Hip Hop Vibes

Kooley High - Float On

Phife Dawg - Dear Dilla

<a href=http://on.fb.me/1en2LAi>Free download here!</a>

Story behind the throwback release:

"I met REKS in 2007 in kind of the same way I met Moe Pope. My homie DJ ON&ON, who I was working with at the time, had a radio show on JAMN 94.5 called The Launchpad. There was a section of the show entitled “The Launchpad Cypher” which featured 3-4 Boston area MC’s paired with 1 producer. He did this every week for about 18 weeks and at the end, released all of them on a mixtape (which can be found online if you look hard enough). I ended up producing 4 of those weeks and developed a lot of relationships with some of the best in The Bean.

REKS and I maintained a friendship and continue working together to this day. This song is a sequel to the original “Rapanomics”, which featured Torae & Slaine, produced by Statik Selektah off of the “In Between The Lines” mixtape. “Rapanomics 2″ features Termanology & Sha Stimuli and is featured on the “In Between The Lines 2″ mixtape (I think I have a few joints on there). Big ups to REKS for showing me a lot of love. He’s definitely opened a lot of doors for me. Listen and enjoy y’all"

For Week 4 of The throwback Rain Check Monday Series, in association with @ProducersUnited and @The-Brain-Trust we are dropping a track with REKS/Termanology "Rapanomics 2". Find the <a href=http://theproducersunited.com/2014/04/28/rain-check-monday-week-4-reks-ft-termanology-sha-stimuli-rapanomics-2/>article here</a>

REKS says "Now let that beat rain". Salute to @rekingsupreme: Mass legend

FREE DOWNLOAD

REKS - Rapanomics 2 Ft. Termanology & Sha Stimuli (Prod. By Rain)

Off of the Tab-One project "The Tabloids"  

This Way feat. Median

Charlie Smarts - Postcard Feat. Tab One

Track from Tab-One's project The Tabloids

Vc Insd My Hd

From the New Project "Lucid.Ghxsts"
Free Stream here.  http://www.audiomack.com/album/rozewood/lucidghxsts

#THEWINNERS

I Ryhme Ill (J-Dilla Tribute)

A tape I made five years ago after the passing over radical peoples historian Howard Zinn. Here are my liner notes from 2010: 

Just as many of us djs and producers look up to those who work and look outside the box, I believe in looking outside the so-called box when thinking about history, politics and society in general. So did legendary historian and author Howard Zinn, who sadly passed just a little over a month ago. His book “Peoples History of the United States” was his attempt to tell history from voices and viewpoints often shut out of history text books. I found it inspiring, as well as his belief that “neutrality” was basically bullshit; that if you are silent, you are siding with the status quo. In his words, “you can’t be neutral on a moving train.”

So this tape is a bit of an experiment – originally I was going to just do an instrumental tape of some my favorite beats, especially records often forgotten or overlooked. But I felt it needed something more, and so I dropped in some tidbits from various interviews with Zinn, who I believe was often overlooked himself. For someone whose book has sold well over a million copies worldwide, and who has been a commentator, activist and author for several decades, his passing drew very little attention in the media. Columnist Bob Herbert summed it up best, writing “His death this week at the age of 87 was a loss that should have drawn much more attention from a press corps that spends an inordinate amount of its time obsessing idiotically over the likes of Tiger Woods and John Edwards.”

The records I pulled for this mix come from a variety of producers, and I tried to keep it obscure but dope, lots of underground 12inches that I feel are often forgotten. I’ve included a tracklisting of the producers below, in order.

The excerpts of / about Howard Zinn are from Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, and Prison Radio with Mumia Abu-Jamal.

RIP Howard Zinn.

– DJ Ian Head

Tracklisting:
1. exile
2. dj vadim
3. hi-tek
4. attica blues
5. kankick
6. portishead
7. asheru
8. no i.d.
9. madlib
10. da beatminerz
11. chief xcel

Subscribe on iTunes

Zinnstrumentals Vol. 1 (2010 Mixtape)

Produced by Young RJ and features the legendary Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest off our upcoming album titled "Yes"

Slum Village will release their new album, YES!, on 6-16-2015 and will also be headed out on tour (tour dates are listed below). 
 
Yes! features guest appearances and production from De La Soul, Jon Connor, Phife, Dilla, Black Milk, BJ The Chicago Kid, Bilal, Illa J & J Ivy. 

Official Tracklisting & Credits for Slum Village’s YES!:
 
1.) “Intro” (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla)
2.) “Fantastic/Love Is” f/ Bilal & Illa J (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla)
3.) “Tear It Down” f/ Jon Connor (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a.  J Dilla)
4.) “Expressive” f/ BJ The Chicago Kid & Illa J (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla and Young RJ)
5.) “Push It Along” f/ Phife Dawg (produced by Young RJ)
6.) “Windows” f/ J Ivy (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a J Dilla)
7.) “Yes Yes” (Remix) (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla & Young RJ)
8.)  “Right Back” f/ De La Soul (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla & Young RJ)
9.)  “We On The Go!!” f/ Black Milk & Frank Nitt (produced by Black Milk)
10.)  “Too Much” f/ Keely (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla & Young RJ)
11.) “Where We Come From” (produced by Young RJ)
12.) “What We Have” f/  Kam Corvet & Illa J (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla)

Tour Dates

July 3 Corsica France

July 4 Ericeira Portugal

July 5 Den Haag, The Netherlands 

August 8 Leicester, UK 

August 9 Croatia Soundwave festival 

August 10 London, UK

Push It Along Feat Phife Dawg

eMC 'The Tonite Show' is available for preorder. Check out the three instant grat tracks.

Fly Thoughts Featuring Pearl Gates – Produced by Kic Beats

Brand new track with Sav Killz feat Gold Chain General Planet Asia, All Elements newest MC Frank Knight and Reggae sensation King Marvey X

Sav Killz feat. Planet Asia, Frank Knight and King Marvey X - Goin In prod. by Vokab

Smif-n-Wessun Freestyle

Magestik Legend of The Black Opera just dropped a new solo LP titled “Legend Has It” which features a couple tracks produced by The Audible Doctor. Check out the Audible Doctor produced tracks below and make sure you cop the full LP.

Magestik Legend "Legend Has It": https://theblackopera.bandcamp.com/album/legend-has-it

Download/Buy

Magestik Legend "TBO Is DEAD" Ft Jamall Bufford & Obie Iyoha (Prod. By Audible Doctor)

The lesser known / played original version of this '95 banger. The LP version is what most people tend to prefer, but I like this more laid back beat.

Mobb Deep - Temperatures Rising (Original)

Reflecting on one of the most challenging years of my life, and I managed to get through it. 

Produced by Jimmy G.U.A.P.
Recorded, Mixed, & Arranged by Otis Clapp
Artwork by Khidhar Rich

01 XXVI

Vlog Beat

download this beat in full quality here: www.danielgothits.com

On My Grind

CL Smooth man on fire

North Carolina's Kooley High gave us this exclusive track to post after we shot an Okayplayspace feature with the crew.  

Grab your free download of "Lent" now, produced by Napoleon Wright III, and head over to Okayplayer to watch the Okayplayspace interview with Kooley High!

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/okayplayspace-kooley-high.html


http://www.okayplayer.com/

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/okayplayer
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/okayplayer
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/okayplayer


Kooley High - "Lent" (produced by Napoleon Wright III)

Available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/never-left-feat.-agallah-single/id657579535

Hip Hop Vibes

SuperArch251