Tag: hip hop
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Nick And Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy album – Potatohead People
Smorgasbord of big beats and hip hop stylings from Canada’s boom ‘n’ bap masters Big Luxury, this duo’s 2015 album, was a masterclass in how boom ‘n’ bap grooves should be done. Nick And Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy continues where their debut LP left off: a smorgasbord of big beats and hip hop stylings. […]
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Play EP by Uhmeer – free music download
Son of DJ Jazzy Jeff creates a slick hip-hop EP of soulful samples and scatter-shot rap Sometimes giving away music is the best way for an artist to get noticed. Even esteemed DJ Jazzy Jeff has offered free downloads — and he’s had scores of hits with the likes of Will Smith and Jill Scott. […]
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Brixton Baby video – Ty
From the UK rapper’s A Work of Heart LP comes a song exploring a phenomenon that’s uprooting scores of communities This video is about the gentrification of Brixton, although Ty could just as easily have been rapping about Brooklyn, New York or East Palo Alto, California. Those areas, like the south London enclave, have witnessed […]
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How jazz inspired hip hop – video
Short video explaining the symbiotic relationship between jazz and hip hop Website Jazz Night In America:NPR Back in the early ’90s, outfits such as the Digable Planets tried to meld jazz with hip hop by rapping over improvising musicians. Almost 20 years later, however, it’s clear that producers such as J Dilla — who created […]
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Eleanora EP by Panax – free music download
Fans of the jazzy rap of ATCQ and J Dilla will dig the chilled beats and laid-back verses of this Canadian rapper This EP by Canadian rapper Panax is a follow-up to his single Fakin The Funk. That jazzy download was produced by AstroLogical, one half of Potatohead People that created the boom-bap beats of […]
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Slick feat. Ladybug Mecca by The Hue – free music download
Free download of some jazzy rap with a distinct Digable vibe from a Texas collective The video (above) by a six-strong collective hailing from Houston, Texas, does a wonderful job of encapsulating the laid-back vibe of Slick, some jazzy hip hop that not only sounds like vintage Digable Planets but features Ladybug Mecca from the […]
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Flight (Energy) by Dres and Jaleel Shaw – free music download
Free download of some jazzy rap by Black Sheep’s Dres and NY saxman Jaleel Shaw Dres from Black Sheep is no stranger to jazz. On the hip-hop outfit’s monster 1991 hit The Choice Is Yours, a jazzy double bass was sampled to good effect. Fast forward to 2015 and the rapper is dipping his toes […]
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Fakin The Funk by Panax – free music download
What do we know about Panax? He’s Canadian, used to be called Dmac and, as his SoundCloud page rightly states, “he raps well”. Fakin The Funk is two and a half minutes of jazzy, soulful hip hop produced by AstroLogical, one half of Potatohead People, a duo that released the rather fine Big Luxury album […]
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Big Luxury album – Potatohead People
Not sure why Nick Wisdom and AstroLogical call themselves Potatohead People. It’s not as if either resemble Potato Head, the Hasbro toy, or pen tunes of an agrarian nature. In fact, the only thing this Canadian duo cultivate are hip-hoppy electronic tracks, often with some subtle jazzy flavours. The web is awash with unimaginative boom-bap […]
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Leaves EP by Freddie Joachim – free music download
Free download of Leaves, Freddie Joachim’s six-track EP that consists of soulful, laid-back instrumentals Freddie Joachim (pronounced Jo-ah-kim) has been deejaying since the mid ’90s, collecting nuggets of hip hop, jazz and soul along the way. Between DJ sets, the California-based artist has produced music for the likes of Aloe Blacc, Blu and Carlitta Durand, […]