Here are some mixes and mixtapes that are highly recommended for these end of summer days. ENjoi!
Sake One- We Are Love Dealers Yao - No Clear Answers Mix Jo Def 30 Minute Boiler Room Mix The Blue Flowers (Between Blue and Blue) 54 Madlib Beats Mixed by Larry Gus Machinedrum Mix for OAKNYC All dope. All downloadable
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The other day I got a brief email from OKSG telling me that Mos was "back to form", there was a link attached but I didn't get a chance to click it. Skip to a few days later and I am on my second listen-through of Mos Def's new album The Ecstatic and I must concur that Mos is not half-steppin'. His flows are tight and the guests (Slick Rick, Georgianna Muldrow, Talib Kweli) and producers (Madlib, Chad Hugo, Preservation, J DILLA!!!) are top notch.
This album is heat and as much as OKSG hates me turning this blog into "hype of the moment" type blathery, I gotta big up it as already a 2009 classic -- fuck already a HIP HOP classic. It will be on steady BUMP this summer (and many other seasons to come) without doubt.
Stream it! Then cop it!
Azymuth Live In Los Angeles... from Andrew Lojero on Vimeo.
From Azymuth's recent show in LA. First show in US since '84! Looked like good times, but i had to miss it for this.
So, i know that hardly anyone is going to agree with this, but I feel that Madvillainy is probably the most important hip hop album and amongst the top 5 to come out in the last 7-8 years. So while we wait for the 2nd go around, I think we are really just waiting on Doom as its common knowledge that Madlib has beats for months, Madlib has taken it upon himself to remix the whole 1st project...which is pretty big news in my world. Hit Stones Throw up to check out the nice box treatment they are giving it, which is way outta my budget :(
check three of the remixes here:
Brain (via Analog Giant)
and
3.214 and Draino (via The Full Clip- a great blog milli hipped me to today)
Ronnie Foster's "Mystic Brew" emits summerness, the bassline is a classic , having been lifted for Tribe's "Electric Relaxation," yet another classic. Diplo has a go at that honey sweet bassline on his "Brew Barrymore," and its sounding nice- great summer time dance tune.
Also, check out the orginal, ATCQ "Electric Relaxation", and Madlib's visit as well.
So from the other day's post on Madlib's new project Jackson Conti, I clicked over to their Myspace where I scrolled through their top 8 and discovered something great. Thalma de Freitas is a Brazilian actress and carioca singer, member of Orquestra Imperial, and daughter of Brazilian music man Laercio de Freitas. I am still researching more on her. So while you wait for more raving enthusiasm about this new "discovery" you can watch this great video
or cruise on over to her Myspace for more tunage.
So if you don't know by now that uber prolific producer/emcee Madlib is a musical genius than report to the principals office and get a late pass.
His latest project is a group called Jackson Conti, with legendary Brazillian drummer Ivan Mamão Conti of Azymuth. They play Brazillian standards that are all in an improvisational style. I'm partial to music of Brazil cause it has the ability to magically bring light to the shittiest of moods for me, but I think this is release of theirs entitled Sujinho, is something that everyone can vibe to.
Check out their little EPK:
and then just to show how disparate and versatile he is, check out this video from back in 2000 of another of 'lib's aliases, Quasimoto:
