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The first time I heard “Going Fine” was during my daily Myspace shift a few months ago. I really liked it  but was let down cause I couldn’t get my hands on the track. Now the homie 14KT tweeted that the Going Fine 7″ is  available exclusively at Fatbeats LA.

14KT & Dibiase – Going Fine

Sorry we didn’t have time to update the website, but we were busy working on this event. Just a little taste from my man Lefto who shot this nice video last weekend. Hope you can get an idea of what the Beat Battle at the Rooms of Red Bull was like and how high both the quality of the beat makers and the energy level was. FS Green just gave me goosebumps when he played that dubstep joint man! Anyways…more footage very soon. Thanks ya’ll for coming out and next year we might even do it bigger, better and cooler. Check some reviews after the jump. Pics from ‘Ismail Pinto’ and Arenda de Hoop..

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Samiyam “Man VS Machine” 10″ coming out on Poobah Records. This is a very well put together compilation of some 06/07 unreleased Samiyam beats. I recognize some beats from Andrew Meza’s BTS Radio. Here are two cuts ..you can pre order now on Rushhour..

Samiyam – Bonus Mission

Samiyam – Rounded

Just a quick shout out to J83 and Joao Costa for this dope J83 video we made for the Beat Battle at the Rooms of Red Bull. Also peep this dope vid Bouba aka Bdox made for this event.

Oh No is doing an album of all Ethiopian samples. This is a followup to his joint “Dr. No’s Oxperiment” (used by Mos Def, Skate 2 Soundtrack, etc). Stones Throw is dropping this exclusively on stonesthrow.com in a few weeks, but Oh No just did a snippets mix of it. Thnx to JJ for the heads up..

Dr No – Ethiopium 805 Snippets Mix

Pianist Robert Glasper presents both sides of his musical persona with Double-Booked, his third album for Blue Note Records, which will be released on August 25. The album bridges Glasper’s parallel careers as the leader of an acclaimed jazz trio and a first-call sideman with hip-hop artists such as Mos Def, Q-Tip and The Roots. Special guests on the album include Bilal and a cameo appearance from Mos Def. Blue Note

Robert Glasper – Butterfly

Brand new track off Miles Bonny’s Scorpio Inn album that is set to drop August 11th. School Boy Fly is produced by Anthony “Tone” Budd. According to Miles this release will be all over the place style wise..but you can check that yourself by downloading the album sampler..

Miles Bonny – School Boy Fly

Another free download from the new supergroup, Hawthorne Headhunters (consisting of Black Spade, Ced No and Proh Mic). This time its a collaboration and instrumental co-production with Stones Throw signee, new/vintage funkateer Dam-Funk (whose also 1/3 of the upcoming group, Master Blazter)

With the 2nd installment of the ground zero of beat music coming, Jay Scarlett  & Cinnaman drop 2 mixes, previewing much of what will be dropping on Beat Dimensions 2. With a release date of the LP set for fall, one can still go out an grab both EP1 and EP2, which are currently available. Thanks to Mymanhenri.

Beat Dimensions Jay Scarlett Mix

Beat Dimensions Cinnaman Mix