Of Process and Progression

Make It Like This

Breathe Deep

Grand Groove Radio-January 07 2022-You Can't Stop The Rain

LATE SHIFT Session: 023 - Track list:
1. AMINDI - CYCLOPS
2. TOBI - SHE LOVES ME
3. JAZ KARIS - SIDE OF YOU
4. FANA HUES -LAY UP
5. WORLD KEEPS TURNING
6. A DREAM FEAT PAT JUNIOR
7. LAZARUS LYNCH - IN MY WORLD
8. KALLITECHNIS - COLO(U)RS
9. RAVYN LENAE - SPICY
10. HEAVEN ON EARTH (FEAT KWAYE)
11. GWEN - YOURS
12. PLANET GIZA - BRK FROM NRML (FT MICK JENKINS)
13. I THINK THAT I LOVE YOU (FEAT ROMDERFUL)
14. LIKE I WANT YOU - GIVEON (JUN TANAKA EDIT)
15. ANTHINY KING - DEVOTION (FT DRE CHARLES & GWEN BUNN)
16. CYANCA - FUTURE MYSTERY FT JAGUAR SUMMER
17. NAI PALM -CROSSFIRE/SO INTO YOU

LATE SHIFT Sessions: 023 - Two Hands

Buzz

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E.Jones - Rooftop Summer
Sy Smith - All The Ways
14kt ft Muhsinah - The Power Of Same (Tall Black Guy Remix)
Misha ft BeMyFiasco, Evil Needle - Your Body
Jaszy Shavers ft Grimm Lynn - Love Me
Pastels ft Jessica Domingo , Relyae - Could’ve Been U (remix)
Ledisi ft Kenny Lattimore - Perfect Stranger
Sam Will ft Kofi Stone, Jake Milliner - Sweet Distraction
Hiatus Kaiyote - Everything’s Beautiful
MoonChild -The List
Blue Lab Beats ft Farah Audhali & Amber Navran - Wait Awhile
Eric Roberson - You
Terrace Martin & Alex Isley - Honey
YOÙN ft Sango,Wax Roof - Playlist
Victoria Monét - Stop (Askin’ Me 4Shyt)
Xavier Omär & Sango ft Billy Mercury - Keeping Me
KAYTRANADA ft Rochelle Jordan - Lover/Friend
Paul Grant ft Brayla - U
Destin Conrad - WAR!
Ye Ali ft DCMBR, Lyfe Harris & Bleulilbaby - Playerz Prayer
Keyon Harrold ft Malaya - Don’t Lie
Jeymes Samuel ft D’Angelo & Jay Z - I Want You Forever
Amber Navran - Small Hours
Ariel J - Glow88
Rhymefest ft Brittney Carter & Rell Suma - Creator
Black Milk ft Brandon Myster - Act Like
Ovrkast - Story
Bas Ft J.Cole - Paper Cuts
Poetik Force ft Funk Logik & MIKEVVULF - Pathways
Moruf - Alakazam
Madeintyo ft 24hrs - Save Yours
Genesis7 ft SB - So In Love With You (spring mix)
Foggieraw - Destiny
Charlie Smarts Ft Dj III Digitz, Brianorchestra - Leaders Of The New School (SNDTRAK remix)
Rapsody & Hit-Boy - Asteroids
Pat Junior ft Brittney Carter - Flagrant
Little Brother - Wish Me Well
Marv Won Ft Freeway - Roc Nation Brunch
Aroomfullofmirrors - My Road
DeAngelo Xavier ft Millatank - Draymond
DELOREAN ft Eddie Coke - Hustle
Benny The Butcher ft Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine & Rick Hyde - Griselda Express
Jay Worthy ft LNDN DRGS, Domo Genesis - Real Original
Larry June & Cardo Ft 2 Chainz - Ocean Cuisine
Phat Kat - Microphone Master
Slum Village ft Common - Thelonious
Owbeequity - Big Man
The Cashmere Collective , Dj Spinz & J.Soul - Soul Jazz
Yaahn Hunter jr. - Chill House Vibes
Rmb justize - Motion
CARRTOONS Ft Bad Snacks - Sparkle
The Other Guys - I Love The Vibes
9th Wonder - ComeOnHomeSoul!!!
E.Jones - Big Plate Keyshia
Dj Spinz & The Cashmere Collective - Chill, Relax
J Dilla - Everytime
D-strict - Soulquarians

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d'angelo - back to the future [joints! remix]

*Satch Flipped It* Track List

chills - ohbliv
Grlsneedlove_ - knxwledge
Differents - Awhlee
Wayifeel_ - knxwledge
Why tf you ain’t eat it cold - Ted Kamai
Lonely - el.
Belarus - Freegame Vic
Alexus - Koncept Jackson
Free the People - Freegame Vic
1971 - nos
dirty_mill - ShunGu
Damn - nali
Free - MadeinLunden
20 Inch Blades - Domsta
AI - 614Ase
Suprstar_ - Usher
One_two_ - Peter Clinton
dontthnkuvit[glitch] - T3_
Broncos - Lil Xelly
Vegeta - Lil Xelly
theotherknxwusup - knxwledge 
allkash - knxwledge

Ascension Radio Episode 105

All Back To: Nightmares on Wax

Fear of a Flat Planet (Mixed) [feat. LayFullStop]

On their third full-length release, Potatohead People widen the frame of their progressive musical vision and deliver a far-reaching yet approachable set of moods and grooves.

Mellow Fantasy continues to showcase the trademark instrumental prowess of the duo and their ease with the loose but hard-hitting drum style brought to the fore by Jay Dee’s influential productions, but goes well beyond basic boom bap bread and butter, with singer-centered R&B and uptempo bumps sharing the stage. 

Beginning in 2008 as a Vancouver-based hip-hop production team, Potatohead People (Nick Wisdom and AstroLogical) have collaborated with a fantasy league of MCs, including Frank Nitt of Frank’n’Dank (the 2013 breakout jam “Back To My Shit”), Illa J (producing an entire album for J. Dilla’s younger brother) and the late Phife Dawg (the beloved A Tribe Called Quest co-founder’s last recorded verse was over one of their beats).  

Setting them apart from other Dilla-influenced beatmakers is the way they push the scope of the style, working the corners with their own unique touch. At its most basic, “the goal has always been making really dope loops,” they explain. By using slices of their own rough instrumental ideas, finding “a chord progression or texture that you can hear again and again and never question it,” they’ve taken this fundamental concept and elevated it to new levels of melodic, harmonically complex music.

A jazz-like responsiveness to the input of collaborators is a key component of how the team works. “We like to get the artist involved when the beat is an early idea, and build the beat around the vocals, getting inspired by what they do.” 

On Mellow Fantasy, they had some impressive inspiration. Pos from De La Soul immediately connected with “Baby Got Work,” a sophisticated slap that went through several iterations before settling into its ultimate form. Appropriately, the song’s diligent construction echoes the ethic of the grind in the clear-eyed, precisely dovetailed lyrics fans have come to expect from the Daisy Age don. “Baby Got Work” is the album’s lead single, hitting on 9/25/20.

Befitting Potatohead People’s origins as a hip-hop group, cameos from Illa J and Slum Village’s T3 on the summertime teaser “What It Feels Like” and Vancouver veteran Moka Only (the sassy, vanity take-down “Ungodly”) add to the unimpeachable rap bonafides. 

The hometown connections continue with Lotusland local Kapok slinging verses on a couple tracks and rising stars Kendra Dias and Clear Mortifee, who stake serious claims as names to watch with standout vocal turns on the low-slung neo-soul “Break Even” and the upcoming second single “Hidden Levels,” a high-flying house/future boogie hybrid. Following up their successful 2019 collabo “Single Life,” Bunnie makes her return to action with the group on “Kettle Boiling.” Ranging further, Reggie B, who broke on the scene with his lead on Onra’s “High Hopes,” shines on the optimistic bounce of “Bring The World A Little Closer.”

Threaded throughout are interlude instrumentals that comfortably manage the neat trick of being musically intriguing while retaining an accessible, gut-level thump. Look no further than the statement-making, Yussef Kamaal-like funk fusion album opener “1st Light” and their nod to overlooked Vancity synth pioneer Dale Jacobs (“Ode To Mr. Jacobs”) for clues to where Nick and Astro’s hearts are at.

Mellow Fantasy, released 10/30/20 on Bastard Jazz and available on vinyl and all digital platforms, is Potatohead People’s most evolved collection yet, rooted in earthy low end but elevated, expansive and reaching new musical heights.

Mellow Fantasy

Potatohead People - 1st Light

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