While in town for a screening of the Secondhand Sureshots, Count Bass D became inspired enough to take a borrowed MPC home overnight and create a collection of beats played live in the Dublab offices. Notables include a full jagged chop and flip of H-Town’s "Knockin’ Da Boots" and The System’s "Don’t Disturb This Groove". … Read more
Crate Kings favorite Damu The Fudgemunk takes us on a trip to Fat Beats NYC where he shows how to properly handle an Akai MPC 2000 and stack of accompanying disks.
Producer Dert drops Talk Strange: A Beat Tape Inspired By Bjork. The 17 track beat tape continues his series of artist-themed original instrumentals and gives a preview of his upcoming 2009 releases CMYK EP and Downtown Headnod Suite. Download: Dert – Talk Strange: A Beat Tape Inspired by Bjork
What’s another month without a great mix from DJ Ian Head? More great original breaks and samples mixed to perfection… download now and start the new year on the right note! "Dollar bins are haystacks that we know can always contain diamonds and pearls, and are truly the essence of "digging." But it takes effort. … Read more
Another top quality mix was dropped on us… this time Kidragon, a 15 year veteran of the crates, supplies us with a clean mix of original vinyl breaks, rare grooves, library, drums, soul, funk, hip-hop, and more.
"DEDICATED TO THE BBOYS, DIGGERS, BEAT MAKERS, DRUM HEADS, & MUSIC LOVERS…"
Download Dope On Plastic by Kidragon and visit his website.
Password: kidragon
Dope On Plastic cover after the jump!
Producer Alex B just dropped a gem of a beat tape for all those needing a fresh instrumental fix. Alex B is a classically trained musician known for playing the violin, bass, and more with the group Pnuma Trio. In addiiton to his group collaboration, his solo production work is also something to keep an eye on featuring a mix of analog hardware, synths, hip-hop, jazz, and down-temp inspired elements.
On a side note… some may remember The Music Exchange record store auction that we reported earlier this year. Alex made the trip and literally bought a truck load of records!
"I took your advice about the Kansas city auction and ended up buying an entire commercial truck full of records. By the end of it they were selling them by the Palette!!!! What!!! I got 3 palettes of records."
Download the beat tape and visit his website or 1320 Records for more info.
Note: Two bonus tracks featuring Raashan Ahmad from Crown City Rockers can be dowloaded here.
Hit the jump to catch a glimpse of Alex B at home digging through his personal vinyl collection along with the Beat Tape Volume One back cover.
At least once a month I know that I’ll have some fresh audio to throw into my iPhone. Again, this time around Ian Head delivers with his December ’08 mix entitled Covers Vol. 1 featuring covers of "California Dreamin’", "Ain’t No Sunshine", "Inner City Blues", and "Son of a Preacher Man." Ian also sets the … Read more
As a precursor to PPP’s Abundance album to be released on January 20th, 2009, Bing47 Radio drops a preview mix hosted by Waajeed as he goes through the tracks and offers commentary on inspiration, backstory behind the songs and participating artists, along with other production insight. "The mixtape includes brand new Waajeed remixes of songs … Read more
DJ Ian Head drops his November mix for our listening pleasure and gives a quick taste of what his crates have to offer. "It’s short – just over 20 minutes – and just a sampling of stuff I’ve dug up recently or had in the available crates. I moved this past month to the Northwest, … Read more
The Alchemist is prepping for his November 18th release of The Alchemist’s Cookbook: Better Living Through Chemistry. The six track EP features a number of collaborations and guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, Pusha T, Prodigy, Evidence, and more… Tracklist: Lose Your Life (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss & Pusha T) Key To The City (Feat. … Read more