I remember going to P.A. Palace in Capitol Plaza Mall as a teenager and, in addition to whatever new Backyard tape that dropped, picking up all the new “NY shit.” DJ Clue, DJ Absolut, Cutmaster C, etc.–I bought it all. Sometime in the mid-90s Hip-Hop became enamored with the mafia and all of those tapes were inundated with beats all seemingly based on The Godfather Waltz. Read the rest of this entry »

Say what you say but even though I’ve lost track of the days, Brown Bag Season has been consistently well worth listening & attention. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Jesse H.

Anybody who has experienced the actual BQE knows how upsetting, frustrating and inconvenient it can be. Fortunately, the Brown Bag AllStars’ “Brooklyn Queens Expressway” is none of these things.

Producer Marink supplies a nicely cut up piano riff and sprinkles it with a matching flute loop. But if the beat is the concrete, the group is the crafty drivers Read the rest of this entry »

The AllStars link up with DJ Skizz, from the legendary NYC Radio Show: The Halftime Show, for a throwback track. Paying homage to the sound of the early 90′s with DJ Skizz on the smoothed out beat.

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Download — Brown Bag AllStars – “Live From the Nine”

When these cats actually miss putting out a dope song for their Brown Bag Season, I’ll assume hell will have frozen over. Produced by DJ Dyllemma along with cuts by DeeJay Element

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Download — Brown Bag AllStars – “Got It All”

Previously Posted — Brown Bag AllStars – “Dumbin’ Out”

My enthusiasm may not come across in mere words but these kids are killin’ it. I won’t keep repeating all the praises for what they’re managing to do, which is basically be that one crew that sends me an entertaining song every day. Never “monumental,” but always good.

This morning it’s “Dumbin’ Out,” produced Read the rest of this entry »

Having no concrete idea of who the Brown Bag All-Stars (Audible Doctor, J57, KONCEPT, Soul Khan, DJ GOO Punch, E Holla, Deejay Element) aside from the fact that they’re doing daily installments called “Brown Bag Season” and they keep Read the rest of this entry »

Soul Khan x KONCEPT (of the Brown Bag AllStars) x Homeboy Sandman & 8thW1 (of the AOK Collective). In other words, a whole bunch of cowboy names that may not immediately register in your brain. But since it hit the inbox & I liked it, I’m sharing. You are now learned.

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Download — Soul Khan Feat. KONCEPT, Homeboy Sandman, & 8thW1 — “Knuckle Puck” (Prod. by J57)