Jake One is a producer that harkens back to earlier days before multi-millionaire, beatmakers took over Hip-Hop. Not known for a signature sound or a fancy mixtape series, Jake One possesses a keen sense of what beats MCs will sound great over. The Seattle native drives this point home over 22 tracks with a diverse group of artists on his album, White Van Music. Read the rest of this entry »

For you aspiring rappers or those of you looking for silent music to pair with your time @ the gym, here’s a collection of instrumentals by Premo. Tracklisting & link after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

Found this one while lurking around OKP. It & this unheard of Dre mixtape (seen via Spine) will have to do until Detox, which by all accounts should be releasing…finally. Link & tracklisting after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

With the holiday weekend, yesterday felt like Monday. The good news is, since we got that feeling out the way, Monday isn’t shaping up to be that bad of a day. But that Law & Order SVU marathon had me cemented to the couch for real & feeling undoubtedly lazy as a result.

Anyways, today’s listening material shall be The War Report. Read the rest of this entry »

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DJ Premier – Instrumental Collection (4 CDS)