Tag: hip hop
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OverSized Love – SeanWyze – free music download
Free download of SeanWyze’s jazzy hip hop track sampling Inside My Love by Minnie Riperton, a song famously sampled by the late producer J Dilla. Download it here. • If you like this article, subscribe to Commercial Break’s free newsletter or RSS feed (click here).
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Kick Snare And An Idea Part 1 & 2 EPs preview – Ty
London rapper Ty drops not one but two soulful hip hop EPs to mark his signing to UK label Tru Thoughts UK rapper Ty has signed to Tru Thoughts — home to the likes of Mark de Clive-Lowe, Nostalgia 77 and the Hidden Orchestra. Not bad company. To mark the occasion, the Mercury Prize-nominated rapper […]
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Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em album preview – The Jason Parker Quartet/Jay-Z
Thanks to beatmaker Spekulation, you can hear what a jazz album by rapper Jay-Z may sound like This is an awfully clever album. Seattle beatmaker Spekulation combined a cappellas by Jay-Z with music from the Jason Parker Quartet. The result? An unauthorized jazz album by a superstar rapper. Spekulation took samples from Five Leaves Left: […]
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The Network album preview – T.R.A.C. and Marc Mac
4hero’s Marc Mac and Brooklyn MC T.R.A.C link up to create The Network, a soulful hip hop album The internet allows musicians to transfer large files across even larger distances, a fact not lost on 4hero’s Marc Mac. He, along with Brooklyn-born MC T.R.A.C (aka Terry Nickz), has created The Network, a transatlantic project borne […]
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The Robert Glasper Beat Tape by Dela – free music download
For fans of jazz and hip hop, Montréal beatmaker Dela has produced the best beat tape of 2010… and it’s free Many jazz musicians profess to understand hip hop, but most don’t. That’s what makes Robert Glasper unique. He gets hip hop. The jazz pianist has worked with rappers, such as Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Common […]
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Suite For Ma Dukes DVD preview – Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Previewing a strings ‘n’ beats concert DVD boxset commemorating the work of hip hop DJ J Dilla The most overlooked recording of 2009 was undoubtedly Suite For Ma Dukes, an EP by Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson that commemorated the work of hip hop DJ J Dilla, who died in 2006. Proceeds from the EP […]
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Q-Tip mixtape by J.Period – free music download
Download this free Q-Tip mixtape by Brooklyn-based DJ-producer J.Period Q-Tip, from seminal rap group A Tribe Called Quest, is no stranger to record company politics. His 2002 album Kamaal The Abstract was dropped by Arista Records for not being commercial enough. So it’s not surprising that Q-Tip appears to be forging his own path, starting […]
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Party-Keller Vol. 3 album review – various artists (DJ Florian Keller)
Florian Keller has indulged his love of rare funk 45s by running Munich club nights since the early ’90s. He has the collector’s lust for the quirky or offbeat, but unlike some aficionados he isn’t rooted in the past. This selection is a mixed bag of old and new, ranging from classic rare grooves to […]
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Kamaal The Abstract album review – Q-Tip
There are several theories as to why the music industry is in a bind. One reason points to record company greed: it helped stoke the flames of piracy. Judging by the tortuous history of Kamaal The Abstract, we should add A&R incompetence to the list. In 2002, Arista Records shelved the album because it was […]
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When Planets Explode album review – Dorian Concept
With his floppy blond locks and second-hand T-shirts, Dorian Concept personifies nerdiness. You can hear it in his music. Every intro on When Planets Explode begins with, what appears to be, a jumble of blips and squelches. Then, as if by magic, those muddled noises mutate into a discernable melody. It’s all very smart, although […]