Notes & Tones

Liquid Diamonds

Mr Bop - While Waiting For Halloween 10.0

Featuring Maari, Bo Blakk, Fly Deff, VVS Verbal, Jarv, Landon Wordswell, Thurston Howl III, BrainOrchestra,Killah Takz, Wetz Maad

Ya Tu Sabe Cypher

Ahhhh yeah and we're back baby - 

First release of the new season is a corker. Extremely hard to find 12" outta New Jersey by Ikee produced by the legendary Culture Freedom from Poor Righteous Teachers. 

Heads will KNOW how hard this one is to find. Last one to go on Discogs went for 160gbp and it sounded like crap!! Lol. Heavy Heavy rarity here fellas. Straight reissue as there were no other joints available. Here's what Culture said to me:


"I met Ikee in the city of Trenton, New Jersey in 1984, where we both grew up and lived. He was the cousin of one of our first DJs [DJ Divine]. Over a decade later I bumped into him and he was a fully fledged MC so we decided to record. I helped Ikee and his good friend KJ start their own label, “Upshot Records” and produced the EP for them".

And btw, contrary to popular belief [see Discogs] this dropped in 1997 and not 1995.


Big shout to Simon Pehlgrim for the request. Hope yr feelin better dude.


And we're back to the old Herring steez for a cycle or 2.  

There are 125 copies on Green Transparent Wax
And 225 copies on trad Black Vinyl.


No white labels this season.


Tracks:

A1 Sky's Da Limit
A2 Sky's Da Limit (Instrumental)

B1 Rock On
B2 Rock On (Instrumental)
B3 Life & Love


All tracks produced by Culture Freedom [Poor Righteous Teachers]



This is a pre order and ships Mid August

Ikee  - Sky's Da Limit/Rock On 12" Chopped Herring Recs SNIPPETS

Back in August I had the privilege of opening up for The Alchemist & Boldy James at Pumpehuset in Copenhagen with a vinyl-mix of 32 slow and gritty underground hiphop tracks setting the mood for the sold out show. A lot of people have been asking for the mix or a playlist of it, so I have re-recorded the mix at home as soon as I had time. I hope you like the mix as much as the audience did live :) 

Tracklist:
- Crack$øn - Hallelujah (prod. Bigges)
- The Musalini - Bad Guy (prod. Clypto)
- Rubba - Way Star
- CRIMEAPPLE - Popshit (prod. Buck Dudley)
- UFO Fev & Termanology - Villains feat. Styles P (prod. Termanology)
- Klever Skemes & Willie The Kid - Vino (prod. Klever Skemes
- Dave East & Harry Fraud - 60 For The Lawyer (prod. Harry Fraud)
- SPNDA & Grubby Pawz - The Spiral (prod. Grubby Pawz)
- Lord Shango - Walk Softly
- Daniel Son & Finn - Foreign Chauffeur (prod. Finn)
- Ghostface Killah - Done It Again (prod. Big Ghost LTD)
- Eto & Nicholas Craven - Vendetta (prod. Nicholas Craven) 
- Spanish Ran feat. Al-Doe - Pain (prod. Spanish Ran)
- Stove God Cooks - John $tarks (prod. Roc Marciano)
- SUBSTANCE810 - Tactical Motifs (prod. Chuck Chan)
- Klever Skemes & Willie The Kid - Prefer the Dough (prod. Klever Skemes)
- Shatter Hands - 92 Selena Remix feat. Felix De Luca (prod. Shatter Hands)
- CRIMEAPPLE & DJ Skizz - Penthouse Suite (prod. DJ Skizz)
- Your Old Droog - RST feat. MF Doom & Mach-Hommy (prod. V Don)
- Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Because (prod. Danger Mouse)
- Hus Kingpin - Milliseconds (prod. Swab)
- Hus Kingpin - Rio State of Mind (M.W.P. Remix) (prod. M.W.P.)
- Phyba & Giallo Point - Wasabi (prod. Giallo Point) 
- Sofa T feat Khal Allan - Fluesvamp (prod. Sofa T)
- Evidence - Pardon Me (prod. Animoss)
- Daniel Son & Giallo Point - For The Culture (prod. Giallo Point)
- CRIMEAPPLE & DJ Skizz - Wet Dirt (prod. DJ Skizz)
- Keis Khatib - Blåt Lys (prod. Keis Khatib)
- V Don, Willie The Kid & eto - Appalachian Meeting (prod. V Don)
- Toxis - Intox (prod. Toxværd & Isbjerg)
- Christophe - Je Sais Que C'est L'ete
- Rome Streetz - Wickedest Ting feat. Daniel Son (prod. Farma Beats)

The Alchemist & Boldy James Warm Up Vinyl Live-Mix (re-recorded)

https://foundation-media.ffm.to/yeayall

First single taken off the Spectac & Amiri "Beautiful Soul" album (LP/digital), out 12/13/24 on Ill Adrenaline Records.

The lead single from "Beautiful Soul", titled "Yeah Y’all", features their long-time friend and collaborator DJ Shakim, who adds his signature blend of scratches and cuts over Amiri’s dreamy instrumental. Spectac's effortless flow shines with lines like, "…me and Amiri not the greatest but close enough, a stone throws away from a J-Dilla donut…"

Buy/stream single

Spectac & Amiri feat. DJ Shakim "Yea Y'all"

A fun freestyle track that was recored in one take. I will start releasing singles like these as part of a series where I record the full track in one take. 

Soul (One Take)

SmooVth - Catastrophe [prod. Doktor Rheal]

Travel Instrumentals

This is an Intro (Instrumental)

Unsolved Mysteries

Sinister and thrilling themes 
accompanied by vocal skits, cinematic beats and breaks,
all wrapped in fine and intense atmospheres 

Cover art by 
Napoleon S.

Unsolved Mysteries Mixtape // Dust Masta Hiss

80 Blocks Instrumentals

No Uniform

Started in 2001 by then-Manchester-based DJ Chubby Grooves aka Pro Celebrity Golf. Only 1 release a year for the first 3 years of the label's existence culminated in 2004 with the epic cut-n-paste mix Three Sinister Syllables. Since then label owner and artist Pro Celebrity Golf has been acting in more of an A&R capacity excavating lost 90's Hip Hop material [as well as brand new DOPENESS] and releasing it for the first time on vinyl in limited quantities. 

Their website keeps you fully up to date with all Herring news and projects, go peep it to cop the latest pre-order release.

www.choppedherringrecords.com

Ikee - Sky's Da Limit/Rock On 12" Chopped Herring Recs SNIPPETS

Chopped Herring Records