SHEN07 returns with another Perfect Degrees EP and like the last one – this too is essential listening.
The beat maker’s latest release features 6 new beats, all stacked with his trademark experimental twang. Your Thursday just got a lot lighter, this ish will make you float.
No stream, so I uploaded the EP’s first track for you to sample…
Blu liberated a new track off his upcoming debut album No York!, it features Jack DaVey and was produced by beat wizard Flying Lotus.
This is definitely a little different from what we’ve heard Blu do before, the same thing can be said for FlyLo’s production. I can’t say I instantly love this, but think I need to sit with it a little more.
Blu’s album is due out later this year and will feature Madlib, Exile, Knxwledge, Shafiq Husayn and more.
Thom Yorke continues to inspire my creative imagination.
The Radiohead front man, who just released a collaboration with Burial & Four Tet (here & here), is currently working on a new album with cult rapper DOOM. The project is currently in it’s early stages but according to the rapper it will feature duets.
“We’re working on some duets, some duet songs and shit. Just like preliminary shit but we’ll probably end up doing a whole record together” said DOOM to 3D World Magazine. This collaboration follows up from Yorke’s 2009 remix of ‘Gazzillion Ear’.
Leader of OFWGKTA Tyler, the Creator has unleashed the artwork for his forthcoming sophomore album Goblin out on May 10th.
Unlike Tyler’s debut, his follow up will recieve a world-wide commercial release via XL Recordings based on a one-album deal he recently signed.
“Peep it before the cult becomes a revolution and all the teeny-boppers go postal. Either that or he’ll become a hipster music publication darling (not naming any names). I’d prefer the former to the latter. Revolt my yutes, revolt.” – Shan Phearon, PinBoardBlog.com, ’10.
First HudMo did his thing to Jamie Woon’s new single ‘Lady Luck’, now it’s Royce Wood Junior’s turn.
I actually really like what Royce has done here, the varying influences on this makes it really interesting. Hear hints of Garage, 90′s R&B, even a bit of House.
Not sure which of the two remixes I prefer, they’re both very different – I may be leaning towards this one though.
Visuals for my favourite track off Zo’s most recent offering SunStorm. The song features singer / rapper Phonte and bears a beautifully scored piano intro, followed by a soul stirring beat.
The prodigal playboy R-Les blesses us with a brand new joint anticipated off the forthcoming Les Is More album – a project that’ll see Leslie more in control of his career than ever before since turning the independent route.
It’s been unfortunate in the past to witness such a gifted multi-instrumentalist – churning out classier Rn’B – end up overlooked by the mass market and commercially under-perform. Despite this, Leslie’s built up a cult fanbase of mature music heads and it’ll be smart of him to capitalize on this momentum.
Riding over soulful coos and his hallmark synth game, R-Les (opting for raps, that he’s increasingly getting away with as they’re not so bad) sends his petition out to the usual femme fatale.
Return to form for recently incarcerated, freshly unleashed Prodigy on the hardest I’ve heard these QB duns come in a while.
Alchemist’s uplifting strings escalate the duo’s victorious, weathered swag as a drumline pushed by pounding kick and snare, reminds us the infamous ones are back patrolling the jungles of the boro’s.
A fan of Mobb stretching back to their Infamous and Hell on Earth works (I say ‘works’, these guys deserve an academic thesis’ written on the significance of their back catalogue as East Coast story-tellers, #imjustsaying), think it’s time they disposed of their stylistic lethargy in recent years and re-enforced the lyrical substance they schooled street cats with. Fingers crossed Havoc & Alch can cook up a contemporary classic- it’s been a while. But this joint is strong.
Premiered on Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 show. Excuse the taggage.
As we reported, Thom York has teamed up with Four Tet & Burial and together will be releasing a special 12″ on March 21st. The tracks were played on Rinse FM for the first time tonight – ‘Ego’ is the projects A-Side, listen above and go wet yourself. I think I just did, a little.
Having previosly worked with the likes of Drake (Comeback Season), Slakah the Beatchild (Soul Movement Vol. 1), Onra (1.0.8) and Ayah (4:15), Soul-Hop producer Häzel has decided to liberate some (16) unreleased gems in a new project called The Lost Tapes.
… I’m glad he decided to let these go because the sounds on here are pretty tasty. Real warm tones, sexy boom-claps and a sh*t load of head knocking instrumentation – if you like soulful Hip Hop grooves, this is for you.
Have a listen to The Lost Tapes via his bandcamp player, if you like what you hear – purchase it.
Here are the new visuals for that Stones Throw G….. MED. “Classic” is produced by Karriem Riggins. Directed by The Qualities of Light (Shane Sakanoi & Rich Hama) and features the mighty Kweli. The production on this is heavyweight and has been getting major rewinds this past week. Love it
