By Chris Mills | May 14, 2012 at 1:25 pm | No comments
Atlanta's heRobust has been dishing out some really, really amazing beats lately. But expect that dishing to turn into nothing short of an all-out assault on the global beat game very soon with surely enough material to keep us all enthralled for the rest of the year and...
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By Chris Mills | May 14, 2012 at 12:47 pm | No comments
Mississippi's favorite (perhaps after David Banner), Big K.R.I.T., pretty much destroyed Crossroads KC at the Section 8 Concert last summer. His new album, "4 Eva N A Day", is chalk-full of the country-tinged floaters and Southern-fried bangers that we've become accustomed to....
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By Chris Mills | April 4, 2012 at 4:16 pm | No comments
A couple of years ago, I asked a friend of mine what she thought the next big thing in music could be. "Maybe lo-fi will make a comeback," she quipped jokingly. Enter the Kansas City-based, beat-creating collective, The Outer Peoples. Primarily comprised of BMoody, Dan...
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By Sam | March 13, 2012 at 6:43 pm | No comments
Whenever I listen to hip-hop from the South, I’m reminded of one of my favorite Lil’ Wayne lyrics. On the track “Shooter” which features the hyper sexualized crooning of Robin Thicke, Weezy finishes off his second verse with a line that’s about as politically charged...
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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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