I'm gonna go old skool, and buy this album.

Get Down

EpaR Featuring Vince Staples

Cartagena

Bathtubs Full Of Veuve

Conway the Machine x Gym Beam - Time Clock Wars

Souls of Mischief - There Is Only Now Feat. Snoop Dogg

Сітком [Maze]

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/smoke-face-player/1748017564

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DMYXpZfAGO12bJgDnTEND?si=yPM3FxewTVujJLR5A5uY6A

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCmjfqlbqSaXid3uqACMvG9w?si=JlmioW_wInhtMhDk

3Peat

J-Zone Announces New Solo Album “Fish-n-Grits”

“Fish-n-Grits” Will Be Released On 4-1-2016

J-Zone, the self-proclaimed “jack of all trades, master of zero,” may be familiar to you for any one of his six lives: Indie hip-hop’s class clown; an off-kilter producer with his own identifiable style; a frustrated music business casualty who penned a nervy memoir about the life of the working class musician (Root For The Villain); a tongue-in-cheek, encyclopedic music journalist; a late-blooming drummer with a knack for channeling the spirit of classic break beats or a DJ with a deep love for funk 45s.  

On his seventh solo album (and twelfth overall), Fish-n-Grits, J-Zone visits all the stops of an artistic and musical journey that spans well over two decades. Comprised of both limited edition 7” vinyl-only releases (dating back to 2014) and all new material, Fish-n-Grits is equal parts vocal and instrumental. The New York native uses his rap time to pick fights with the delusional state of the music industry, gentrification, the good and bad of nostalgia, police brutality, political correctness and hip-hop’s generational conflicts, but never without his signature brands of humor and sarcasm intact.

As a student of samplers, drummer, multi-instrumentalist and collector of archaic studio gear, Zone was able to chef Fish-n-Grits into his most sonically versatile album to date.  A stew of dirty, funky live drumming, bizarre samples, pulsating percussion and menacing bass that stretches in vibe from a circa 1969 funk instrumental to a twisted, analog interpretation of trap music, Fish-n-Grits has moments inspired by just about everyone. The Meters, Prince Paul, The Incredible Bongo Band, Project Pat, Public Enemy, George Clinton, Kool Keith, Bernard Purdie and Suga Free have all obviously carved out space in Zone’s music library, but the sound remains his own.

J-Zone’s zany alter egos (Chief Chinchilla and Swagmaster Bacon) also get booth time, as do long time collaborators Al-Shid, Prince Paul and Has-Lo. Serving as a bridge between Zone’s 2013 comeback offering (Peter Pan Syndrome) and a forthcoming group project with Prince Paul and Sacha Jenkins (SuperBlack), Fish-n-Grits captures his development as an artist and musician, with occasional nods to the past. 

In the meantime, J-Zone can be found laying down drum tracks (Danger Mouse, Marco Polo, Stretch & Bobbito Documentary, Fresh Dressed, his own drum break series), throwing down live funk 45 sets, repping SuperBlack, making the occasional beat and interviewing unsung drummers for Red Bull Music Academy. 

Today, J-Zone premiered the first single, “Go To Back To Sellin’ Weed,” from Fish-n-Grits with Okayplayer and its quintessential Zone.  “Its 2016, you still looking for a deal, you gotta eat, so do craftsmen who do this shit for real.” With an assist from Prince Paul, Zone paints a vivid picture of the industry and instructs those who are making a mockery of the music to take your Soundcloud down and go back to hand-to-hands.

For More Information:

https://twitter.com/jzonedonttweet
https://www.facebook.com/jzone101/
http://www.govillaingo.com/
https://j-zone.bandcamp.com/


Fish-n-Grits

J-Zone "Go Back To Sellin' Weed"

Out now ☛ smarturl.it/86witness

Available in a limited magenta/black swirl vinyl, CD with bonus content, and various merch bundles as a dual-label release via Coalmine Records and Duck Down Music. The album also includes additional guest features from Rock, Quelle Chris, Illa Ghee, Elucid, Caste, Zilla Rocca, Reef the Lost Cauze, DJ Revolution and more.

86 Witness

Word To Mother

Word To Mother feat. DJ Revolution

06-sean price-tko (feat. l.e.g.a.c.y)

THE LEAKS SERIES IS A FREE DOWNLOAD ALBUM THAT I DO PERIODICALLY FOR THE FANS, DJ AND ALL AROUND HIP HOP HEAD. JUST SOME JOINTS THAT DJ CHANIN FINDS THAT I VIBE TO AND CARVE OUT THE PATH. THAT'S WHY IT FREE. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. SALUTE TO ALL OF THE PRODUCERS. THANKS FOR THE FIRE. #CYBERDIGGIN #PoPDuKe

5. IF I QUIT

Keith Murray - This That Shit (Remix)

Produced by: T Money
Mixed by: Tyler Halkett 

T Money feat. Big Trevor - Bonkers

Download "Chum" now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/chum

Chum

Fall In Love (Flying Lotus Remix)
Original beat by J Dilla
Mixed by: Tyler Halkett

Souls of Mischief - There Is Only Now Feat. Snoop Dogg

Linear Labs

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