Video: Cut Chemist - Crate Diggers TV

Jurassic 5 alumni Cut Chemist sat down with Crate Diggers TV to share his monster vinyl collection, amazing library organization and "digging" war stories. Check it out here and learn about what drives DJ's to rock a record for the first time, his role in the "Big Dig" in Brazil, record buying in the early days of NYC digging and the power and influence that networking can get you from an early age.

Listen: weatherPROOF - "Dirty Naturals" Album

New Jersey underdogs weatherPROOF just dropped their latest album, featuring guest appearances from Ras Kass, Louis Logic, and more. The production on the album is diverse and balances between mellow reggae, throwback boom bap vibes and introspective lyrics all provided from the grimy, raspy voices of emcee's Remsa and Event.

The album sounds like a mix of Atmosphere and the Outsidaz with the voice of RA the Rugged Man at times, but with the more "grown man" content and self-aware subject matter. You can tell they don't try to ape the trends of the over-produced, current radio tracks and wanted to make a solid album from front to back that you can throw on and listen to all the way through. Stand out tracks to me are "Blue School" and "Inspiration".

Check it out and support some of the underdogs from "Dirty Jersey".

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Throwback: Lucha Libre - "Libertad" ft. David Muhammad

Lucha Libre's debut album "Plantando Bandera" was a hybrid mix of hip-hop and reggaeton , peppered with battle raps and Latino pride. All of the production was handled by Da Ricanstrukta and the rhyming and singing consisted of emcee/producer Da Ricanstrukta and emcee's NV1 and Mic Virus. 

The 2005 release had lots of vibes going, but the dedication to the Puerto Rican homeland and the wishful words of the track "Libertad" always stuck out to me. Regardless of whether you speak Spanish of not, the vibe of the song is apparent and one of the hidden gems on the album. The track even managed to land a guest appearance from Madison's well known party rocker DJ David Muhammad for a more serious verse on the state of the culture. Give it a listen and let me know what you think.

Lucha Libre - Plantando Bandera (2005) - DOWNLOAD LINK
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