By Chris Mills | January 7, 2012 at 3:34 pm | No comments
Kendrick Lamar's partner in rhyme, Schoolboy Q, is set to drop his newest, the "Habits & Contradictions" release on January 14th. This is the latest freebie floating around on the net, "Blessed", produced by Dave Free. Kendrick Lamar dropped my hands down favorite record of...
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By Chris Mills | December 27, 2011 at 2:46 pm | No comments
As we mentioned over the weekend, KC-beat guru, Leonard DStroy, has a new album coming out soon. Soon is today. The Elm & Oak label is calling this a "collage album", featuring over 50 beats in just nine tracks. The name behind the album seems rather simple now. We've always...
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By Chris Mills | December 22, 2011 at 2:02 pm | No comments
"Attention Deficit High Definition" (ADHD), the long-awaited beat album from Kansas City sound-shaper, Leonard DStroy, drops on Tuesday, December 27th. Elm & Oak decided it would be only right to throw out a leaked single from the project which sounds like a rather...
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By Chris Mills | December 11, 2011 at 4:43 pm | No comments
I have to clear the air and note that it's quite rare that we jack content from other official sites, much less podcasts specific to other sites, but this new hour long mix from the one man, London-based bass tastemaker, Om Unit, is something else. XLR8R has been doing an...
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By Chris Mills | December 1, 2011 at 4:49 pm | One comment
KC's I-R Neko just released a brand new EP today on CD Baby titled O.verdue G.rams. Armed with beats from the likes of BBP, Nsane Eems and Pharmz, "Uno Microfono" and "The Prognosis" specifically show flashes of repeat material, while BBP's productions remain the record's...
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By Chris Mills | November 25, 2011 at 10:34 am | No comments
I finally decided to take a look at Mikael Colombu's website just now. There's some pretty breathtaking videos up there. I'm not even a big video geek (yet) but word is, anything this guy touches is gold. These are what you call music videos heading into 2012. Shot in...
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By Chris Mills | November 20, 2011 at 4:22 pm | No comments
Just last week, I happened to see a Verizon commercial on Monday Night Football featuring XV's "Awesome", produced by Seven (who's also been known to work with Tech N9ne quite a bit). Watch out for an EP under the same title from Vizzy very soon. While I think THIS is...
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By Chris Mills | October 25, 2011 at 12:58 pm | One comment
We first came to familiarity with i-R Neko after hearing his With Love From KC mixtape a couple of months ago that included a track with Gee Watts and himself rapping on Tupac's "Temptations" beat. That prompted me to look into Gee Watts quite a bit more. But with this...
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By Chris Mills | October 4, 2011 at 9:34 pm | No comments
KC-based beatmaker, Dan Matic, just dropped a new EP today titled Round Numbers, in affiliation with Outer Peoples and Footclan. One of the seven tracks on here actually features Reggie B and HeaVi (of the Solution) on instrumentation, marking at least the second time...
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By Chris Mills | August 15, 2011 at 11:58 am | No comments
Fit for a rainy day in KC comes Dan Matic's latest bandcamp release, Coeruleus, consisting of fifteen oddball beats somewhat less mean than his recent stuff (or at least our favorites from his previous releases). The KC-based, Reggie B, has a feature on here as well. Check...
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