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Hip-Hop Notes From Underground
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11.24.08Blog Props: A-Trak is back but don’t call it a comeback.It's been a very busy and awe-inspiring year for A-Trak. Looking at the whole picture, he's worn the hat of DJ, mixer, arranger, producer, record label magnate and you know...what can I say? The man has really stepped up his game to another level. Even with so much on his plate, he appears to be taking it all in stride. If you read this blog with any frequency, you already know we tend to dote on A-Trak pretty heavily around here because, well....I mean, skillz. He's got mad skillz. Respect. So we had to let ...
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07.02.08The Cool Kids Kick A Little Something | That’s Stupid The Mixtape Out NowI guess I don't know enough about The Cool Kids other than I know that The Bake Sale is stupid tight, my boys in Lord T & Eloise stupid love them, the rhymes I hear them drop are stupid fresh and this mixtape entitled "That's Stupid (The Mixtape)" is right banging. Go grab this shit while you can. Somewhere in these six songs, you might just get silly, stupid dumb -- just make sure that girl ain't no bum. 01 Oscar the Grouch 02 That’ll Work 03 Dinner Time 04 Full & Paid 05 Box of Rocks 06 Don’t Trip (Bake Sale UK) Get it ...
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07.01.08The FADER Magazine World Premieres Nas, “Queens Get The Money” | Oh My God.This is groundbreaking, earth-shattering, and like whoa. New exclusive Nas. "Queens Get the Money," the opening track to his much-discussed and untitled album, finds Nas in a Kid A mindspace. Rapping over a drumless beat from Jay Electronica he talks about bringing back Arsenio for hip-hop's sake, dubs himself Nasty Nasdaq and shouts out kids in group homes. Will this be the album where Nas creates a new national anthem? Nas - Queens Get The Money The FADER - World Premiere: Nas, "Queens Get The Money"
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05.28.08Loudersoft Loves Steinski | Hip-Hop Legend Releases Major RetrospectiveBack before samples had to be wait eons to be cleared, back in a day when uptown hip hop crews and downtown punks were checking out each other's shows trying to learn a thing or two, there lived Steven Stein and Doug DiFranco -- two pioneers whose adventures would transform them into the hip-hop superheroes known as Steinski and Double Dee. Rabid music fans and hip-hop enthusiasts with day jobs on the edges of the biz, they got their "big break" in 1983 by winning a Tommy Boy Records remix contest for Play That Beat, Mr. D.J. by ...
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05.26.08Loudersoft Random Hip-Hop Mix: I Guess I Forgot I Had This.I was cleaning out an old hard drive, and I came across this random collection of hip-hop songs that I pieced together into a little mix with the plan of giving it to you guys at some point in time. Short term memory and life crises all coming together, I guess I forgot about it for a while. Well, better late than never, I guess. Here's a (possibly the most) random collection that I guess I (at some point) cobbled together for your listening pleasure. I know you gonna dig this. TRACKLISTING: 1 - Clipse, "Dirty Money" 2 - ...
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02.29.08Loudersoft Loved Kutiman Before Pitchfork Gave Him 8.2, Still Does.You know, if Pitchfork is finally catching up with the rest of the world (me) in terms of culture and taste, I can't fault them for being right. The funk-soul brother name of Kutiman, hailing from Israel, has been a supreme favorite of mine since I heard his single "No Reason For You" on Melting Pot Music last summer, and kudos to the publication we all love to hate for knowing the good shit when they hear it. Their review of Kutiman, the self-titled debut from said funk-soul brother, is a well-deserved accolade for a freshman effort. This is ...
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02.08.08Prolyphic and Reanimator Survive Another Winter, Kickin It With Sage Francis, Alias and B. DolanStrange Famous records knows how to turn out the hip hop that makes heads bounce, and this jam that just ended up in ye olde inbox has us excited for the newest record from Prolyphic & Reanimator, due out this spring from Strange Famous. While the album is not titled yet, we were thinking this song is dope enough to call it something like Dolemishi vs. The Dank Robots, but you know...respect to P & R. We lets them do the thinking around here, we just tells y'all when the track is on fire. Check out the ...
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07.19.07Loudersoft Loves DJ Day | What Planet What Channel What Station? Afrika From The Zulu NationI get all settled down and figure I've gotten all the world of music sorted and figured out. I look around and I see that not only do I not have this shit sorted and figured, the expansive reach of influence has touched people I know nothing about and moved them to create, recreate and infiltrate in ways I never knew they could. Take the light of DJ Day for an example. Here's a cat from Palm Springs, California who has been digging, crating, upgrading and restating funk and soul grooves for a hot while now and ...
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