8/30/18

Siggy & NooB Got Beats for Ninjas & Pandas

Available here.

Hazestacks - Have A Nice Day

"When I was 10 I didn't have mad friends
But I had a little thing called the interweb
I played Neopets and dress-up games
I just didn't want to play outside those days
Why bother if I was better than the rest
No one ever stepped to me, I'll purple-nurple on your chest
You ain't ever. touched. me. again.
Find out where you live and egg your mom's every now and then"

Also booze, snacks and Britney Spears samples...

8/22/18

Adventureland Release Party & Pop-Up Shop


The Stones Throw debut from Grandmilly & Shozae is out August 24, but you can get it a day early  by heading into NYC for the 8/23 pop-up, or connect with the artists at their album release party in West Hempstead this Saturday. Also, don't miss their feature on Tiny Mix Tapes.

8/20/18

Knxledge & Roc Marciano - dntaskmefrshit

8/19/18

WhoIsAriel - "No Pulse"

WhoIsAriel sent over his Zoose project from 2017 this January, but I slept. Don't be like me. Do the knowledge on this Elmont MC/producer and his crew, The RevILLution, starting with this self-produced single from a few months ago, also available for purchase.

Chilo - "Slow Cooked Meals" / "Aware W.O.L.F." ft. Ppul

One of the most talented writers on Long Island today, Chilo hit the inbox with a couple new joints.

"Slow Cooked Meals" is a collaboration wth the New Jersey collective Sessions at the PM, produced by Trill.

"Aware W.O.L.F.," produced by Al Dubz, features Ppul from Washington Heights crew The Machine.

I'd say both knock, but it sounds like the door's been kicked in already.

 

Urbvn Architects NYC - "First 48"

New video from Urbvn, with Yung K and Josh Alias on that back-and-forth black-out.

8/7/18

Knowledge The Pirate - "Ahoy"

Knowledge the Pirate has at long last released his much-anticipated debut album, Flintlock. A 15-track manifesto that's equal parts sinister and scintillating, the album is out now on mp3 or wav via Knowledge's own Treasure Chest Ent. A limited run of cassettes sold out very quickly, but look out for a 2LP release coming soon on Tuff Kong.

To celebrate the release, here's some more gold from Knowledge's buried treasures, this one off DJ S&S's 1999 mixtape, Harlem World Order. Props to Gusty Wingers at Philaflava for unearthing it.

8/5/18

True Life - Cocaine Crack (You Might Not Make It Back)


Something of a novelty record, "Cocaine Crack (You Might Not Make It Back" appears to be the only single released by Hempstead group True Life and one of only two records records from their label Top Shelf, "Connoisseur of Fine Music."

Released in 1986, it lists Eric Sadler (later of Bomb Squad fame) as a producer, though he (or someone claiming to be him on Discogs, which would be very weird) claims he was only in the studio and not involved in the making of the record. Sadler also tells us that listed songwriter W. Blunt II was "a police officer trying to make a statement record."

From the same Discogs comments section, we learn that Blunt's full name was William Charles Blunt aka Duce and that another listed songwriter, J. Eatman, went on to become Da Bandit, one half of a duo that put out an EP on Tuff City some eight years later. The other two songwriters, presumably pictured above, don't have any other readily identifiable credits, but with a little bit of poking around on Discogs, we find that Blunt was also credited on the other Top Shelf release, Silhouettes / Cream Tea, which came out the following year.

...And this is why Discogs is the best thing on the internet. Of course, respect due to Ingo Zoerntlein aka MC ZRock, a German YouTuber with a channel dedicated almost exlcusively to anti-drug raps.

8/3/18

Theravada on NTS

Theravada's madness begins at 31:54.
VILDHJARTA - SHADOW
PAUL HARES - CYCLONE PT 5
RBCHMBRS - LAVENDERS*
FRITS WENTINK x DJ BORING - CHAD BROTHERS
ESTEE NACK x SADHUGOLD - DIFFERENCES
DFNS x OLASGEUN - WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM*
YUNGMORPHEUS x THERAVADA - SELF EFFICACY*
THERAVADA - PRESSURE FEAT. ANKHLEJOHN (PROD. FREDDYMOE)*
THERAVADA - TAX*
THERAVADA - OSTRICH FREESTYLE*
SIR EU x RBCHMBRS - LAMB*
(*) denotes unreleased content