DOWNLOAD: Groove Theory - "Tell Me" [Jansport J Remix]
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Mr. Peter Parker Presents: Ice Cube - "No Sleep Til Compton"
A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE WEST!!
DOWNLOAD: Mr. Peter Parker Presents: Ice Cube - "No Sleep Til Compton"
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Jabee & aDDLib - Black Cotton (Mixtape)
I have to say this is one of my favorite mixtapes that's out right now. The Duo hailing out of Oklahoma but the fire to the mic and gave the fans a good listening. The production is crazy as well! Soul samples, hard kicks and snares followed by dope lyric! don't sleep!
DOWNLOAD: Jabee & aDDLib - Black Cotton (Mixtape)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Stones Throw X Intelligentia Coffee
The collab to end all collabs
A few months ago an email came to us asking, "hey, do you guys like coffee?"
In what seemed like moments after the obvious reply, “yes,” a box arrived containing several bags of Intelligentsia's finest, freshly roasted & Burr-ground.* They were labeled Stones Throw Blend, Quasimoto Blend, Madlib Blend and Peanut Butter Wolf Blend.
Madlib got a bag of espresso, and not long afterwards finished 15 new beat tapes. Coincidence? You be the judge. Needless to say a friendship was formed.
Intelligentsia is like the Stones Throw of coffee roasters. They do their homework, deal directly with their farmers (bettering hundreds of lives in the process of getting those Arabica beans to their Chicago and East L.A. Roasting facilities), and churn out seasonal blends and single-estate offerings like we hock 7s and CDs. They even have a single-estate espresso. That’s the coffee equivalent of compiling Bruce Haack’s vocoder work onto one CD. (We’re doing that next.)
At Stones Throw's show in Chicago on April 30, and a few other locations on the tour, we'll have a few bags of Intelligentsia's custom-made Stones Throw House Blend. Want some? Check out the merch table. Buy something. Ask about the coffee. We'll see what's up.
*That's the way they grind it, yo. - Stonesthrow.com
www.intelligentsiacoffee.com
VIDEO: Marco Polo & Torae Interview Masta Ace (Double Barrel Tuesday )
Marco Polo & Torae discuss their 'HOLD UP' track featuring Masta Ace & Sean Price off the Double Barrel album in stores June 2nd
Monday, April 27, 2009
Lee Fields & The Expressions - "Ladies"
Courtesy of our friends atTruth & Soul ...
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Ladies (MP3)
From the album My World, dropping June 2
Lee Fields is a bona-fide, 100%, unadulterated, pure, gut-bucket soul singer. His "legendary" status owes to his undeniably solid series of rare 7" singles (and one LP) recorded and released on his own independent labels in the 70s. Madlib recently jacked his “Flim Flam” drums for the TV on the Radio remix he produced. Now, the New York label/production team Truth & Soul currently in the studio with Aloe Blacc are ready to bring him to light with a brand new album of beat-heavy, deep soul ballads that will show soul-revivalists the world over what real soul is.
Recorded over four years, Lee Fields & The Expressions have successfully created a unique and personal sound that can hold court with the bands they set out to emulate. However, what they’ve created in the process goes beyond just a carbon copy of a sweet soul music from the 60's and early 70's. The formula has remained the same but the style has been adapted for the ears of youngsters whose experiences with soul began with Amy, not Al, Otis and Marvin. Thirty years of retrospection has colored this cross-generational melding of the minds. It sounds odd on paper, but the results are classic: hip hop-reared record collectors come full circle to produce an album of beautiful soul music with one of the progenitors who made it all possible. - Stonesthrow.com
LISTEN: Lee Fields & The Expressions - "Ladies"
www.truthandsoulrecords.com/leefields
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