Announcement & Free Mix: Get Familiar With RacecaR

The good people over at Philaflava and the infamous TROY Blog's sister site SteadyBloggin' have invited me over to contribute to their neck of the woods. I've always been a huge fan of their forums and both blogs, so it was really dope to get an invitation! So, along with daily WhiskeyTeeth posts and Potholesinmyblog album reviews, prepare yourself for a few SteadyBloggin' treats as we coast into 2011.

My "jesus christ you took it too far" introductory post was a nod to one of my favorite sleeper MCs in RacecaR. Check out the first edition of Get Familiar With... and download the mix. 

And If you haven't already, I'd highly recommend bookmarking both SteadyBloggin' and TROY (which has just returned from a makeover) so you can beef up the iPods.

Thanks for reading WhiskeyTeeth and be sure to spread the music!

-RM

Track List

1. What’s This Mug’s Name? (Modill- Outtakes & C-Sides)

2. Gloss (Modill- Outtakes & C-Sides)

3. Step (Modill- Self Titled)

4. It’s Time (Modill- Midnight Green)

5. Bigger Cents (Modill- Midnight Green)

6. Music (Modill- Midnight Green)

7. Devil’s Hand ft. RacecaR & Sarah G (Debilorithmicos)

8. High Energy (Modill- Midnight Green)

9. Shudder the Earth (Modill- Outtakes & C-Sides)

10. Moves ft. Truth Enola and Thaione Davis (Modill- Midnight Green)

11. Juxtapose (Modill- Outtakes & C-Sides)

Download: SteadyBloggin' Presents...Get Familiar With: RacecaR

Free Album: Langston Bukowski (RacecaR & Apoc)- Down & Out in Chicago and Los Angeles

A few months ago I was singing the praises of Chicago MC RacecaR; an incredibly slept on talent that some might know as 1/2 of Modill alongside producer K-Kruz. Since his Debilorithmicos feature, I made it a point to keep in contact with him and all his musical endeavors, a connection that quickly paid off when this dope record hit my inbox-- RacecaR and Apoc's (better known as Langston Bukowski) collaboration album, Down & Out in Chicago and Los Angeles.

Featuring production from Earmint, Rel, and K-Kruz, RacecaR and Apoc trade vicious verses over a riot of electro spiked foundations. This is quite a different sound environment for RacecaR, who usually has his feet propped up on K-Kruz' dusty jazz clouds, but the dude was blessed with one of those Black Thought flows that sounds good over any type of sample or instrument. 

Peep two of my favorite tracks from the free album below and continue to get yourself affiliated with Modill & RacecaR by downloading it in full and checking the other tracks I tossed up. If you like what you hear, the full PHYSICAL version of the album (along with the 320 kbps digital version) is available to purchase for the gracious and meager price of 5 bones. Cough it up!

Sidenote: Apoc didn't get much love in this post, but it's only because he's about to get his own ode above in a few minutes. Stay tuned.

Download: Langston Bukowski- Dead Soldiers

Download: Langston Bukowski- Riot Music

Download Album: Langston Bukowski (RacecaR & Apoc)- Down & Out in Chicago and Los Angeles

Download: Modill- Music

Download: Debilorithmicos- Devils Hand ft. Racecar & Sarah G

More info from Apoc on the album + the old "Langston Bukowski" video from The Ritz featuring RacecaR on the flip side.





Racecar and I have known each other for quite some time now. Over the years, we’ve performed together, toured together and recorded a number of songs together. One of these songs, Langston Bukowski, appeared on The Ritz album The Night of Day in 2008. It spoke to the dichotomy between an urge for social change, and a tendency towards an almost nihilistic abuse of alcohol and other substances that we both felt was present in our lyrics. The song garnered such a positive response from fans, that we eventually made a video for it and began work on an entire album together as Langston Bukowski. This album is the result of those efforts. As reflected in the title, the songs were written and recorded in between tours in the cities of Chicago and Los Angeles, the respective homes of Racecar and I during those years. We recruited a handful of our friends to help us with the project including producers Earmint, Rel of The Ritz and Racecar’s partner in Modill, K-Kruz, who also recorded, mixed and mastered the album. We all hope you have as much fun listening to these songs as we had making them.

MP3 Download: Debilorithmicos- Devils Hand ft. Racecar & Sarah G + Kidkanevil- ZoOoOoOp!!! ft. Oddisee

Jesus christ I love digi-diggin'.

With the help of youtube's 'related' sidebar, I found a 2010 mix tape series from Jus' Like Music Records featuring various electronica, dubstep, new-soul, and hip hop artists from around the globe. Oscillations Part 2 has a lot of music that I'm not too familiar with (dubstep especially), but I loved the variety, genre mashing, and I especially loved the tracks that had two of my favorite artists adding a pinch of hip hop to the pot.

I'm pretty sure a lot of the people coming to this website are already familiar with Oddisee. As one of the faces of the new DMV movement, O's been KILLIN' the competition with his seasonal instrumental series, numerous guest features, production credits, and work with Diamond District. One could compare his recent odyssey to internet super stardom to Blu's climb above the heavens, because much like Blu, the man seems to be in seven different places at one time.

The one MC that you might not be familiar with is Chicago rapper, Racecar. As you can clearly hear on 'Devils Hand', Racecar's buttery flow is polished and refined; his vocals smooth and serpent-like with enough bite to sting your senses. If you like what you hear on this record then I would highly recommend checking out his material with K-Kruz as Modill. Their 2006 debut album, Midnight Green, still gets play from me to this very day. All you backpacks-full-of-jazz cats will love what you hear. That's a guarantee.

Here are the two tracks from the compilation album that you can download here (Vol. 1 is also available for a free download). I also added a Modill cut for those not familiar.

Download: Debilorithmicos- Devils Hand ft. Racecar & Sarah G
Download: Kidkanevil- ZoOoOoOp!!! ft. Oddisee
Download: Modill- Music