A long time ago, when Hip Hop was a lot different then it is now, there was a producer named Shawn J Period. He had produced for Mos Def, 4 Hero, Artifacts, Mad Skillz and Bush Babees in the nineties. Later in his carreer (2007) he released his “The Come Back” EP which contained “Journey’s Process”. For some reason I always loved instrumental and it’s time to share this as a Slept on Sundays joint.
A few weeks ago I talked to Vincent about the Positive Flow remix contest. Since it was the holiday season and he had been sick the whole time I didn’t think there would be a Seravince remix, but..here it is. He managed to create a very proper remix of “Do What I Do” featuring Omar and didn’t even break a sweat. With a little Afrobeat influences and a lot of Hip Hop in there too, this Afrofuzz remix is what we call a keeper! I think the boys over at TDR will like this one and of course we hope you do too.
Thank you Damon for sharing “Private Planet” with the world. Such a nice way to glyde into a FUNK-filled 2013. The homey DaM-FunK was nice enough to make this one available as a free download for everyone, so slyde on thru to his Soundcloud page and get some of that good stuff. Previously unreleased 13-minutes of pure DF right here.
Seems like these end of the year staff picks are getting a little bit easier each year. Firstly because the amount of posts has gone down and secondly because we’ve become even more picky concerning the content of the site. A lot of you might be wondering what happened to the whole beats thing. Well, let’s just call it an evolving taste in music and let’s face it…there have only been a handful of cats that made something really worth mentioning. Credit to whomever credit is due!
Here’s our ‘best of 2012′ list and we wish you all a fantastic 2013..
Best Album 2012
1. Robert Glasper – Black Radio
2. Darryl Reeves – Mercury
3. Grooveman Spot – Paradox
4. Erimaj – Conflict of A Man
5. Bennetrhodes – Sun Ya
Best EP 2012
1. fLako – Eclosure EP
2. AD Bourke – Raw Ivy EP
3. Sweatson Klank – Elevate Me EP
4. Christoph El Truento – EP01
5. B. Bravo & Teeko – The Starship Connection EP
Best Loosies 2012
1. Andrew Ashong – Flowers
2. Seravince – U Love
3. Jean Grae – U & ME & Everyone, We Know (prod. by M-phazes)
4. Leon Ware – Orchids For The Sun Ft. Quadron
5. Jonny Sass – The Right Way (prod. by Mez)
Best Freebie 2012
Moodymann – Picture This
Best Videos 2012
1. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes (short film)
2. Karriem Riggins – Round The Outside
3. Inkswel – Tu Machito Ft. Chico Mann
Best Remixes 2012
1. Julien Dyne – Who Are You (Sauce81 Remix)
2. Jose James – It’s All Over Your Body (Oddisee Remix)
3. Monkey_sequence.19 – Pretend Ft. Mar (Kan Sano Remix)
4. Maylee Todd – Hieroglyphics (Tall Black Guy Remix)
5. Quadron – Average Fruit (IAMNOBODI Remix)
Best New Musical Talents Spotted 2012
1. Darryl Reeves
2. Hiatus Kaiyote
3. Mez
Best Collaboration 2012
1. Funkinevil
2. Gagle X Ovall
3. Funkommunity
Best Record Labels 2012
1. Jazzy Sport
2. Blue Note
3. Wonderful Noise
Most Slept On Artist 2012
Christoph El Truento
Ones to watch in 2013
1. Shafiq Husayn
2. Sauce81
3. Seravince
So homeboy Häzel has this new project/band called New Brazilian Orchestra and together they created another version of the song “Should I”, from Canada’s duo Keishaleisha. This version can only be described as ice cold icecream on a blazing hot summers days…yum! Hurry up, cuz there’s only 100 limited downloads available right HERE..
What better way to wish you all a merry Christmas from the entire Moovmnt team. Robert Glasper teams up with Muhsinah on “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”. We’ve been doing this for over five years now and we’d like to thank you all for all the love and support.
Not really a Slept on Sundays jam, because we were full on Breezy Lovejoy‘s previous “Lovejoy” album. Been bumpin’ the shit out of “D.T.B.” these past few months so I hit up Breezy to ask if we could upload this one to our Soundcloud account. We wanted to share this one some more…too good to be slept on!
Just came across this brand new tune from Blak Chile, produced by Vienna’s Mez. I’m sure you’ll thoroughly enjoy the Dwele-esque sounding “Something Inside”. We wish you happy holidays and we’ll try and get some music on here during all the laughter and cheers!
Personally I’ve never been one to rock Chuck Taylors, but I can sure appreciate “Keep It Movin Wih The All-Stars” from the 80’s Babies duo. You are listening to Tall Black Guy on production and sir Dee Jacksonon on the mic…a great combination! Their entry for the ‘Converse In Search Of Sound’ contest needs your vote, so please visit TBG’s Soundcloud page for more info or leave a nice comment behind.
Ya’ll know what’s up right? Freddie Joachim is droppin’ some winter time smoothness in the form of “Morning Calm”. Shout out to Freddie J and Mellow Orange for the constant quality. Hope this keeps you warm during those ice cold mornings..