Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Desdamona - The Ledge (2005)
01 I Wanted 2 B An MC
02 The Ledge
03 Don't Listen 2 The Lyrics
04 I Don't Stop
05 The Planetarium
06 Can't Be Me
07 Faulty Fuses
08 Rhyme Tissue
09 Swing Down
10 We Will Always B
11 Get By
12 Planet Remix
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Desdamona is the premiere female hip hop and spoken word artist in the Midwest. A FIVE time Minnesota Music Award winner for Best Spoken Word Artist (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006). What about 2001 and 2002, you might ask? The award didn't exist those two years. It is clear that Desdamona's potent poetry and fierce hip hop delivery have been an invariable force. Making her mark not only in the Twin Cities, Desdamona has graced some of America's most famous stages including The Green Mill in Chicago, The Five Spot in Philadelphia, The Nuyorican Poets Café in New York and The National Poetry Slam Competition. Desdamona won Honolulu's Slam 2004 Slam Championship. She has warmed the stages for numerous artists including: Faith Evans, Mint Condition, Wyclef Jean, Black Uhuru (Sly & Robbie), GURU, Saul Williams, Bahamadia, Ursula Rucker and Rhymesayers Artists. Desdamona has spent years working hard, not only on her own career, but making a point to help others along the way as well. She has organized and participated in countless events benefiting various charities over the past decade. For almost 6 years she has hosted a popular weekly open mic event at The Blue Nile (Minneapolis), giving artists and musicians the opportunity to showcase their talents and network. She also co-founded B-Girl Be, the only female hip hop festival to incorporate all four elements of hip hop: mc'ing, breaking, dj'ing and graffiti. B-Girl Be (named after one of her poems) celebrated its third annual festival June, 2007. In 2005, Desdamona released her first full length CD, The Ledge. Largely produced by legendary duo Sly & Robbie, Desdamona garnered abundant positive write ups on the project, and earned, in addition to her win for Best Spoken Word Artist, nominations for Best Hip Hop Recording (The Ledge), Critics' Choice for Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year at the Minnesota Music Awards. With The Source, her follow up to The Ledge, Desdamona is sure to shock many fans with her diverse offerings, and may just redefine that oft used term "triple-threat artist". Traveling seamlessly between spitting vicious rhymes, singing melodious hooks, or taking you on a journey as she effortlessly streams a thought provoking poem, it will amaze the listener that all that talent is coming from a sole artist. Desdamona also played a big part in the creation of The Source, co-producing 11 tracks on the album. The legendary Jamaican "Riddim Twins" Sly and Robbie are pleased to return to Desdamona's follow up project, offering remixes to two songs on her album, ("The Source" and "Orange and Blue"). Desdamona says, "My intention in writing and recording The Source was to provoke thought, questions and communication, and engage people through my music. I want to inspire and motivate people to create and make change. I think that we are in a dark time and I want people to know that they have the power of light and the opportunity to create a new reality for themselves as individuals and as a global community."
Another Rap Group - They Call Us...
1. The Soul
2. WYSIWYG
3. Bothered
4. Dream Jobs
5. Sacramento Jazz
6. Fallin'
7. KSFU
8. Definitive Truth
9. Get Away
10. Low Stacked
11. Breakdown
12. Broken Mirrors
13. They Call Us
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Critics of rap music who say that the genre is too violent, too focused on bling-bling, and gangbangin have something new to reconsider their perspective: Another Rap Group.
Thats not a misprint. Another Rap Group is indeed the name, but the name is an understatement. ARG isnt just another rap group. In many ways, ARG is the rap group that is poised to bring a renaissance of what rap music was and has continued to be in the subgenre of underground rap all around the nation and overseas.
With their groove-savvy beats, smoothly crafted instrumental tracks, and of course, a rap style that relates to listeners on a street-level with issues that most anybody can identify witheven those outside of rap musicARG is bringing rap into the 21st century with a 1980s passion and honesty that made rap the most exciting and relevant musical style to emerge in the last three decades.
The new album "They Call Us..." was a struggle, "sophomore jinx is an understatement We lost the album twice (data curroption) and the second time came a month before the release" says Ospis. "They Call Us..." talks about the struggles they deal with in their everyday lives as MC's and normal men.
Wildabeast - Many Levels (2007)
01. Going On Wrong
02. Many Levels
03. Know About It
04. Smoke Wit A Hippie
05. Day To Day
06. Good To Go
07. Death By Design
08. Let Me Lay In Your Hair
09. Just Fine / Hot
10. Never Change For The Fame
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Ghostface Killah-Ghostdeini The Great(2008)
01. Kilo (Remix) (Feat. Malice And Raekwon) 6:03
02. The Champ (Remix) 5:31
03. Toney Sigel a.k.a. Barrel Bros. (Feat. Styles P And Benie 3:31
Sigel)
04. Slept On Tony 2:31
05. Run (Remix) (Feat. Jadakiss, Lil Wayne, Raekwon And 5:54
Freeway)
06. Be Easy (Remix) (Feat. Ice Cube) 4:25
07. Mighty Healthy 3:14
08. Its Over 3:30
09. Apollo Kids (Feat. Raekwon) 3:52
10. 9 Milli Bros. (Feat. Wu-Tang Clan) 4:14
11. Walk Around 3:28
12. Street Opera 3:31
13. All That I Got Is You (Feat. Mary J. Blige) 5:19
14. Back Like That (Remix) (Feat. Kanye West And Ne-Yo) 4:02
15. Cherchez LaGhost 3:05
16. Ghostface X-Mas 3:02
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Floan - Movement Towards Awake(2003)
1 True Brother (3:13)
2 Like Before (1:37)
3 Snow Dub (2:26)
4 Floating (1:16)
5 Note Drop (2:03)
6 Yah Day (0:54)
7 Impulsive (0:26)
8 Basement Dub (0:41)
9 Black Music (1:18)
10 Forest Movement (2:23)
11 Wednesday Night Drinking (0:34)
12 Philsranlin (2:25)
13 Jerryknowledge (0:33)
14 Glance In Forsyth (5 Things) (3:36)
15 Monk's Fish (2:28)
16 Gods Change (2:39)
17 Over The City (1:03)
18 Lucifer And Me (0:52)
19 Indiscreations B4 Microphone (3:37)
20 Be (2:02)
21 Snakes (1:23)
22 Theme From The Joy Of Life (1:21)
23 Around The Bends (1:24)
24 Mothers Day Special (3:52)
25 Eli's Broken Wrist (0:53)
26 Pulled (3:10)
27 Conclusion (3:10)
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In Georgia around the spring of 98, Jason Trammell (JayTram) acquired some recording gadgets which allowed him to explore his ideas for the first time at home. Floan had been formed sometime the year earlier by the North Carolina native. J likes drums, records and things that make sound. Here in art school he met and befriended Keith Reynaud. Keith comes from New Orleans and likes recording, manipulating sounds fishing and food. Around the time of this meeting floan took a turn from live psych hip hop group to a more introspective experimental home studio production. Jason had recently begun experimenting with live and sampled recordings as well as random drum machines and cheep keyboards. The live and studio projects continued to grow with an ever-changing lineup of musicians and artists. During these sessions Keith was a constant. Having already developed an amazing skill and knowledge of recording and sound, Keith understood the direction of the project and was able to expound, and expand on the ideals jason was aiming for. By the end of the summer '99 the two had collaborated on and mixed 3 albums worth of material. JayTram migrated to NYC the following year. After settling a bit and reacquiring his equipment, he convinced keith to relocate as well. In april '01 both moved to Brooklyn and found a place where they could live, record and not be bothered by complaints. Here they built friendships with artists and musicians who shared the same creative visions. In late '03 this project became reality with the release of 'movement'.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Cubbiebear - The Rape (2008)
01 Baltimore Stop Crying
02 Contra
03 Danger Ape
04 Dirt
05 Firebox
06 Ink
07 Kick Rocks
08 Number One
09 Super Survive
10 Thats Rape
11 The Hulk
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X3M - The Project (2008)
01. Intro (feat. DJ Raid)
02. The Green Machine (feat. Hell Yeeeeah)
03. Joke On U (feat. Block Exchange & DJ Raid)
04. We Don't Believe U (feat. R.A.G.Z. & DJ Raid)
05. Gotta B-More (feat. Jade Fox)
06. Judging But Not Condemning (feat. Seven Star)
07. Black Mag Jack (feat. R.O.C.C.A.)
08. I Love N.Y. (feat. Supreme Deluxe, Hell Yeeeeah & Ol' Man Funk)
09. Never Give Up (feat. O.Brown & DJ Raid)
10. Frontline (feat. Big Hop)
11. All My Life (feat. Mr.Melody)
12. Step Into My World (feat R.O.C.C.A.)
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Rae Davis-PositiveThinking
01. Yesterday's History
02. Pyramids
03. I Could Write A Book
04. Old Pianos
05. This I Dig Of You
06. Shook
07. Triple Double
08. Positive Thinking
09. This I Dig Of You (Textual Remix)
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After receiving praise for his contribution on the compilation, Wait til the Ice Melts, Rae Davis delivers on his first album, "Positive Thinking." The album is part jazz inspired rhodes melodies floating though hard glitched beats that are just as much electronic as they are hip hop...thoughtful smart compositions that you can't help but break your neck to. The album features a remix by Textual as well as additional production on Old Pianos by Diego Chavez.
Ernest Gonzales-Chasing the Sun EP
1. Ever So
2. Space Love Interlude
3. Self-Portrait
4. Aquarius
5. Advancing
6. Spearmint Starfish
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Music to listen to while drifting into a daydream as you drive towards the sun.
ApSci - Get it Twisted (2003)
1. tirade highway (2:46)
2. never give up (2:34)
3. it's apsci (1:02)
4. robosex (3:34)
5. anais & godzilla (2:59)
6. runaway (feat tunde of tv on the radio) (3:37)
7. rob the bank (feat martin of antibalas) (3:41)
8. pep rally (2:57)
9. skip rope (feat mocky) (3:31)
10. synth 3po (3:10)
11. puttin on the fitz (2:37)
12. cherubic (3:18)
13. synth 4po (feat seaphim, tes, & mike ladd) (4:06)
14. untitled (0:06)
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elefant traks are excited to present Apsci (pron. App-sigh) and their debut album Get It Twisted. New York based, Apsci is made up of Sydney femme Dana Diaz-Tutaan as well as NYC gents RA LaMotta and DJ Big Wiz.
Get It Twisted is a startlingly original piece of work, an album that effortlessly blurs the line between electronics and hip hop with just a hint of opera. Dana and RA are the vocal/production team whilst Def Jux disc jockey, DJ Big Wiz handles the turntables like a true vinyl musician. Conceived and recorded in nine cities and eight countries from Sydney to Manila to Paris, NYC and London, we're talking about a cross-continental escapade into the new and exciting shit.
Guesting on the album is Mike Ladd (Infesticons), Antibalas' Martin Perna, Don Newkirk (engineer and skit announcer on De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising), Mocky and TV on the Radio's Tunde.
Get It Twisted is music to get genuinely excited about, one of 2003's must-listen albums.
elefant traks, the label that brought you The Herd, Hermitude and Ubin are the first people worldwide to release Apsci. Focusing on quality and innovative music, this is elefant traks' first international release and their third full length release for 2003.
Beatbox Radio Show Presents Tribute To 90s Tracklist
1.The Psycho Realm-Psycho City Blocks
2.Capone-N-Noreaga-Bloody Money
3.Mobb Deep-Drop A Gem On Em
4.Chubb Rock-I Am What I Am
5.Wu Tang Clan-Shame on a Nigga
6.Onyx-Raze it Up
7.D.I.T.C.-Champagne Thought
8.The Fugees-Ready Or Not
9.Dead Prez-'They' Schools
10.The Notorious B.I.G.-Machine Gun Funk
11.M.O.P.-New Jack City
12.GZA-Breaker,Breaker
13.Cypress Hill-I Remember That Freak Bitch
14.Gang Starr -The Militia Feat. Big Shug and Freddie Foxxx
15.2pac-All Eyes On Me
16.Big Pun - Whisful Thinking
17.Bones Thugs N HArmony - Shoot Em Up
18.DJ Honda-El Presidente Feat. Jeru the Damaja
19.DMX-Blackout
20.Heltah Skeltah-Gunz `N Onez (Iz U Wit Me)
21.Kool G. Rap-One Dark Night
22.Nas-If I Ruled The World
23.NTM - Chacun Sa Mafia
24.Outcast-Art Of Story Tellin
25.Redman-We Run NY
26.Screwball - Y2K
27.Tha Alkaholiks - Hip Hop Drunkies
28.Dilated Peoples-The Platform
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2.Capone-N-Noreaga-Bloody Money
3.Mobb Deep-Drop A Gem On Em
4.Chubb Rock-I Am What I Am
5.Wu Tang Clan-Shame on a Nigga
6.Onyx-Raze it Up
7.D.I.T.C.-Champagne Thought
8.The Fugees-Ready Or Not
9.Dead Prez-'They' Schools
10.The Notorious B.I.G.-Machine Gun Funk
11.M.O.P.-New Jack City
12.GZA-Breaker,Breaker
13.Cypress Hill-I Remember That Freak Bitch
14.Gang Starr -The Militia Feat. Big Shug and Freddie Foxxx
15.2pac-All Eyes On Me
16.Big Pun - Whisful Thinking
17.Bones Thugs N HArmony - Shoot Em Up
18.DJ Honda-El Presidente Feat. Jeru the Damaja
19.DMX-Blackout
20.Heltah Skeltah-Gunz `N Onez (Iz U Wit Me)
21.Kool G. Rap-One Dark Night
22.Nas-If I Ruled The World
23.NTM - Chacun Sa Mafia
24.Outcast-Art Of Story Tellin
25.Redman-We Run NY
26.Screwball - Y2K
27.Tha Alkaholiks - Hip Hop Drunkies
28.Dilated Peoples-The Platform
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Splifkin_s Ultimate Blaq Poet Mix
01. Blaq Poet - Bloody Mess (Produced by Alchemist)
02. Screwball - What The Deal (Featuring Cormega)
03. Blaq Poet - N.H.B. (Produced by DJ Premier)
04. Screwball - You Love To Hear The Stories (Pete Rock remix)
05. Screwball - Thinkin Bout Cash (featuring The Beatnuts)
06. Screwball - Loyalty (Produced by Godfather Don / Featuring Cormega)
07. Screwball - They Wanna Know Why
08. PHD - Kick That Shit & Get High (Produced by Marley Marl / Feat. Legacy of Kamikaze)
09. Screwball - My Niggas (Produced by Godfather Don)
10. Hostyle - Street Life
11. PHD - This Is For My Peeps (Produced by Hot Day)
12. Screwball - The Heat Is On (Remix) (Feat. Godfather Don and Prodigy)
13. Blaq Poet - Message From Poet (Produced by DJ Premier)
14. Blaq Poet - Poet Has Come (Produced by DJ Premier)
15, Blaq Poet - The Victory (Produced by DJ Premier)
16. Screwball - H.O.S.T.Y.L.E.
17. Screwball - Where U At (Produced by Godfather Don / Featuring Nature)
18. PHD - Let The EP Kick
19. PHD - Concrete Jungle (Produced by Hot Day)
20. Blaq Poet - We Gonna Ill (Produced by DJ Premier)
21. PHD - Set It Part 3 (Produced by Marley Marl / Featuring Havoc and Legacy)
22. PHD - Keep It Real (Remix Produced by Sha)
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DJ Premier - No Talent Required (2006)
1. DJ Premier - Intro (1:06)
2. Tef - Pay Homage (3:10)
3. M.O.P. - Stop Pushin' (4:09)
4. Royce 5'9" - Ding! (10:48)
5. Blaq Poet - Voices (5:04)
6. Planet Asia - On Your Way 93708 (4:30)
7. Jay-Z - Lost One (2:58)
8. NYGZ - GZ & Hustlaz (feat. Rave Roulette) (3:59)
9. Termanology - Watch How It Go Down (Remix) (feat. Lil' Fame & Papoose) (2:38)
10. Uncle Murder - Hood Rules Apply (1:39)
11. J-Dilla (R.I.P.) - Love Jones (4:23)
12. Defari - Peace & Gangsta (4:22)
13. 50 Cent - I Got Hoes (feat. Hot Rod) (5:19)
14. KRS-ONE - My Life (2:07)
15. Hi-Tek - 1-800-Homocide (feat. The Game & Dion) (4:50)
16. Ice Cube - Growin Up (5:05)
17. Brotha Lynch Hung & MC Eiht - Agent Double O Deuce 4 Blocc & CPT (4:44)
18. Talib Kweli - Cuntry Cuzins (feat. UGK) (2:15)
19. Jay-Z - Hov Is Back (Mick Boogie Remix)
20. The Game - Why You Hate The Game (feat. Nas)
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Flying Lotus-L.A. EP 2x3
01 RobertaFlack (Martyn's Heart Beat mix) 06:07
02 Sleepy Dinosaur (Ras_G remix) 04:11
03 Camel (Nosaj Thing remix) 02:56
04 Grapesicles (Samiyam remix) 03:55
05 RobertaFlack (Mike Slott's Other mix) 03:04
06 Secrets (Soundmurderer refix) 05:04
07 Melt! (Monopoly mix) 03:48
08 Infinitum (Exile remix) 04:11
09 Auntie's Lock/Infinitum (Quarta330
Remix) 03:36
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
Paris - Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1(2006)
01 - Kam - Can't Break Me
02 - Mc Ren - Still Ain't Free
03 - Public Enemy, Paris, Dead Prez, Kam - Can't Hold Us Back
04 - The Conscious Daughters - Woman's World
05 - T-K.A.S.H. - Made In America
06 - Uno The Prophet - Officer Down
07 - Truth Universal - Inspiration
08 - Blitz - The Road Less Traveled
09 - Dead Prez, Sun Rise Above, T-K.A.S.H. - Throwyahandzup
10 - Paris, T-K.A.S.H., Conscious Daughters - Raid
11 - The S.T.O.P. Movement, Tray Deee, Defari, Daz, J-Ro, Rbx, Soopafly, Bad Azz, Wc, Dilated Peoples, Mac Minister, Everlast - Down With Us
12 - The Coup - Ghetto Manifesto (Paris Remix)
13 - Ms. Monet' - If There's A Hell Below
14 - The S.T.O.P. Movement, Mobb Deep, Krs-One, Mack 10, Wc, The Alchemist, Evidence, Defari, B-Real, Everlast - Dear Mr. President
15 - Paris - Laylow
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VA - Wait Til The Ice Melts
1. A.M. Architect - Unspoken
2. Horizontal K - URAQTK
3. Dance Like Robots - We Were Vampires
4. Rae Davis - Pyramids
5. Mnolo - Guerra Futbol
6. Diego Chavez - Forgive Me
7. Wayside Dream - Catch as Catch Can
8. Ernest Gonzales - Caviar, Cigarettes, Dynamite, & Laserbeams
9. Nectarine - Blue Beacon
10. Diego Bernal - Father’s Son
11. Dead Waiter - The Liar
12. Makestapes - Outlines
13. [on hiatus] - Out of the Blue
14. Mirm - Kan-sha
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Sev Statik - Shotgun (2008)
01 True Grand (Prod. By Mattman Of Scribbling Idiots)
02 Virgin Death (Prod. By Dust)
03 Gabriel (Ft. Playdough)
04 Blue Flame (Ft. Eternia)
05 Better (Ft. Jasper Brown & Gideon)
06 Still On It
07 Hungry As Sin
08 Golgotha (Ft. Manasseh)
09 Timeless (Ft. Has-Lo)
10 Indigo
11 Never Fall Off (Prod. By Jlog1c)
12 Shotgun (Prod. By Jlog1c)
13 Untitled
14 Coulda Been
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Aether – Artifacts
Count Bass D--L7 Mid Life Crisis(2008)
01- Make It Flow feat. Ache [02:10]
02- Gio Any (I Could Just Came In) [01:43]
03- Back Pay (Parts 1 and 2) [02:54]
04- Can We Hang Out Tonight? [03:22]
05- Neon Soul [03:12]
06- I Need Your Love [01:31]
07- I Love You [03:31]
08- Personal Things [02:58]
09- You Got It [02:19]
10- What I Do [02:50]
11- Y.B.A. Square [02:59]
12- (Dont) Run Out On Me [02:34]
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1320 Records is proud to present the much anticipated new classic, L7 (Mid Life Crisis) from Count Bass D. Many people have long regarded the Nashville emcee/producer as a musician's musician. His creative abilities have made him a favorite to such luminaries as Madlib, MF Doom, Pete Rock, and J-Dilla. One can't help but think of artists like Sun Ra and Bob Dylan when you hear Count. The former in his ability to take you places with the sound, the latter in his way of painting pictures with words. Their music couldn't be more different, Count has a unique Hip Hop perspective, a sense of authenticity and originality that you get when you hear him, plus an attention to detail in his lyricism and production that gives him a quality that's all his own.
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