Just as temperatures go below freezing for the first time this winter, here in the Midwest, Chuck Inglish decides to rub in the fact his job can be done from damn place he deems fit, with this new instrumental tape named WRKING. Read the rest of this entry »

Damn, today’s shaping up to be a good day. We’ve already seen a rare Andre 3000 verse, Skyzoo’s The Great Debater is on its way later in the day and flying in under-the-radar in the early hours of this morning, we have a 14KT beat tape. And not just any beat tape. This is the 14KillaTape. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been making my way through The Wire one Netflix disc at a time over the last few weeks.  I’m stunned at how much I’ve forgotten, as this is my first revisit to the streets of Baltimore since my initial run through years ago. While everyone remembers Clay Davis or Stringer’s final demise, the series bursts with moments of greatness. The basketball game between Eastside and Westside. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m sure I went on the record at one point of time, saying how 6th Sense was my favorite producer of the moment. No, he’s not rivaling a Dre or a Premo because that takes years of fine-tuning but whenever you see “Prod. By 6th Sense,” you know you’re in for a quality recording. Read the rest of this entry »

Smokers, stoners and aspiring MCs you can know exhale (and inhale) in all your Zig-Zag glory. As promised, Kleph Dollaz takes a page from his archives, stuffs it with his brand of audible treats and rolls it up in a fat…zip file for you to get lifted too. It’s the Kleph Notes Vol. 1, and instrumental LP of the finest breed–and it’s probably the only uncontrolled substance that won’t get you issued a citation.

So, you know what you must do. Read the rest of this entry »

Warbled Spider-Man theme music. Japanese Jidaigeki flick tidbits. Distortion, static and boom-bap living together in perfect harmony. A diverse (if not offsetting) musical palette is necessary to complete a sharp witted, lyrical bonanza and in the Wu-Tang Clan’s strongest year as a collective, that’s exactly was summoned for Genius b.k.a. GZA’s career highlight, Liquid Swords. Read the rest of this entry »

Flipping through the pages of Hip-Hop’s handbook, there seems to be nothing prohibiting a producer from releasing a mixtape. With this in mind, Don Cannon protege and one fifth of the group Surf Club, Chase N. Cashe, recently liberated “LOVEnd”, a compilation of instrumentals all from the mind of L.A. resident by way of Nawlins. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s Friday, snitches! That means I’m sharing, but straight cuttin’ and pastin’ the pertinent info (and the extra mustard intended to entice you to download a musical composition) because I don’t want to be working anymore than you do. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Jesse H.

I’ve mentioned my fondness over this album before, particularly the musicality that Pete Rock brought to the project. So you can imagine my delight when this little goodie popped up in the inbox. Read the rest of this entry »

The polar opposite directions that DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will “The Fresh Prince” Smith’s careers have gone is a perfect parallel to the state of Hip-Hop music this millennium. While the vocal half of the duo has gone on to become one of Hollywood’s elite, with money that would make even Kanye humble himself, the Philly-born producer who held down sampling duties has stayed quiet in his later years on the mainstream level, much like the majority of DJ’s and producers of yesteryear who he was peers with. Read the rest of this entry »

Instrumentals from one of Bucktown’s beloved duos, Tek & Steele of Smif-N-Wessun. Today’s feature presentation is comprised of Beatminerz’s productions. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Landon A.

I can remember being 10 and getting down to “Rosa Parks” at the roller rink, gripping a bag of black cherry Warheads in my left hand with a suicide in my right. We all know how we feel about these two records. Whether you were in high school and ATLiens capped off your ride to school everyday or you just discovered Aquemini while digging through a friends records, point is most folks can remember where they were when they heard just one of the gems from either of these albums. Read the rest of this entry »

In this capacity as blogger & archiver with more than adequate hard drive space, I’ve managed to do two things: hoard a lot of music…and get tired of hearing motherfuckers talk/sing/rap over said music. Read the rest of this entry »