSTYLEZ
DJ SOL RISING, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SKWINT
1986 DMC CHAMP, DJ CHEESE
LORD FINESSE, HOST
LORD FINESSE, HOST
Aug 4, 2012
DMC US Finals: Turntable Madness in NYC
Not to many people are up on turntablism these days, but I am still a die hard fan. The DMC US finals is being held in NY this year, so it is the first time I am able to see it live! The entire weekend is filled with DJ events and hopefully I can make it to most, if not all of them to see some of my favorite DJs reveal their tricks in person. Check it out if you can!
LOCATION AND TICKET INFO
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United States
+1 212-505-3474 ·
Aug 3, 2012
Fine Art Friday: Sigur Ros, Laurence Demaison, National Geographic
Video: Sigur Rós: Varúð
Kind of a left field post here, but the video below is artfully done, as is most of Sigur Ros' videos, and the music is hypnotic, much like the visuals. I enjoy the fact that they don't use stereotypes of model girls and other cliche video props and try to illustrate the music with more poetic grace. By the end of the shoot, the girl probably had to get a tetanus shot from the barefoot skipping, but it looks nice!
Sigur Rós: Varúð from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.
LAURENCE DEMAISON
I am a big fan of dark art, but not everything dark, as some of it is too "ham fisted" and obvious. However, the work of Laurence Demaison seems to carry the darkness through more creative territory, somewhere between surrealism and fashion photography. I enjoy the distorted faces and bodies and mostly black and white images that he churns out. Check out his work below and see how to push the boundaries of shadow and light with photographs.
MOTHER NATURE: AN OLDY BUT GOODY
This is an old photograph but still amazes me when I look at it. Look closer, and you may be able to make it out, that yes, this is a photograph, not a painting. As National Geographic remarks of the photograph taken in Namibia, "Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park."
The power of nature combined with right time, right place-ism! Even if it ever turns out to be Photoshopped, which NG claims it is not, it still looks awesome.
Kind of a left field post here, but the video below is artfully done, as is most of Sigur Ros' videos, and the music is hypnotic, much like the visuals. I enjoy the fact that they don't use stereotypes of model girls and other cliche video props and try to illustrate the music with more poetic grace. By the end of the shoot, the girl probably had to get a tetanus shot from the barefoot skipping, but it looks nice!
Sigur Rós: Varúð from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.
LAURENCE DEMAISON
I am a big fan of dark art, but not everything dark, as some of it is too "ham fisted" and obvious. However, the work of Laurence Demaison seems to carry the darkness through more creative territory, somewhere between surrealism and fashion photography. I enjoy the distorted faces and bodies and mostly black and white images that he churns out. Check out his work below and see how to push the boundaries of shadow and light with photographs.
This is an old photograph but still amazes me when I look at it. Look closer, and you may be able to make it out, that yes, this is a photograph, not a painting. As National Geographic remarks of the photograph taken in Namibia, "Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park."
The power of nature combined with right time, right place-ism! Even if it ever turns out to be Photoshopped, which NG claims it is not, it still looks awesome.
Aug 2, 2012
Download: Alchemist X Domo Genesis - No Idols
After just discussing the Durag Dynasty project earlier this week, Alchemist drops the official No Idols project with Domo Genesis today! Filled with grimey samples, mellow flows and key guest vocals from Smoke DZA, Tyler the Creator, Freddie Gibbs, Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt, Prodigy and more, No Idols keeps the dirty underground sound of recent left coast projects alive. Check it out and zone out to some space cadet raps and hazy beats! More please!
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Free Download: MyOne - "Away With Words" EP
MyOne of Strange Fruit Project just released an EP called Away With Words. While S1, Symbolyc One, has been building his mainstream cred with contributions to Kanye West projects and other major label features, he is still loyal to his Strange Fruit Project family by lending his production to this EP. MyOne is building up his own catalogue with smaller projects like this and hopefully that bodes well for future music from the SFP crew. Check out the link on Bandcamp above and check it out!
Aug 1, 2012
Liquid Swords: Why It Changed My Life and Could Change Yours
On the heals of the re-issue of GZA's masterpiece Liquid Swords, I felt moved to share why this, among other Wu-Tang family albums, changed my life when I was growing up. I have to admit that GZA was not my favorite member of the Wu in the beginning, as I was a stan for Method Mad and his gravel voiced, grimey sounds, but once Liquid Swords came out, and due to my stan-ism for all things Meth, I checked it out since he was featured on "Shadowboxin'". I spent way too many hours of my life memorizing all of only-Method Man's parts for all Wu songs, but the first time I heard the song "Shadowboxin'" I was floored. The super creepy and grimey soul loops from the RZA, which I was convinced had the bomb sounds from Metroid in it, and the graphic lyrics made me take notice of GZA's ability to paint pictures with words. The combo of Meth and GZA made me rewind the cassingle about 5000 times to memorize all the words from this song. "Check these non-visual niggas with tapes and a portrait" --GZAThese words forever changed how I approached albums and how I appreciated an artist's vision for his work. Liquid Swords was one of the first hip-hop albums I had heard that envisioned the entire album as an entire piece, even weaving the song titles together in some kind of jumbled story on the back of the CD. I was always weirded out how they cut the video track short and flipped "4th Chamber" into the mix, but that song was ill too, and made me bug out at how the GZA could build an entire mood for the album that embraced the grime, wit and soul of the Wu Tang's 36 Chambers, but with enough changes to stand on it's own. If you don't already own this album and claim to like hip hop, you need to march the the store and trade your cash so one of the illest albums of all time. No flashy club hits, no forced features from unlikely artists, just straight Wu-Tang, grimey hip hop for the soul!
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