Still one of our favorite Hip Hop producers in the game…yep you guessed it right, it’s 14KT. The Michigan beat smith is back with his “A Friendly Game of KT” album out on A-Side Worldwide. Some crazy fresh instrumentals on here, but if you ask me it’s all about the first and the last joint! Really diggin’ those two, so enjoy a low bitrate stream of “Width” featuring Tony Ozier. Make sure you show some love if you dig and buy via .

14KT – Width Ft. Tony Ozier [112kbps]

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Ann Arbor’s Gameboi is only 15 years old and already the kid has an EP out produced by Astronote and 14KT. His debut release “Freshman of the Year” EP features Rapper Big Pooh and L05 and is fresh if you ask me. Especially when you think about where this cat might be going in the next few years. Peep it…it’s a free download!

Gameboi – Promise (Prod. Astronote) [left click]

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Gameboi – Act Right Ft. Rapper Big Pooh (Prod. 14KT) [left click]

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Between 2008 and 2011 14KT made a bunch of beats. His “14KillaTape” is full of beat battle minded beats as well as other types of beats. He sets off the Killer Tape with the first joint he ever made in a beat battle mind state and the rest is history. Free download is available over at A-side Worldwide.

14KT – F What They Say [left click]

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14KT - 3 Blind Mice [left click]

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Meet the New Jack Kings. T. Calmese (aka Illite of the Subterraneous Crew) and Vaughan T. (of the Athletic Mic League) are two unsung heroes coming out of Michigan. Their “New Jack Kings” project was inspired by the infamous era of high top fades, eye brow parts, and house parties. The album revolves around life, love, women and fashion as a solute to artists such as Teddy Riley, Bobby Brown, Michael Jackson, New Edition and Kid n Play who made songs that everyone could relate to.

Lots of classic New Jack Swing flips by producers like Vaughan T, 14KT, Nick Speed, ZO! and vocal contributions from Buff 1, Mayer Hawthorne, Big Tone, Ro Spit, Aloe Blacc, Ella, and Sole Deacon. Grab the free download HERE and enjoy.

New Jack Kings – Ask of U Ft. Mayer Hawthorne (prod. by 14kt & instrumentation by Zo!)

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written by nilez \\ tags: 14kt, aloe blacc, ask of u, athletic mic league, big tone, buff1, ella, illite, mayer hawthorne, michigan, new jack kings, nick speed, ro spit, vaughan t, zo!

Nameless outta Flint, Michigan is back with a new single for you guys. It’s called “Pick Up The Sticks” featuring Clear Soul Forces and will be on his upcoming project “16-Bit: Bonus Stages”. Keep an eye out for this project and others by visiting his Bandcamp page.

Nameless – Pick Up The Sticks Ft. Clear Soul Forces

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Thanks to 14KT and our friends at A-Side Worldwide for this “Now & Laters” release. “Here it is… a project I unofficially had done since 2006. It started when James Yancey a.k.a. J Dilla passed that February. To cope with the death of my favorite producer, who I liked to call my unofficial “musical mentor,” I started making ‘donuts’ …uncontrollably. I never planned to release any of the material out of respect for Dilla & his craft. I’ve shared some of the music with others, in which they would repeatedly ask me to hear it, so I decided to put a little something together and make it official. JUST FOR YA’LL.

This is a collection of beats created about 3 years ago. Some ‘donuts’ style, some just around that era of 14KT beats. “Now & Laters” were always a favorite candy of mine. I used to go to Mindell’s Pharmacy in Ypsilanti back in the day and buy ALL of them. Sadly, I even stole change from my grandma’s (RIP) purse for them. They are addictive, yet fun to eat… something I found mutual when making music at the time. Ironically, I fell back in love with “Nowalataz” around this era (ask my homey Sarah “Merk Merk,” haha). Enjoy.“

DOWNLOAD “NOWALATAZ” HERE

14KT – T&A

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14KT – Whateva U Want

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written by nilez \\ tags: 14kt, donuts, j dilla, michigan, nowalataz, ypsilanti

Samiyam Rap Beats Vol.1

Wassup, my name is Samiyam, from Michigan, just moved out here to sunny LA. Enjoying the weather out here as my homies back home freeze their ass off.

When did you first develop a vested interest in music?

 I dunno, I’ve been listening to music forever. I used to play instruments, like the piano and the clarinet for a while. I really started thinking of making my own music in high school, listening to hip hop and wondering how the fuck people make this shit.

How would you discribe your first beats?

Wack. Not very good. I guess some of that shit is all right but the mixes would be super fucked up. I started off with the MP first off. I don’t think I was that great on it at first.

When did you first notice a sound developing in your shit?

I guess at one point when I was using the MP I was doing some shit that had a little sound to it, sampling records and I had bought a little synth and I was playing bass lines. Shit was coming out with a little sound to it. I made some shit maybe a year or so after I started making shit and thought, ah, that sounds allright. Even after listening to it after a couple of months, I was just kind of making shit and having fun before that, making stupid shit.

How do you see your shit, or do you not even see it in a certain way and it’s just something you do?

I don’t really see it in in a certain way, it’s just some shit I do. I got the machine I like to make music on, just turn it on and do some shit. I mean I guess the shit sounds a certain way sometimes when it’s done but I don’t think of shit in any special way, that question’s kinda weird.

For the Full Interview go to SweeneyKovar (Another Blog On That Next Shhh)

Samiyam – Rap Beat 8

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Samiyam – Rap Beat 21

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: flyamsam, flying lotus, michigan, moovmnt, next level, rap beats vol 1, samiyam, sweeneykovar