Video: IDEO - c60 Redux Music Player

c60 Redux from IDEO on Vimeo.

The c60 music player from IDEO’s Boston office. The team brought to life a concept from Martin Bone and Kara Johnson’s book, I Miss My Pencil, that brings physicality back to the experience of listening to music.

I dont know how to circumvent with this informations, but is this the future? I cant imagine to listen to music that way, we still diggin vynil*s and love the process behind, the sound the flaws and the way how to get *em. I dont want to score ideas like the c60 Redux music player, but it is still out of my imagination. At least the technical development in 2010 is impressive and i hope we will have Beam-Machines in some years.

solo

Audio: Label Love - Label Love Vol. 2 // Sampler // Download

Label Love is an eclectic yet unified bundle of unique sounds compiled simply for the love of sharing them with the universe - each track plucked and presented by label heads from Melting Pot, Ninja Tune, One-Handed , Plug Research, Tru Thoughts and Ubiquity. Each label evokes its own signature swagger giving this collection a diversified and interesting flow of genres. Label Love consists of nostalgic classics, fresh unreleased gems and other dope, exclusive selections with the goal of expanding minds to new styles, vibrations and colors.

This compilation made my day, A Label Sampler with some of the freshest prodcuers and musicians im addicted too. This is also compiled by the freshest Label*s you can digg these days, MPM, Ninjatune, Plugresearch, Onehanded-music, Tru-Thoughts and Ubiquityrecords. The Artist*s list is candy, Paul White, Full Crate, Ahu and Hidden Orchestra only to mention some names. Label Love Vol.2 exceeds your imagination of good music unified on 1 comp..Thx 2 the usual suspects.

solo

Check the complete album after the jump

Audio: Mr. Brady – Get Choze Featuring Blu And Diamond D // Mp3

Nice one right here. Producer Mr. Brady has a real good album out called Labor Of Love with tons of interesting features on very good beats. To be honest in the record store days I would have never picked this one up due to the fact that is has such an ugly ass cover. Check out the album here.
I remembered TE had some old Diamond D pictures on their site so this is the perfect time to share them. Shouts to DGI.

jimmy

Video: Maffew Ragazino - Whatever You Call 'Em (Produced by Jaisu and Directed by AJayD)

You know why this is getting a post, right? Coz Jaisu is going to be on the next R.O.L. Beat Compilation Vol.2!
Crazy beat and a very good rapper. What more can you ask for?

jimmy

Audio:Georgia Anne Muldrow - fOnkRocker // VWETO // MP3

Download: Georgia Anne Muldrow - fOnkRocker

The eclectically talented Georgia Anne Muldrow released her latest project, VWETO – the album title means "gravity" in Swahili – exclusively on iTunes today with the worldwide release, both physical and digital, to follow on January 25, 2011. The album is a tour-de-force when it comes to musical exploration taking on influences from "fOnkrock" and HipHop and runs the gambit all the way down to Piano Space. Innovative and avant-garde, Muldrow's new album is a breath of fresh air as the songstress and producer continues to push musical boundaries.

solo

Video: Wiz Khalifa - The Statement

This is fashionably late. Like half a year late and almost 3 million plays later. So I guess you all know it, huh? Wiz Khalifa is an artist I like, but I hate most the songs!? There is always something that throws me off... sometimes the beat, sometimes the hook....but there was one song that I just couldn`t stop listening to.
And now I find this video by accident and it was the only other song that stayed on my drive after downloading this.
What does a song like this do? It makes me roll one up and make a beat.
See ya.

jimmy

Audio: Fokis - Where Were You Featuring CHI-ILL And Cons // Mp3

Pretty nice track and video in our inbox. I sometimes think we had enough soul samples in hiphop over the years. Well listening to this, you think it`s never going to be enough, right? Produced by James Moore.
Grown man rap.


Download the mp3 here.

jimmy

Audio: Jaisu - Straight Out The MPC // Beat Tape

Link:  Jaisu - Straight Out The MPC

'Straight Out The MPC' is a collection of 30 beats produced by Jaisu between 2007 - 2010.


During this time Jaisu's series of beat tape videos at www.youtube.com/ab0181 accumulated 270,000 views. Commentators' demand for a download has reached breaking point and now here it is; start the helicoptas!

Finally its here, the Jaisu "Straight Out The MPC" Beat Tape, after a bunch of youtube videos and the preiview some days ago. Dude serves dope, soulful sample-based beats straight outta MPC. If you like what you hear, purchase the album for 5 pounds via bandcamp.

solo

Audio: Probe Dms – Lil Mama feat 2Face (A-Butta and L-Swift of Natural Elements) // Mp3

Lil Mama Feat 2face by probedms

If you don`t know about Natural Elements go and look em up. Sometimes I wish I would have been at that age living in New York City at the time when they were on Rawkus.
Well, my memories from that time are seeing Ono and Savas on stage in Berlin... they used to call themselves Basic Elements. Good times.
Via GG.

jimmy

Audio: Oh No vs Percee P - Praise // MP3

Download: Oh No vs Percee P - Praise MP3

Stones Throw:
Stones Throw Twitter exclusive: Oh No vs. Percee P "Praise" MP3

solo

Audio: Frenk & Stine - Awaken Frenk&Stine EP 3/3 // BeatTape

Frenk & Stine is back with the release of the third EP of the "Awaken Frenk & Stine" series. We took a slightly more ominous direction with this one, but as always we made sure the beats knocked. These projects have consistently represented a pursuit in being honest with our craft and expression, while exploring new possibilities and getting out of our comfort zone as musicians. This latest EP was recorded over a three week period immediately following the release of EP 2/3.

This is the latest and final Part of the Frenk & Stine Awaken Beat EP Series. Shoutout to Solo & Jimmy who posted the other parts before.
Checkout: Frenk & Stine Promo Video | Bandcamp

Swag.Fou

Audio: Stik Figa - From The Top (Prod. By Oddisee) // EP

I don`t know why we missed this when this came out ten days ago... uh, I know we were busy as hell, but the good guys over at PHIMB always keep a hiphop nerd updated.
These 5 songs come in form of a 20 track EP. Yeah that`s right, they provide you with the dirty and clean versions, accapellas and instrumentals... for free. So get busy and remix or rap to this.
Next thing you know they have pdf files with the lyrics so you can rhyme along and the cover comes in form of colouring booklet to keep your kids busy while you rap along listening to the clean version (of course).
By the way this is as dope as you thought it would be.

jimmy

Audio: Evidence vs. The Beatles - I Don`t Need Love // EP

Let The Beat Flip

“As many of you know my intention was to release a track for you on my birthday. Somewhere between the files being sent to get mixed and mastered and sent back to me the entire project was leaked. I don’t know how the files were obtained but at this point there isn’t anything I can do to control the spread of the project so please enjoy it in it’s entirety.”

This is nice. Dangermouse kicking of his whole career by dropping the grey album comes to my mind, but at first I was thinking some unknown producer picked a couple of Evidence accapellas to go along with some old Beatles records he found in his uncles closet. These fan projects are usually terrible to listen to. Thank god it`s Ev himself.
By the way, play this to your elders and watch their faces go: uuhhgh.
Hard knockin ish with features by Oh No, Rakaa and Fashawn.

DOWNLOAD

jimmy

Video: Jaisu - Straight out the MPC // Trailer

Nice Jaisu trailer for the upcoming "Straight out the MPC" Beat Tape, dropping 14.dec.

solo

Audio: Jon Phonics - Run For Cover / A.M. // Mp3s

But just before Chakra Sounds brings you a limited edition, 250 screen printed, hand numbered 7inch at the end of January early February.
You get a freebie from Mr Phonics
Everyone loves a freebie and Jon loves everyone (well nearly) so it equals 2 mp3’s of stank funk and a video just for you to download.
This is another limb from the Jon Phonics frankenstien body of sound following on from crafting some of the best soundscapes for hip-hop emcees in UK and US.

Uh whee! This is indeed funky. Dance the snow away... ladies? Say whuut?
Jon Phonics was featured on our last Beat Tape and will hopefully (Inshallah) be on Vol.2 aswell. Right, Jon?

jimmy