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I recently heard these two dope joints I kinda slept on produced by 14KT. Had to share these with you guys, cuz this is hotness. The iLLite track “Oh!” is off his FREE “Champion Mixtape”. “I Want Her” is from Dutchmassive, to whom goes a lotta props. I loved the instrumental version so just had to stream that for ya’ll. Enjoy..and please support 14KT and buy his brilliant “The Golden Hour” album!

Dutchmassive – I Want Her (Instrumental) [Prod. by 14KT]

Ilite – Oh! [Prod. by 14KT]

Just got this nice e-mail from the guys over at Melting Pot Music (sorry we can’t make it this Saturday to the Beat BBQ Oliver) with some good news. DJ Day and Miles Bonny teamed up and conjured up the lovely Raphael Saadiq tribute 12″ – “Instant Saadiq” – containing three songs from Raphael’s “Instant Vintage” classic. They got the Day X Miles treatment and Swiss artist Anna-Lina provided some very beautiful artwork..

DJ Day & Miles Bonny – What’s Life Like

DJ Day & Miles Bonny – Can You Feel Me

Saturday August 8th ‘A Moovmnt with Nalden’ presents the finest beat makers our small country has to offer. Sixteen participants face off against eachother no holds bar! At the “Rooms of Red Bull” they will battle for the title ‘Red Bull Beat Champion’ off the Netherlands and 500 euros worth of prize money.

This year two of the most influential Dutch beat-minded hiphop blogs: Moovmnt.com and Nalden.net are hosting the Beat Battle at the Rooms of Red Bull event for the first time ever in the Netherlands. Our very own Belgian neighbour Lefto will be hosting the event and from 20:00 hours we will have an action-packed evening for you in store with beat makers like: FS Green, I.N.T, Louis Bordeaux, Bluntspeakers, Dyno, Hayzee, J83, Wan, Statik Music, Presto, Marcus Sebastian, Jay Bordeaux, Yskid and more. A handful of participants will be picked by means of a wildcard system and will be invited via Moovmnt.com and Nalden.net! So listen up all you Dutch beat makers…here’s what you have to do to get invited to compete against the cream of the crop.

1. Visit Moovmnt.com or Nalden.net
2. Start zippping a demo folder containing at least 2 or 3 battle beats
3. Send the .zip file or a link to the file to music@moovmnt.com
4. Don’t forget to add your name, email and phone number

And the winners of the wildcards are I-Sa & Dukehugh!! Congratz you guys and see ya’ll this Saturday at the Rooms.

Follow BeatBattleRoRB on twitter for fresh daily info like the rules, prizes, wildcards, etc!

During the intermission our buddy Full Crate will be spinning some soulful breaks and after the Beat Battle DJ’s Lefto (Brownswood) and Cinnaman (Beat Dimensions) will pick up the electronic sounds where the beat makers left off.

August 8th
Rooms of Red Bull (Oudezijds Achterburgwal 24)
20:00 – 02:00 h
Free

Check out this promo video we made starring FS Green! Shout out to Joao Costa for the video..

New shit from LA’s (Leimert Park to be exact) own Co$$ w/ his joint “Pretty Ugly”. A lot of folks are wondering about the album, and it should be finished in the upcoming weeks!! Stay tuned…west up! Wanted to add some info on The Soul Academy who did the production on this one.

Co$$ – Pretty Ugly

Now I ain’t got no Serato and still I’m thinking of copping this Stones Throw X Serato collaboration. You can pre-order this package, consisting of 2 discs (music b/w serato tones), and two slipmats, HERE and they’ll ship out August 18th. The discs are clear vinyl and limited to 2000 pieces.  Here’s full details …

2 DISCS Clear vinyl
2 SLIPMATS Stones Throw logo in Gold
SIDES 1 & 3 Serato Control Tones used to DJ with Serato Scratch Live software.
SIDES 2 & 4 exclusive Stones Throw tracks

Track list…
Dam-Funk – Silver Sunsets
James Pants – Let’s Celebrate
Guilty Simpson – What To Do (Oh No Remix)
Mayer Hawthorne – Just Aint Gonna Work Out (Astronote Remix)
Peanut Butter Wolf feat. Baron Zen – Talk To Me
CX Kidtronik – Aint Even Playin’
J Rocc – Hot Feet
MED – Out of Control (Produced by Madlib)

One of the best producers in hiphop is back with a new digital release! Kev Brown’s new “Random Joints” album is available for $7.99. Check out the tracklist and get your own copy right at…Amazon, Rhapsody or iTunes.

1. Listen…
2. The Random Joint
3. No Time (feat Bilal Salaam)
4. The Versatility Joint (D.J. Rbi on the Cuts)
5. The Alternative Rock Joint
6. The Marvelous Joint (feat Yu and D.J. Marshall Law on the Cuts)
7. The Hennessy Joint (feat Kenn Starr, Wayna, Raheem Devaughn, Eric Roberson and Dre King On the Keys)
8. From My Porch (feat. Sean Born)
9. Lord Help Me (feat Eye-q, Cy Young, Zo! on the Piano and Dre King on the Wurlitzer)

Kev Brown – Lord Help Me

MeLo-X Returns with another Instrumental EP inspired by a new modern day classic, Maxwell’s BLACKsummers’night. Many producers pull from the past for there sampled records but in this project MeLo-X pulls from newly released album’s too create his own interpretations of these artist’s work. His past Remix EP’s for Raphael Saadiq and Amy Winehouse Gained alot of Respect in the producer world as well as the Blogosphere and has even caught the attention of Mark Ronson. With this EP, he ventures in to Spacey time Travel as he chops up Maxwell’s new Album too create this head nodding rhythm driven project. This is a new type of project for producers to begin creating. Actually taking a brand new album and Sampling it to create new classic Electronic, HipHop and Soul Music. This is the first single called “The Highest” which is Sampled from Maxwell’s Bad Habits. Okayplayer..Picture by Tone.

Melo-X – The Highest

Today’s Slept On Sundays is dedicated to Ishfaq. Originally from the UK he currently resides in Croatia and has lived in Ireland as well as Amsterdam before that. I got put onto his music while he was living out here between 2001 and 2003 and he quickly became one of my favorites. He has released his own “The Change EP” on Dublin based Scribble Records in 2007 as well as done remixes/production for Beatspoke, O.Boogie and Stee Downes. Throughout the years Ishfaq has also made a name for himself by posting unofficial remixes online that totally blow the originals out of the water. So to keep you in a nice lazy Sunday vibe here’s one of my favorites out of those, his version of D’Angelo’s “Left & Right”

D’Angelo – Left & Right (Ishfaq Rework)
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With Issue # 36, Wax Poetics is paying homage to Brazil!! Highlighting Brazilian greats such as Gilberto Gil, Tim Maia, Airto Moreira, Arthur Verocai & more!!! Get it here….

To celebrate and promote the fact we’re organizing the Beat Battle at the Rooms of Red Bull (together with Nalden), we decided to ask djbroadcast if we could do a radioshow. A two hour Beat Special is what we decided to bless your ears with and you’re in for a special treat. Big man I.N.T (La Melodia) is going to be playing together with Deluge and MRP and me will be mixing together the other hour. Be sure to tune in to RBMA Radio from 18:00 till 20:00 hours (GMT+1).

Keep your eyes open for more info on the Beat Battle at the Rooms of Red Bull! The event will take place August 8th somewhere in the Red Light District. More next week..