Los Angeles MC Anacron has just dropped the follow up to his 2009 Facelift remix project, Facelift 2: Artofficial Attributes. Miles beyond the typical hip-hop "mixtape," Anacron employs his talents as a producer, instrumentalist, rapper, and singer to morph 12 previously crafted tunes into completely evolved (and revolved) interpretations.
My friend Pistol Pete is a good drummer. I did some rapping while he did some drumming. Please hit the subscribe button up there and remember to follow me on twitter pals @intuitionraps
FOE, Karma, and Yonnas Abraham are BLKHRTS, three of Denver, Colorado's finest hip hop artist with flows as smooth as onyx stone and a sound that is way before its time. Combining a gothic ethos with loud, futuristic production, the BLKHRTS free EP, BLK S BTFL, is a moody body of work that will have your head nodding and heart pumping with intrigue.
With this release, the Denver trio has unabashedly pushed the envelope of what hip hop should sound like. This is an experiment gone right and if you open up your ears long enough, even you might find that BLK is BTFL too. Peace to @KidHum and his rave reviews.
Diamond District MC X.O. (aka Uptown X.O.) just released his 11 minute EPK. According to Oddisee, X.O.'s new album Monumental 2 will drop in March of this year. If you haven't had the chance to peep X.O.'s solo stuff, head over to his Bandcamp page where you can download his One. One. Ten. (2010) and Monumental (2009) projects free of charge.
A little late on these, but I always enjoy watching video interviews with my favorite artists. The video up above is with Pound Magazine. Pound talks to Black about the equipment he got his start on, his pursuit of his music dreams while working dead end jobs, and snatching drums from Dilla.
The interview on the flip side is with OKPlayer where Milk discusses Dilla's influence, Detroit, and directs his live band for the cameras.
I don't post much indie rock on here, but I came across this band while doing some stuff for the other site. Good stuff out of Detroit.
Fronted by pianist Jeremy Freer and supported by a classical collective made up of violinist Sara Myers, cellist Kaylan Mitchell, bassist Ashton Hopkins, and drummer Jax Phillips, The Juliets are the new pride of Detroit and the emerging Michigan music scene.
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After being formed in late 2008, The Juliets began to construct classically influenced pop songs over bottles of red wine. Within the fermented grapes they found truth in sound and began to lay down their debut self titled album. The debut, which was released in February of 2010, is one of the indie pop genre's most slept on albums of the year; a flawless unveiling full of infectious melodies, masterfully designed compositions, and sublime strings. A true masterpiece that is tragically unknown.
What makes The Juliets' self titled album an even more powerful piece of work is its ability to cover every human emotion cohesively. From sweet and hopeful to glum and forlorn; from confident and full of pride to fearful and disgraced; from a place of love to a house of hate-- The Juliets make schizophrenia sound both beautiful and persistent, making the mad houses contained in our brains erupt in joy as the record spins and spins.
What The Juliets have accomplished in their first outing as a band is triumphant. Their gallant and flourishing ornamentations go unmatched throughout the industry and soon enough their brave explorations in sound will be lauded and these baroques with backbone will be adored.
Following the 2010 two-part EP Daylight/Nightlight, IMAKEMADBEATS is getting ready to drop his debut solo album, self titled IMAKEMADBEATS, with the release of the album's first leak "I Bet." Co-produced with Greg Barbone, the track sees Brooklynite Von Pea of Tanya Morgan, Toronto's own J Freedome, and Xodus on the vocals, giving a soulful laid back introduction to first time listeners and a hint as to what fans can expect from IMMB's new album. The producer, who splits his time between Orlando and his current hometown Memphis, knew exactly what he wanted this song to encompass once the beat was made and so brought together these particular MCs to make it happen, "I wanted Von Pea on the song because I love his laid-back carefree style," says IMMB of his goal for the track, noting that he "thought it would mesh perfectly with fellow Doxsideartist J Freedome's approach."
To coincide with the release of IMMB's album, Doxside Music Group are launching a stickering contest, giving fans a chance to get involved in the IMAKEMADBEATS movement. With prizing and special limited-edition giveaways to be awarded for the most creative, funny and daring tags, fans have added incentive to get involved and can find out more info by visiting imakemadbeats.com
This is why I love Open Mike Eagle. Here is the new video for Pissy Transmissions, the Pavement laced track from Mike's 2010 album, Unapologetic Art Rap. Support an innovator on iTunes!
In 2009, a Boston, Massachusetts based trio sent over their SomeShytWeDid EPand I immediately saw potential. Made up of two MCs, JuneLyfe and A. Spendacash, and one producer, Rah Intelligence, Retrospek collectively represent raw, boom bap rooted hip hop with an eclectic and modern edge.
Recently, Retrospek released another free EP entitled Boom Bap and Beyond. It went under the radar in the blogosphere, but the trio were kind enough to remind me of its late December release so I could post it up.
Here is the free download to the EP below, as well as two of my favorite tracks to get you better acquainted with the group and commit to a download. Happy belated Christmas and New Year from Retrospek?
Here is some new ridin' music from the Killeen, Texas hip hop duo Crew54 (MOS & G-Christ), as they cruise over a smooth beat from The Doppelgangaz producer E.P. The free download below contains the dirty, clean, instrumental, and acapella version of the track.
Here is a new track from Los Angeles MC Himself (of Netherworlds fame) off of his forthcoming album, Feel Like a Star, featuring guest vocals from one of my favorite Living Legends, Scarub.
San Diego hip hop producer Insightful has just dropped a gem on us. His new album, The Flowers in My Mind, is a 28-track instrumental album full of pure electronic enlightenment that slowly scales buildings built of binary code, blows through gardens of fiber optic flowers, and swirls through the back of your eyelids like blessings from Buddha.
Smooth, sleak, and surreal-- this is what 2011 should sound like.
For our final 2010 post, WhiskeyTeeth.com & SteadyBloggin.com wanted to bring you 100 of the most underrated and overlooked independent hip hop recordings that dropped in 2010. There is a mixture of the experienced and the unknown within the collection, but the common ground they share is that they are all tracks that flew under the radar, didn't get a fair shake in the blogosphere, or were great songs that didn't get the props they deserved from fans and critics alike.
The 100 songs are split up into a four part download due to the 600+ MB size of the folder. Here is a list of the artists featured in the folders (Most of it is in alphabetical order):
aDaD & Exile, Aleon Craft, Atmosphere, Basic Vocab, Black EL, Black Milk, Blu, BMB (aka Spacekid), Celph Titled, Ceschi, Chuuwee, Cloudy October, Count Bass D, Debilorithmicos, Dela, Descry, Danny Brown, Dom Kennedy, Dr. Oop & Rogue Venom, Droop-E, ESQ, Earl Sweatshirt, Erik L & 7even:Thirty, Erik L & Illingsworth, Fashawn, Fel Sweetenberg, Freddie Joachim, Fresh Daily, Front Porch Poets, Gonjasufi, Incise, Intuition, Jermiside, JR & PH7, John Robinson, Junk Science, Kokayi, KON, KVBeats, Little Brother, MadKem, MaGr, Mally & The Sundance Kid, Maxilla Blue, MellowHype, Panacea, Poetic Republic, Quincy Vidal, Qwel & Maker, Raedawn & Main, Roq'y Tyraid, Miedlev, Moe Pope, Nemo Achida, Nocando, Nottz, Open Mike Eagle, Othello, Outasight, P.SO, Kenn Starr, Oddisee, MED, Random, Rugz D Bewler, Soul Professa & Roc C, Statik Selektah Sene, 7even Thirty, Shad, Shawn Jackson, Strong Arm Steady, Thaione Davis, The Burnerz, The Grouch, The Gent$, The NewOld, Truthlive, Finale, Ras Kass, 8thw1, Tyler the Creator, Von Pea, Writtenhouse, Young Gully, Zion I, and SkuFL.
These are posts from the old WhiskeyTeeth.com website. You can find open download links from all types of independent hip hop artists, as well as videos, mix tapes, free albums, and more.
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