My oh my, what a year this is promising to be. So many good releases when it comes to Electronic Beats. We have the new Mr. Dibiase “Cakeology” release on Fat City and what a selection of goodness this is. A few joints on here are nothing less than amazing! “Brazilian Lady” is just mind-boggling and even comes close to a Pete Rock production in my book. A few of you might have snagged this from his Myspace already, but it’s official now. Another favourite of mine is “Be Fly” which is soothing and eases ones mind. All in all a quality EP with some heavy hitters on it if you ask me. You can BUY the vinyl at our friends at Rushhour so you’d better order while supllies last.
Mr. Dibiase – Brazilian Lady
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Mr. Dibiase – Be Fly
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Ya boy P is back! Polyester The Saint managed to do it again and take me back in time. Together with Zipp, Skeme and Casey Veggies he talks about the goold old days, before anybody ever heard of Soulja Boy, when life made more sense and when Pete Rock was still using them funky horns. Okay so we’ve heard that piano before. I’m just glad there’s still people out there that do get what Hip Hop is supposed to sound like.
Polyester – Keep It Real Feat. Zipp, Skeme and Casey Veggies
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Thanks to the Beatjunkies for this ill promo mix of “Jay Stay Paid”. This should keep you satisfied until June 2nd, cuz I know a lot of you are already going nuts. Highly anticipated and musically supervised by Dilla’s only real musical idol…Pete Rock. More info soon…so stay tuned for this one! Oh shout out goes to Shamz from Okayplayer..oh and peep this second leak.
J Dilla – 24k Rap Feat. Havoc & Raekwon
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Beat Junkies x J Dilla – Jay Stay Paid (Promo Mix)
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On March 10th I was lucky enough to be able to sit down with Q-Tip (pictured above with Nicky of HEAVy after both their shows in Paradiso, Amsterdam) for about 30 minutes and ask him some of the many questions I’ve had for years as a real A Tribe Called Quest fanatic. My original reason for wanting to interview him was to hear his side of the story on the “Got Til It’s Gone” situation that Dilla shed light on in the 2003 Dustbusters audio interview. I intended to make it an audio interview too, but the audio didn’t turn out too good hence the transcript. Check it out after the jump.
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A while back the news surfaced that Nature Sounds will be releasing a brand new J Dilla LP executive produced by Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey on June 2nd. The album, Jay $tay Paid, is 25 tracks deep mixed and arranged by none other than Dilla’s musical idol Pete Rock. Guest appearances include Blu, Pacific Division, DOOM, Havoc, Pharoahe Monch, M.O.P. and Black Thought. Check out “Reality Check” featuring the latter (Thanks to Okayplayer).
J Dilla – Reality Check (featuring Black Thought)
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By now most everyone is familiar with the story of musical legend J Dilla. The quiet, prolific producer collaborated with everyone from Erykah Badu to Common to Janet Jackson to Prince. Dilla was just beginning to capitalize on his cult status when he sadly passed at age 32 due to Lupus-related complications. Jay Stay Paid is a 25 track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock. While mostly instrumental, “J$P” also offers a few guests vocals from artists that Dilla worked with or admired including Black Thought of The Roots, MF DOOM, and M.O.P.
Curtailing any notion of jumping on some sort of Dilla bangwagon, Jay Stay Paid was executive produced by Dilla’s mother Maureen Yancey (aka Ma Dukes) along with the musical supervision of Dilla’s only real musical idol, Pete Rock. “It wasn’t rushed and it wasn’t haphazard,” explains Ms Yancey. “This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. Its mind blowing…this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy.”
The format of the album plays like a radio show with Pete Rock as the program director. With regards to Pete’s involvement, Ms. Yancey gets very excited, “Dilla wanted to pattern himself behind Pete. His dream was to become as close as possible to what Pete stood for. Pete meant everything to him. Dilla would have just been flabbergasted! ” Pete’s sentiments were the same toward Dilla, “Dude was amazing. He just kinda came outta nowhere and the more you heard his beats the better they got. He may not be here with us, but it’s all good we’re going to keep his music alive and well.”
Jay Stay Paid will be released on June 2nd on Nature Sounds.
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This one here is for all my peoples in Rotterdam who get to enjoy the Soul Brotha #1 tonight @ club WATT. Sorry I can’t make it personally, but to the other Moovmnt members…tear the roof off that mothaf*cker.
Now not everybody is gonna get this, but I grew up with this music and let me tell ya’ll that Focus did a great job on making this sound like an old Pete Rock joint! Homage to Pete Rock makes me go back to ’93 when HipHop was just a teenager and luckily MC’s Big Pooh, Sha Stimuli & Kurupt back up this dope production with some ill ass lyrics. Thanks 2dopeboyz for the audio!
Rapper Big Pooh, Sha Stimuli & Kurupt – Homage to Pete Rock (prod. by Focus)
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01. James Pants – Theme from Paris
02. Pursuit Grooves – Speechles
03. Rustie – Pressure Bubbles
04. Dustystar – Hi-Res
05. Madlib – Bonus Beat
06. Pete Rock – For the People
07. Esthero – Superheroes (Afta-1 remix)
08. FS Green – Preppy Lady
09. Olivier Daysoul – Breath
10. Sa-Ra – unknown
11. Madlib – Yo Yo Affair
12. Jneiro Jarel – How we do dis
13. Kev Brown – Instrumental 03
14. Pease – H.A.Y.B.
15. LMNO – Piece of Art
16. B.BRAVO – Twilight
17. Super Smoky Soul – Track 5
18. Young RJ – Welcome to the District
19. Skymark – Smoka
20. Powell – girls girls girls
21. Afta-1 – Gaze
22. Hayzee – Mario vs Megaman
23. Hubert Daviz – To Demand
24. Black Milk – Purple Track 10
25. B.BRAVO – Dance
26. Brittany Bosco – City of Nowhere
27. Dam Funk – i gots to be done wit’ u
28. Poly – To All Yall
Paul Pre October Mix
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Look out for two full length LPs dropping in the next two months, one vocal, one instrumental.
Madlib’s long-awaited and much anticipated addition to BBE’s Beat Generation series will be released on Rapster/BBE this September 29th. The Beat Generation series kicked off with the now-legendary “Welcome to Detroit” LP by the late J Dilla. Other contributors to the series include DJ Jazzy Jeff and Pete Rock.
Madlib’s LP will be called “WLIB AM King of the Wigflip” and will feature appearances from Guilty Simpson, Karriem Riggins, Talib Kweli, Murs, Prince Po, MED, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Defari and Stacy Epps. Available to pre-order now either physical or digital. Preview below. Benji B
Madlib – Blow The Horn On’em Feat. Guilty Simpson
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Madlib – Yo Yo Affair Pt. 1&2
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Madlib’s WLIB AM: On the air live with J.Rocc
Stones Throw Podcast #38
Madlib is a one-man radio station this season: Beat Konducta 5, Jackson Conti, Madvillain Remixes, his BBE joint, Beat Konducta 6 & Guilty Simpson around the corner. Today, J.Rocc guest hosts.
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Hailing from the same Bed-Stuy blocks where The Notorious B.I.G. once roamed comes Spec Boogie, master storyteller and shit-talker extraordinaire. Equally adept at both razor-tongued braggadocio and introspective commentary, he is an artist that shadowboxes his way out of easy classification. Neither preachy nor sensationalist, Spec Boogies remarkable sincerity is the thread that weaves together his music — even the songs that deal with less-than-weighty subject matter inherit the trait of real honesty. Nut-grabbing boasts and masochistic posturing are staples of Hip-Hop, but when Spec Boogie says hes going to throw back a case of Sierra Nevada and steal your woman, goddamn it, you believe it. And when he talks about the tragic moments his young eyes have seen, the phrase old soul seems truly appropriate. A former member of The Sandhogs, a group which included indie favorite Tes-1, Spec Boogie relocated to The City of Brotherly Love in his late teens and eventually connected with Philadelphia heroes ?uestlove and the Grammy Award-winning Roots crew. Polishing his live stage show under the tutelage of the masters, he performed in both Philly and New York during the wildly successful 2000 Okayplayer Tour. But Brooklyn beckoned. Spec Boogie returned home and joined with several like-minded souls to found Loosie Music, a fiercely independent record label, online magazine and booze-addled political cabal. The fledgling label hooked up with Lower East Side boutique Staple Design to release the Grow single, a track that earned Spec Boogie a deluge of critical acclaim and immediately put him on the radar of indie Hip-Hop aficionados as far away as France and Japan. The buzz proved justified, as his dynamic first full-length compilation of material, Fresh Out the Box, moved several thousand copies as a promotional item with Digitalgravel-dot-com and Scifen Clothing. A brilliant live entertainer, Spec Boogie has delivered memorable performances at venues such as Nokia Theatre in Times Square, The Wetlands, Nuyorican Poets Café, Southpaw, The Knitting Factory and Hammerstein Music Hall alongside artists including The Roots, Mark Ronson, Melle Mel, Platinum Pied Pipers, Purple City, Theodore Unit, MF Doom, Little Brother, Pete Rock and Big Daddy Kane. Picture by Corren Conway.
Spec Boogie – Bed Stuy
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Spec Boogie – Psychotic Girl
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