Yo Madlib is the king of hermits and musical cubby holes. I’ve been blessed to see him spin live and perform as The Lootpack with Wildchild and DJ Romes at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, but homie remains a bright shinning shadow figure. The Beat Conductor laces Benji B’s BBC Radio 1 show. It’s deep soul, head banging instrumentals and sautéed spittles. He even threw in some skits just to keep true to his trippy textures. 56 minutes and 43 seconds …
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“Open Heart” is the single off Zara McFarlane’s new album, If You Knew Her. She’s the newest artist to join Brownswood Recordings, founded by famed global DJ and music connoisseur Gilles Peterson. McFarlance’s emotional vocals are comparable to Nina Simone. Her original compositions are conscious stabs at something way under the skin. Shorty goes in. via Wax Poetics …
Rapper Prince Po (Organized Konfusion) and Rapper and Producer Oh No’s collaborative album Animal Serum just dropped. For background information check out TMG’s early reporting on Animal Serum. Serum sonically is a mixture of jazzy, soulful, psych, world music, electronic, L.A. beat styles courtesy of Oh No. Lyrically Prince Po and Oh No team up to give their observations of daily life struggles, love, sex, to the current state of Hip-Hop. Serum also features Prince Po’s Organized Konfusion partner Pharaohe Monch (a mini reunion), O.C. (D.I.T.C.), Saafir, Rock …
Recently released Mandala Vol 1 & 2 is a compilation put out by indie “Intelligent” Hip-Hop label Mello Music Group (MMG). Featured emcees on Mandala Vol 1 & 2 include Oddisee, Mr. Lif, John Robinson, Has-Lo, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Miz Korona, Quelle Chris, T. Calmese, Nick Speed, Open Mike Eagle, yU, Tim Hicks, Charlie Ross, Milo, Castle, Akil The MC, Blueprint, Fredro Starr, Stik Figa, Rapper Big Pooh, Verbal Kent, Yarbrough, DJ Eclipse, Gensu Dean, Murs, Muhsinah, Ugly Heroes, Howard Lloyd, Wise Intelligent, Has-Lo, Jamall …
After many months since Serato announced in september 2013 that it was merging it’s Digital Vinyl System (DVS) Scratch Live with it’s DJ Controller software Serato DJ, they have finally release Serato DJ 1.6. This release is fully compatible with all the newer Serato Rane mixers (61, 62, 62 Z, 64, 68), Pioneer DJM-900SRT mixer, as well as the DVS sound cards (SL 2, 3, and 4), along with a slew of DJ Controllers. New features that work with 1.6 …
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