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“Blur the Lines” remix by Bay Area Artist/Producer, Trackademicks (of Kamaiyah, Teedra Moses, Iamsu, J’Davey, HNRL). Trackademicks’ soulfully-charged synth chords wash over this production and give Velarde’s vocals a different space to breathe and land.

Nick Andre & Joyo Velarde Blur The Lines (Trackademicks Remix)

Been a minute I did one of these, but lately I find myself goin' back often to that late 90's Ummah sound, and one of the MC's very much in the midst of it was this man called Consequence.

A full cousin of Q-Tip, he made his 1st splash on the flip of Tribe's '93 "Award Tour" single, and 3 years later had a lot of cameo's as well on the "Beats, Rhymes & Life" album, but when his own debut album was due in '97/'98 -reportedly titled "Hostile Takeover"-, it somehow didn't take off.

Fast forward a few years, Cons signed with Kanye's "GOOD Music" imprint, and finally released his official debut "Don't Quit Your Day Job!" in 2007.
But although a solid outing, and with good reviews to boot, it didn't shift the (likely) anticipated numbers for an artist signed to a label by a boss, who at that point in time was becoming one of the largest in the game.

So Cons went back to his grind, kept putting in the work, dropped a series of mixtapes over the years, as well as steadily stream of singles, and guested also on various songs for Tribe's 2016 swansong "We Got It From Here...".

Since a lot of Cons' material is so scattered (and in most cases hard to find on streaming services too), I assembled & sequenced all the tunes I dig, starting with most of the stuff made for his shelved late 90's debut (which covers 1/3rd of the tracklist on this), added some singles from over the years, a few choice cuts from his mixtapes + some cameo verses as well, only to round it all up with his very 1st appearance from 1993 (which serves as an intro here), in an effort to kinda create a version of his shelved debut album.

Consequence reportedly is in the final stages of finishing up his sophomore LP called "Nice Doing Business With You", and if you like his stuff, this'll probably hold you over for a sec.

Moreover, if you're a fan of that 'snappy' late 90's Dilla/Tip/ Ummah/Soulquarians type of sound, this certainly is your thang.

Great soundtrack for a sunny Sunday, imho  ;)



Tracklist:

1.   The Chase pt. II
2.   The Consequences (ft. Q-Tip)
3.   Caught Up In The Hype
4.   Rock 'n Roll
5.   Trust Fund Baby
6.   Blood Stain
7.    Fo Sho
8.   Weekendz
9.   The Riot (ft. Busta Rhymes)
10.  Stick Up (ft. Q-Tip)
11.  Here Comes Trouble
12.  Complex Con (ft. Conway The Machine)
13.  Queens Get The Money (ft. Havoc)
14.  Got Me Trippin'
15.  Countdown (ft. Lupe Fiasco & Chris Turner)
16.  Chain Heavy (ft. Kanye West)
17.  No Place Like Home (ft. Phife Dawg & Alex Isley)


Producers:

Q-Tip (1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14 & 16)
J. Dilla (2 & 4)
Nottz (3)
Kanye West (6)
Ge-Ology (7)
88-Keys (8)
Havoc (13)
Consequence (12, 15 & 17)
Mike Cash (co-producer 15 & 17)

Consequence - "The Consequences"

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Simon Sim's - Ama Tonga (Vinyl)

Haunted

Cucumba

The Sleek Soundsystem out of Würzburg, blessed us with a taste of their sound. 

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VIBES GUEST MIX #1 - SLEEK SOUNDSYSTEM

@BobbyKang takes on the Soulquarians in this long awaited project...

Free download via https://firstear.bandcamp.com/album/soulquarius

VIBES GUEST MIX #1 - SLEEK SOUNDSYSTEM

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