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Posts by vickey
DOWNLOAD// Roddy Rod “Vudu 4 U”
Published by vickey on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 12:32 pm.
As we all patiently await the return of D’angelo, DJ RoddyRod makes us reminisce the music of yore with a four track sampler aptly titled “Vudu 4 u”—which serves as an appetizer for an upcoming EP of the same name. RoddyRod loops, chops and puts his stamp on D’s classic “Voodoo” album. If this is any indication of whats to come —we say send it on, send it through.
DOWNLOAD: “Vudu 4 u”
IN VIDEO// Nostalgia77 Talks His Latest Album “The Sleepwalking Society”
Published by vickey on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 1:14 pm.
Electro/Jazz producer Benedict Lamdin (aka Nostalgia 77) takes to the camera to speak on ”The Sleepwalking Society,” his long-awaited fourth studio album. Lamdin, who has created tracks for Alice Russell and Lizzy Parks, taps into the sounds of folk and blues. “The Sleepwalking Society” will be available March 22nd.
For More Info: Website
DOWNLOAD// Detroit Producer Apollo Brown Releases Mini-Mix
Published by vickey on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 1:03 pm.-
Critically acclaimed Detroit-based producer Apollo Brown is setting the stage for the March 1st release of his instrumental album “CLOUDS,” with a mini-mix. Mixed by TreeTops; the project features classic, rare, and exclusive joints all produced by Brown. - Track Listing:
01. Danny Brown “The Wizard”
02. Dudley Perkins “Heaven & Hell” [rmx]
03. MagestikLegend “Brag Language”
04. Bang Bang [instro]
05. Diamond District “Streets Won’t Let Me Chill” [rmx]
06. Helpless Dreamer [instro]
07. The Left ft. MarvWon “Real Detroit” [rmx]
08. Finale “Departure”
09. The Left ft. Mu “Battle Axe” - Mixed by TreeTops
Produced by Apollo Brown - DOWNLOAD : APOLLO BROWN MINI-MIX
- For More Info: Website | Twitter
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DOWNLOAD// Kil “Through The Wire” [Beats Inspired by HBO's "The Wire"]
Published by vickey on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 1:17 pm.
Music producer Kil has been churning out beats for indie artists for years. With a production style that’s reminiscent of DJ Premier and Pete Rock, the Philadelphia native is releasing “Through the Wire”—a mix of heavy hitting instrumentals that are spiced with sound bites from the HBO series “The Wire” (one of the best shows in the history of television). ”Through the Wire is the perfect marriage between two of my loves, making beats and the HBO television series The Wire. I’ve been addicted to the Wire since it first dropped in 2002 and have been using samples from the show to match the mood of my beats ever since. Over the years I’ve made a rack of beats like this, and decided to put this project together for all the Wire heads out there. If you mess with the Wire and dope beats, this album is right up your alley,” said Kil. The CD is available for download in both clean and dirty versions.
Download: Through The Wire (Clean) | Through The Wire (Dirty)
subCENTRIC SELECTS// Kokayi
Published by vickey on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 1:14 pm.
While mainstream radio continues to be flooded with cookie-cutter pop tunes and artists, there is an abundance of independent artists that are steady on the grind concocting forward thinking vulpine projects. One of those being Rapper/producer Kokayi. The member of the of the world renowned Hip-hop collective Opus Akoben, recently dropped the quirky, campy parody “Roxtar” off his latest project, “Robots & Dinosaurs”. subCentric caught up with Kokayi to find out more about his motivation for “Robots & Dinosaurs”, the concept behind his new video and the top five album that have shaped him as an artist.
subCentric: What’s the driving force behind your latest release “Robots & Dinosaurs”?
Kokayi: The driving force for the record is the option for the masses to hear
honest music. The concept of the record was to pose the question, what
does one do if they like both robot (electronic, semi-human, soulless)
and dinosaur(organic, purist, fear of change) hip hop? I provide for
both the young and the old and the lost demographic between, quality
music. Read the rest of this entry »
DOWNLOAD// The Indie Life: Concert Series Mixtape, Vol. 1
Published by vickey on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 1:00 pm.The Indie Life: Concert Series, created by Washington D.C. Hip Hop artist SmCity, is set to be a dedicated platform for independent artists. The series will hosts a nationally known indie artist in D.C.; paired with the talent of a decorated local indie artist to serve as an opener.In preparation of the series, “SmCity presents: The Indie Life: Concert Series Mixtape Vol.1″ —a mixtape hosted by DJ 2 Tone Jones, has been released. ”Incorporating a mixtape to accompany the series just made a lot of sense to me. For individuals who are not familiar with each artist, but still want to support Hip Hop, I want them to feel included as well,” said SmCity.
Download: The Indie Life: Concert Mixtape, Vol. 1
IN VIDEO// Little Dragon Perform in DC
Published by vickey on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 1:56 pm.
FREE DOWNLOAD// tabi Bonney “Postcard from Abroad” [Mixtape]
Published by vickey on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 1:16 pm.
Riding the wave of his recent release “Fresh”, Washington DC emcee tabi Bonney has teamed up with clothing brand, LRG and Producer/DJ Smiles Davis to release his latest mixtape Postcard From Abroad. Bonney, jumps out the box with this experimental mixtape project—which features new material, mashups with Aeroplane, Lykki Li and Phoenix; and production by Devo Springsteen, Million $ Mano and Arsenal.
Download: Tabi Bonney, “Postcard from Abroad“
LISTEN UP// Bilal “Levels”EP
Published by vickey on Monday, January 24, 2011 at 2:47 pm.
Artists releasing CD singles and remix/instrumental EPs is nowadays a far off notion. The standard that was the EP, has morphed into the mixtape—much to my chagrin. Luckily, Plug Research brings back the EP single with the release of Bilal’s “Levels” —which features an album edit, Instrumental and a re-edit from Flying Lotus, as well as remixes from Ken Bts, and labelmates Sonnymoon. While the EP is cool—always nice to have an instrumental Bilal track to vibe out to—the Sonnymoon remix is the standout. The sweet melodic vocals of the groups lead singer, Anna, intertwined with Bilal vocals make for an angelic duet.
FULL SCREEN
The Sounds of VTech / Bilal Levels 
Tracklisting:
Levels (Album Edit)
Levels (Instrumental)
Levels (Flying Lotus Edit)
Levels (Sonnymoon Remix)
For More Info: Plug Research |itunes
