High PfileD F-lows

Another joint from the archives, produced by one of my favorite producers ODDISEE! This is a joint that I spit with my brother Big Daddy Kane. This was not some email Collab, this joint was me & Kane in the lab building a pattern and doing it the way we used to do it back in the days. Salute Emcees. 

The Fires Gettin High Feat. Bumpy Knuckles & Big Daddy Kane Prod. By Oddisee

🚨 UNHINGED & UNREAD – OUT NOW 🚨
The final boss of petty anthems just dropped and hell came with it.
Stream / add / tattoo the link (all platforms live):
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If he ever played you, lied to you, or simply existed wrong…
this is your villain origin story on repeat.
Rules for the next 48 hours:
Use the sound
Strike the match (or lighter) on the silence
Tag him if you’re brave, block him if you’re smart
Watch him panic in real time
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#MatchStrikeChallenge
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Fans of East Coast rap stalwarts Sadat X and El Da Sensei have been anticipating something collaborative from the duo known as XL for several years, and it’s finally come to fruition today with the first hint of their group titled release, a non-album standout in "We Must Stand."

If the soul-sampling production here sounds at all familiar, that’s because it’s handled by none other 9th Wonder. The North Carolina producer laced these two living legends with pure, neck-snapping fire that they use to kick knowledge about their worldwide travels, staying independent in a shady industry, and simply keepin’ it movin’. And you better stick around for the final verse, where the two MCs trade bars before giving way to Belgian turntablist, DJ Iron’s track-closing cuts.

If “We Must Stand” has you craving more from these two, don’t sleep on their most recent solo ventures, Sadat’s Never Left LP and El’s Try Again EP. As for XL, the album is coming soon on AVX Records/Empire Distribution. You can hear “We Must Stand” via the link below.

Twitter:
• Sadat X: https://twitter.com/sadatx
• El Da Sensei: https://twitter.com/eldasensei
• 9th Wonder: https://twitter.com/9thwonder

XL (Sadat X & El Da Sensei) - "We Must Stand" (prod. by 9th Wonder)

Taken from the DITC Studio album available soon as a Deluxe Edition x2CD including instrumental versions direct from D.I.T.C. online. SEE BELOW & FOLLOW FOR UPDATES!

Follow DITC Studios and Slice Of Spice for more updates on the music dropping this year and where to purchase the Vinyl and other formats. TAKEN FROM THE 'DITC STUDIOS' ALBUM COMING THIS SPRING!

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D.I.T.C. STUDIOS • ROCK SHYT • FEAT FAT JOE , LORD FINESSE & DIAMOND D (PROD. BY SUPA UGLY)

R.I.P Phife Dawg,
Legendary off the top freestyle, never heard before from back in 1999. with Wildchild & Madlib.

Phife Dawg freestyle legendary off the top Throwback 99 - Westwood

We are very proud to bring you the highly anticipated album 'Worship The Sun' from Bristol based producer, singer and rapper, Jevon Ives.

Support:
@JevonIves
www.facebook.com/jevon.ives

@bozanna-evans

Jevon Ives - Writings On The Wall (featuring Bozanna Evans)

you gotta love Talib Kweli plus adding Black Thought and Rah Digga to the track what else do you need you can buy the track on itunes

Talib Kweli Ft. Black Thought & Rah Digga - Art Imitates Life

PENPALS & Friends, Vol 1: Postcards from Home is a collection of tunes, with all proceeds going to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a community nonprofit organisation that pays criminal bail and immigration bond for those who cannot afford it...

https://pen-pals.bandcamp.com/album/postcards-from-home

Postcards from Home

Dusty Ohms - Boss Level (PENPALS & Friends Vol. 1)

Formation

Over three years in the making, ZIK ZAK is an African musical odyssey, featuring some of the freshest talent from nine countries on the mother continent. Tying this remarkable range of artists together are German production team ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, weaving the vocal talents of the African singers into their distinctive “Boom Dub” sound. Drawing on Hip Hop, Dancehall, Roots Reggae, Bass Music, Soul, Electronica and Breakbeat, the production incorporates live instruments and musical influences from all over Africa and its diaspora. 

The concept behind all these tracks is ZIK ZAK (“Zig-Zag” in English), mapping out each artist’s life of tragedy and success, in a context of global inequality and ruthless capitalism. This album responds to the urgent need to understand the daily struggle for survival by creative artists and musicians from the global south. Each artist gives a unique voice to their rocky way through the contemporary African landscape, revealing a new perspective from a different city, country, religion, and ideology. This is ZIK ZAK.

It's easy to forget how much harder it is for artists and musicians to survive away from the relative comfort of the richer parts of the world. In Africa, employment levels are shockingly low and the welfare state non-existent, so that most artists live in a state of constant precariousness, with nothing to fall back on when the music industry fails to pay. Yet the mainstream African music industry constantly feeds us a capitalist wet dream, with fantastical images of artists living a “bling-bling” lifestyle of fast cars, swimming pools and supermodels with inflated chests. The artists featured on ZIK ZAK have all rejected this preposterous mythology, instead bringing us real messages from their everyday lives, demonstrating more talent, creativity and authenticity in a single album, than in a lifetime of over-produced, commercial music videos.

In ZIK ZAK, particular focus is on the intense and vibrant scene in Uganda, where local, mutant forms of Afrobeats and Dancehall have evolved away from the more familiar, globalized products of Nigeria and Jamaica. ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS established a base and partnership with local studio East African Records, allowing them to dig deep in the wells of talent in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. Elsewhere, they established friendships and musical relationships with enlightened artists as far afield as Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Togo, Guinea and Senegal, in many cases meeting the artists in person. DOGU, the DJ of ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, toured East Africa twice with artists on the album, spreading the gospel of ZIK ZAK across festivals, clubs and bars in the region. Even in their hometown of Cologne, the production team engage with diaspora artists, recording the percussion for ZIK ZAK with the African drummers and percussionists of DOGU´s party series Family Affairs Cologne – Afro Urban Club Session. 

The ZIK ZAK project has provided these underground African artists an opportunity to reach a new worldwide audience, building on the success of ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS. 

For the ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, this new album is an important project both musically and ideologically. In their own words: “With ZIK ZAK, we want to give a platform to young talents from Africa that are too good to ignore – they must be heard internationally. Africa is our motherland too, in the end. Civilization comes from Africa and that´s where rhythm comes from. After too many years of slavery and exploitation of the African countries, it is time to shine light on the great talent of Mother Africa.”

ZIK ZAK

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Ziinga Zanram Feat. Art Melody

Do It To The Beat Feat. Blessed San

Wan Aken Feat. Brazen Rule

Moz Militant Feat. Blaze 5th

Experimentation was key in the creation of this track. Melancholic harmonies get reconstructed in a beautifully tortured fashion, showcasing the phantasmagorical aspect
of the Void vermin LP. This release comes with a remix from melodic maestro Purfakt. 

Production and mastering by Poztman 
Artwork by @daturahex
Additional typography by Poztman
Remix by @purfakt

Continuous Eyes

Our first tape of 2021 is a vivid showcase from @Titustwelve. 
A dozen signature tracks ranging from turntable curiosities, to hammering dub sagas, and far out hip hop interpretations.
This collection of works reflects Titus' many forms that have shaped his distinctive sound over the years.

Bonus track only on the cassette...

Out now on limited cassette & digital download

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SWITCHSTANCE RECORDINGS 
Quality music for advanced listeners!

"Switchstance" is taken from the culture of boardsports, meaning the skill used to change the stance (easily) by switching one's foot position. The stance in freestyle Snowboarding or Skateboarding, is either riding in "regular" (left foot forward) or "goofy" (right foot forward) position. This identifies a really skilled rider and opens up a whole new world of trick combinations.

The label's creed and therefore the style of its producers and DJs is to have ultimate freedom, whether in their musical movements or in "switching" between various styles. The aim of the label is to combine early musical influences such as Funk, Jazz, Latin, 90´s Hip Hop and Reggae with the most progressive techniques of electronic music production in order to create a new dynamic sound that pays respect to the diverse cultures it comes from. It is the soundtrack of the lives of artists that dedicate their time and energy to produce cutting-edge grooves for a conscious and openminded generation.

Inspired by the label members' and friends' lifestyles in music, boardsports, arts and travels; the sound of Switchstance is always in motion and reflects a unique vision and attitude towards modern life. 

Ziinga Zanram Feat. Art Melody

Switchstance Recordings

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