Onra – Chinoiseries Pt. 3
Almost 10 years have passed since Onra arrived with the charmingly eccentric Chinoiseries LP. 32 Hip-Hop beats formed the sample-based project – dusty Chinese vinyl hissing and crackling throughout –...
View ArticleBirocratic – Beets 4
Birocratic’s new album Beets 4 (available on 3/20) is the wanderlust of the mind. It serves a special purpose – to make you feel great about your day and the life that’s ahead of you. Travel as you...
View ArticleDerlee & Daily Bread – Divided Souls
Derlee and Daily Bread‘s hip-hop smash beat album –Divided Souls – is on FIRE. Just when I was about to bust out my MPC I hear this and I kindly put my MPC back. This is too good to pass up. I’m...
View Articlebsd.u – Pook
The prolific and mysterious bsd.u from Vancouver Island follows up his highly acclaimed “lighter” tape on Inner Ocean with 21 brand new lofi gems on his new record “pook”! This release delivers every...
View ArticleKeor Meteor – Thursnight
Keor Meteor is a beat-making veteran. Since we last featured his music (Widespread Irregularity), he’s gone onto release 16 albums. This dude is putting in a lot of work. Thursnight is a continuation...
View ArticleVanilla – Moonlight
UK’s Vanilla released Moonlight in January and I’m total heaven right now. ‘Moonlight’ is the follow up to 2015’s ‘Origin,’ and it features a great selection of instrumentals inspired by funk, jazz,...
View ArticleMndsgn – Body Wash
Body Wash is MNDSGN’s second album for Stones Throw, a full set of realized songs that were only hinted at on Yawn Zen. Influences here include the likes of early SOLAR records material, Leon Sylvers...
View ArticleTall Black Guy – Let’s Take A Trip
Hip hop producer Tall Black Guy specializes in a mellow and layered sample-based sound that seems to place equal emphasis on atmosphere and musicality. Inspired by DJ Premier, Madlib, Questlove, and...
View ArticleBugseed – E.S.T.
The homie Bugseed is one of the global kings of hip hop beat-making. He fuses the streets, the sounds, and the imagination in E.S.T. Just close your eyes and imagine what it’s like to live in Tokyo!
View ArticleThe Alchemist – Rapper’s Best Friend 4: An Instrumental Series
The Alchemist needs no introduction. But Rapper’s Best Friend 4 features the TERRY (Action Bronson) instrumental. You know him for his work with Evidence, Action Bronson, Fashawn, and Mobb Deep.
View ArticleSango – De Mim, Pra Você
Sango has changed the way we listen to hip-hop. De Mim, Pra Você is no exception. Pushing the limits of cultural experience and adopting a new sonic perspective, #DMPV exhilirates and rejuvenates the...
View ArticleChillhop Records presents Chillhop Essentials: Spring 2017
Spring hasn’t felt this great until you listen to Chillhop Records’ Chillhop Essentials Spring 2017 collection. With 20 Instrumental Hip Hop tracks of style varying from Funky and Jazzy tunes to Lofi...
View ArticleHector Plimmer – Sunshine
Born and raised in South London, Hector Plimmer, a designer, producer and DJ, has been making some considerable waves over the past year. Following up an appearance on the most recent Gilles Peterson...
View ArticleBaaskat – Flickshots & Quickscopes
Belgian hip hop producer Baaskat’s Flickshots & Quickscopes, released under Chillhop Records, brings that creative lava flow of sounds that’ll get your heart burning with strong desire to...
View ArticleCult Classic Records Presents…
One of the freshest collections of music to come together under one album. Cult Classic does not disappoint with their Presents…album. Too many good tracks to name, but I’ve bumping this for a week. A...
View ArticleThe Last Skeptik – How Not To Make a Living (Instrumentals)
The Last Skeptik’s How Not To Make a Living was released in 2012 as a collaboration. And then the instrumental was released. To me, this album is timeless. The beats are just right!
View ArticleFreddie Joachim – Trouvaille
Mellow Orange Music frontman Freddie Joachim has this unique way of creating music. In a way his music is poetic – albeit you need words for it to be a poem. Trouvaille is sonically poetic. Just close...
View ArticleMecca:83 – Roam
ROAM is a collaborative project between Mecca:83 and Joel VDK that started in 2011 when Joel created some artwork for Mecca’s Monday Jazz “Calls to Trane.” The artwork resonated so much that they...
View ArticleMillennium Jazz Music – The Big Payback Vol. 2: Standing Order
Millennium Jazz and Beat Co-Op placed a $100K Standing Order for the The Big Payback Vol. 2 is the follow up to Down Payment. Millennium Jazz gives you your $$$’s worth. They are strictly business,...
View ArticleEevee – seeds
Eevee’s Seeds album is a tribute to overcoming life’s obstacles to find happiness and inspiration through music. This album was produced during a transformational times in Eevee’s life – her father...
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