Mixed by Mick Boogie, this project has been one people have been waiting on for a while now. Track listing and download link are below.
Idle Warship – Party Robot (mixtape)
Editor’s note: The Graph Nobel “Fyah” song is so aptly titled… – Hyph
Dope video from CL’s performance at the 2009 QN5 Megashow from NYC a few weeks back. Deacon, Natti, and Kno performed their entire A Piece of Strange album (which is a certified hip-hop classic) with Club Dub backing them up.
Unfortunately, I don’t believe the band will be joining them on their upcoming tour, but regardless, you won’t want to miss this show when it rolls through your town.
Seattle folks: you can catch CL performing with Looptroop Rockers, the homey Tunji, and some of our hometown heroes, Grieves & Budo, on November 25th at Neumos. Be there.
The homey Cook, or as I know him, Will from Pomona (5-C’s represent, represent), just dropped off this fresh beat tape, mixed by DJ Seano. Every time I hear Cook’s beats, I’m more and more impressed. There are so many ill layers to these…it’s just up to the right artists to sprinkle the right spices and make some classic dishes.
This ain’t your mama’s crusty old beat tape! These are The Original Recipes – a collection of Cook Classics beats from the last few years. We managed to plug about 40 beats into a twenty minute set by the incredible DJ Seano. The tape starts with hip hop, but by the end you’ll be dancing like a teeny-bopper to some serious pop and uptempo production. To all the beat-jacking loop builders out there, we kindly introduce the funky chicken and our favorite lazer sounds to make your life just a little more difficult. Remember, this is only a small selection of hundreds of Cook beats, so if you want to work, hit me up! It’s time to cook, biatch!
Pretty self explanatory…the homies Tunji, Kam Moye, Jern Eye, and Evangillest rocking rhymes over live production from Keelay and Cook. Shout to GregTheDude on the visuals!
I look forward to the day when Toby and Tunji are rich and famous so I can brag to people that I used to DJ for ‘em when we were in college. These guys played such an important part in the development of “DJ Hyphen” (yes! first 3rd person reference on the blog ftw!) that it means a lot to finally see their first music video released to the public. This is a great day…
Shout to everyone involved in this track (Oren Yorel and Paul Dateh killed it) and video (directed by rising star Donlee Brussel). Go vote right now to help Inverse win MTVu’s Freshmen video contest this week and get it added to MTV – http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/nominees-062909/
You can vote as many times as you’d like, so get on your grind people! Sidenote, Inverse’s excellent So Far (The Collection) project will be re-released through QN5 Music on July 6th…you’ll need to cop that too.
I’m always down to check out some new talent, especially when it’s co-signed by some folks I respect. Peep this new tape from J. Lately, featuring appearances by our fellow 5-C’er, Tunji, along with Co$$ and Bambu. I’m about half way through and I’m impressed with J’s flow and wordplay so far. The beats are ill too…
Download here courtesy of 2DopeBoyz.
Since my day job works with music videos, I often get a sneak peak at clips before they get released. We got this one in last week and since I’ve always loved the track (the beat is banoodles), I was hoping the visuals would live up to it. Thankfully, Todd Angkasuwan, one of the illest up and coming directors in the game, did the song justice and killed it with the one take approach.
Shout to Talib, Corey, Tunji, S.A.S., and the whole Blacksmith fam. Cop “Back Again” on iTunes right here.
Tunji and Toby linked up with Yours Truly and GregTheDude for a Los Angeles edition of the Keys 2 The City series:
Inverse gives you an insider’s tour of the finer restaurants that populate the City of Angels such as Tito’s Tacos and IN-N-OUT Burger, all while shedding some light on their backstory. As Los Angeles brims with the talented new voices it’s inspired, Inverse takes the lead and treats us to a set of fresh acapellas. If you like what you hear, cop the So True EP on iTunes or Amazon and support independent artists.
Amen. Sidenote, I think I was with them after a late night studio session when we hit that Taco joint back in our college days. Might not have been the same one, but either way, ahhh…the good ol’ days.
LOL @ comparisons between Em and Asher right now. Asher’s actually making songs. Em’s making the same joke of a single for the 6th time. Shrug.
This is the next single by the way, featuring Cee-Lo if you couldn’t tell. Footage shot by the homey Tunji and the alley oop from GregTheDude.
Notice I didn’t call it a ‘mixtape’ hahah. Outasight is a really talented artist coming out of NYC and he just teamed up with 6th Sense and Mick Boogie to drop this prequel before his official album is released. There are all sorts of talented folks making appearances on this (Tunji, Cook Classics, Donny Goines, Oddisee, etc.), so you should already know.
Download here.
