Entry for the B.Dolan/Epic Beard Men remix competition.
Additional remix and production by Dead Kousin.
I wanted to create a mix that mirrored both the simmering aggression of B’s refrain ’let ‘em drown’ and the claustrophobic, dark, slightly surreal and skittish mood of the lyrics; influenced by Footwork and Grime

Man Overboard [dk Stands Up Mix] master.wav

RHYME FEST Mixtape vol. 3 by DJ LALA

1. Intro - Dj Lala
2. Bigger Than Hip Hop - Dead Prez
3. Two Different Worlds - Epic Beard Men (Sage Francis & B. Dolan)
4. Heavyweights Round 4 - Project Blowed (Aceyalone, Busdriver, Ellay Khule, J Smoov, K-Bar, Ko Ko, Medusa, Mikah 9, Neb Luv, Nga Fish, P.E.A.C.E., Riddlore?, Self Jupiter, Suga BJ, Trensetta, Volume 10, Zulu Butterfly Priest) 
5. The Legendary Reverie - Reverie
6. Lucy - Chino XL
7. Troubled Water - Blu & Exile
8. Point Of No Return - Immortal Technique
9. Breathe - Wildchild, Dj Romes ft. Guilty Simpson, The Soulyghost
10. Double Trouble (Third World Mix) - Mad Lion ft. KRS-One
11. Circuit City - The Shape Shifters
12. Because - The Grouch & Eligh
13. Till The Smoke Clears - Destruct ft. Medusa
14. Breukelen “Brooklyn” - Masta Ace & Marco Polo ft. Smif ’n’ Wessun
15. Word Up - Akil The MC ft. “Wordsworth”
16. Love Seeds - Flor
17. Little By Little - The Chicharones
18. Deep Cover 3- Coyote
19. Alphabetical Algorithm - A-F-R-O
20. Raw Heat - Percee P ft. Quasimodo
21. Worst Comes To Worst - Dilated Peoples
22. Running (Philippians Remix) - The Pharcyde
23. 93 ’Til Infinity - Souls Of Mischief

Rhyme Fest LA Mixtape vol. 3

Rhyme Fest Mixtape Vol. 3 by Dj Lala

FREE DOWNLOAD: A guitar-driven reworking of the Sage Francis classic "Crack Pipes" created by Steven from Apocrepha Records!

PLUS: on Friday, 7/7/23, a BRAND NEW repress of Sage's debut "Personal Journals" dropped at http://StrangeFamous.com! This 2xLP Vinyl edition (with full-size 12-inch 16-page lyric + photo booklet) will feature a new wax color (1 opaque white LP + 1 opaque Maroon LP) selected by Sage, and will come autographed by the man himself! This pressing is limited to 500 copies & is exclusive to the Strange Famous webstore.

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"CRACK PIPES (Apocrepha Version)" - Sage Francis

"Let 'Em Know" is a primer track for those getting up out of their next corner, ready for the next battle. Spitty The Sequel takes the every day stresses and turns them into fuel for the push forward. What makes this single shine most is the realization within the lyrics that, no matter what, it's us that has to pull ourselves out of our toughest situations, and that is worth all of the celebration. This Track Was Produced by Prod.Id, which will lead up to the upcoming album, There Is Only One God.

There Is Only One God

Let Em Know

As Above So Below             

As Above So Below (Unmixed)

Dj Lala is a female dj from California, USA that has been making a lot of noise, with music and fashion, all across the country. Dj Lala comes from a musically inclined family, born and raised in Orange County, California. Her work has been published in the OC Weekly Newspaper, and making history as the first female Dj to make the front cover story. Dj Lala is fundamentally a west coast California girl whose career has been vastly growing touring throughout the U.S. and internationally with female Los Angeles rapper Reverie, and known first for the female dj to an infamous pimp, west coast legend Suga Free. You can find Dj Lala mainly spinning on her own accord, and for others, as she is well sought after. She has been on festivals and stages like Paid Dues, SXSW, Royal Arena, Hip Hop Kemp, to opening up for artists like The Beatnuts and being on stage dj’ing for Suga Free, Snoop Dogg and the Dog Pound Gang, Too Short, and Inspectah Deck of the Wutang Klan; just to name a few. Dj LaLa is not only involved in the dj’ing world, but she is also a host and radio dj for Downtown Hell Radio, resident dj for Rhyme Festival in Los Angeles, and a fashion mogul, modeling for a luxurious jewelry line by Ebony, winner of Fashion Week jewelry line in LA and Las Vegas. With a documentary feature length film soon to premiere showcasing her life and career; as well as touring, modeling, breaking with her crew Battle Holex Crew, and recording. It is easy to see that Dj Lala will soon become a huge part of Hip Hop history in this day in era. 
Dj Lala is now working on a new mixtape series Record Waves that captivates the sounds of new uprising artists from all over the globe with no limitations to genres, time frames, languages, or categories, just GOOD music. Her mixtape is soon to drop this December 2018...follow DJ LALA

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Interested in music as a uniting force - a language that words can't speak.
Looking for collaborators, remixers, fixers and glitchers...

Sometime remixer and producer for Vic Ryder, Ghetto Grade (TA), Warriors from the East (TA), Lewcock, Jive Poetic (NY), The James Thorn Band (and lyric writer), Pete the Temp, Tamara Parsons-Baker, Inflatable Buddha and Armitage Skanks/Woody. 

Been in numerous bands including - Storm Machines, tRIANGLEkULT, sERVER pUNK and Endlesss Fm’s TRACK CLUB.

Dead Kousin studied a BA (hons) in Music Composition (Manchester Met. '97-'00) and under one of Massive Attack/Sabres of Paradise's sound Engineers at Weston College of Music.
Nearly three decades of composition and production/engineering experience.
MC back in the day with DJ Hardware (also performed with DJ Hype, Dr S. Gachet etc.)

Spent a year in Tanzania working with a youth empowerment project and ran a music club with the students. Some of our recordings are on the Umoja Muziki Club page. 

Tunes that stretch the mind and the ear

Check out -
Aphex Twin, Autechre, Clark, Squarepusher, Boards of Canada, Fourtet / Fridge, Amon Tobin, Two Lone Swordsmen, Wauvenfold, Bomb the Bass, Orbital, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Disposable Heroes of Hip-Hoprisy, ColdCut, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Cassette Boy, Thom Yorke, 310, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Cage, Eduardo Polonio, Sixtoo, Sole, Alias, CloudDead, Sage Francis, B.Dolan, Jeru the Damaja, BrainTax, Bonobo, Hint, Quantic, Jeff Mills, Plastikman / Richie Hawtin, Eat Static, Si Begg, Ganja Kru, Rufige Kru, Soldiers of Midian, The Bug, Benga, Dom and Roland, Future Sounds of London, Slikback, Talvin Singh, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tabla Beat Science, Tinariwen, Etran Finitawa, Manu Chau, King Tubby, Scientist, NailBomb, Sepultura, Nirvana, Metallica, Therapy?, Machines of Loving Grace, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Herbie Hancock, BBC Radiophonic Workshop,  Musique Concrete, Rephlex, Warp, MoWax, Ninja Tune, Nyege Nyege Tapes...

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