Dieselboy has been touring over the planet since the mid nineties, and he’s still seen by many as the one of sickest drum ‘n bass DJ and Producers alive. On tap today, is a bonkers 84 minute mega mix featuring 87 different tracks, mixed to perfection.
My goal is to make the most intricate, layered, and amazing mix that’s ever been done. Period. I’m not trying to just put out a mix; I’m trying to put out a mix that other DJs will listen to and aspire TO do. I don’t fuck around. I want to be amazing.
I gots to agree with him on this one. This track will def stand up to the test of time. Download the mix here or stream it below.
This 3 For 10 roundup comes from a non existant magical mixtape boutique. A New Age store where the clerks provide you with mixtapes based purely on emotion. It would be some wild conceptual shit, like holistic healing with crystals, but the crystals are mixtapes about cocaine distribution.
If you’re looking to feel cold and emotionless in your core we have a nice joint from Fred The Godson to numb you to the chaos of life. If you want to escape the problems of the world and relax into a world of absurd possibility we’ve got Riff Raff chopped up. Maybe you desire to elevate your spirit to a plane of lush warmth relaxation, for that we’ve got a new instrumental joint from Dirtybird B. All of that spiritual therapy for the price of free ninety nine and some karmic retribution. Who wants to go half on a pop-up shop? The New York Times will definitely cover this shit.
If you’re the type of cat that’s wild concerned with bringing New York rap back in its 1995 incarnation you’re probably more than familiar with Fred The Godson. You also probably don’t read this blog and have spent most of this global warming induced mild summer lamenting how you haven’t had a chance to wear your new Timbs. For the rest of the world, Fred may be a kind of a hard sell. Dude kinda sounds like Jim Jones, raps like Fabolous and looks like a giant infant with braids.
However, his recent City Of God tape with DJ Drama gives us a couple of reasons to check this dude, who might be a lost member of the Bebe’s Kids tribe. Dude comes through as a above average NY coke rapper once you cull out all the generic NY club tracks and shitty ballads. City of God gives us about 10 songs that feature Fred going in over some quality production that ranges from Lex Luger sound alikes to classic boom bap. On this tape dude sounds best over moody minimalist cocaine synth pieces. “Doves” with Pusha T features dudes rapping surprisingly about cocaine, but the combination of the cold track and Fred’s detached delivery sounds entirely on point for the remorseless dealer character he cultivates.
“How You Don’t Know Me” brings back Giorgio Moroder circa Scarface synths while Fred talks a bunch of shit. The best parts of this tape sound like a concept album about Nino Brown thinking about his life right before that old dude shot him in New Jack City. If Fred made that album he could easily carve out a lane for himself in the sea of Nautica and Northface rappers.
Riff Raff – Rap Game Larry Bird (2012) [SODMG] // Grade: B-
Sometimes screwing music works because you get a chance to really hear the intricacies of the song or pickup lyrics that you might’ve normally missed. In those instances the screw allows you to dissect the soundscape and let it wash over you. This is not one of those times. Rap Game Larry Bird is not an album that’s exceptionally deep in any way, the music is generally pretty sparse and the lyrics are absurdist rants from a dude who calls himself “the white Gucci Mane.”
While Riff Raff has a way to go before he reaches Gucci’s level of insanity, his brand of simple rhyming and bizarre boasts “I done shook dice with Larry Bird in Barcelona” are exactly the type of rap that sounds amazing chopped up into a hypnotic mix.While Riff Raff may never get a XXL rating on anything he ever releases this album is leading the race in “best album to get high to and play Mario Kart for 5 hours” award.
Instrumental hip hop feels like it should come entirely from California. Dudes out there have giant beach,es beautiful weather, great tacos and women with tans all year long, so it makes sense when they make albums that sounds like low level psychedelic dreams. That’s the reality of California living if I’m to believe the various documentaries of the state I’ve seen (Friday, Saved By The Bell, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The OC).
It comes as no surprise then, that the new album from producer Dirtybird B is the sort of chilled out head nodding experience that you could imagine yourself listening to on your first night at a beach bonfire after moving to LA from Brooklyn. Headphones turned up, relaxing in a light jacket in March, thinking about the possibilities of a new city while thinking “fuck winter.” Hard Work In Paradise is very reminiscent of the more chilled out Prefuse 73 productions or even a more rare joint like the first Dosh album. Really chill compositions that allow your mind to wander and go to beautiful places.
Evian Christ, young electronic music artist/producer from the UK is, as the kids say, going viral. He’s blowing up on the interwebz. He’s on the front page of AOL! Maybe. Does AOL even exist anymore? Anyway this kid is a YouTube sensation, getting all kinds of buzz solely based off of the songs he was posting to his account since around December. And look where that got him: nowhere. Oh wait, nevermind. He got signed.
To Tri Angle Records to boot! One of my absolute faves, Tri Angle has been killing it super hard recently with artists like Water Borders, oOoOO, Clams Casino and more. Now, to formally introduce the world to Evian Christ, they’ve released a free 8 song compilation of his YouTube songs, all remastered and whatnot. It’s called Kings and Them and it’s dope. You should probably download it.
New Lil B! Damn, it feels like it’s been years since the BasedGod released any new material at al- oh wait. No it doesn’t. Not at all. Nevertheless, I’m always ready for new Lil B, and am quite prepared to put White Flame on blast all fucking weekend. So many Based Freestyles!
Much like the rest of his Flame and Bitch Mob mixtapes, White Flame is a return to the ridiculous misogynistic over-the-top absurdist Lil’ B, a character who has been in the background for a little to make room for Based-Tony-Robbins Lil B. Swag.
Tracks like “I’m Fabio” (see video above) signaled a welcome resurgence of “Bitch I’m _____” Brandon. And it doesn’t stop there! Basedgod been feeling might generous dropping videos like crazy from White Flame. On Saturday alone he blessed us with a grip of new ones. Good times were had by all. Thankyoubasedgod!
R U ready for heavy bass? You better be, because the newest installment of our Keep Watch mix series comes straight from the booming, brain rattling, earth shaking Subscape. Part of Caspa‘s Dub Police label, Subscape has been a shining star in Dubstep since the late aughts. We’ve been fans from the start, even recruiting him for our Fall 2011 Lookbook. For this Keep Watch mix he’s put together almost 40 minutes of brutal bass to set the dancefloor off and leave cracks in your foundation.
This thing is so vicious it’ll have you bouncing for days – and that’s just the first 10 minutes! Subscape really went all out on it, and made sure to include a bunch of stuff from all your favorite Dub Police artists. Featuring tracks from Caspa, Emalkay, Trolley Snatcha, The Others, and more, Keep Watch Vol. XXXII is dubstep at its finest. For more Dub Police, check them out on tour in the US this Winter, including February 24th at Webster Hall. Cop the free download below.
After an endless wait, Heems from Das Racist has finally dropped his debut solo mixtape Nehru Jackets! Thank heavens. Long rumored and promised, I never woulda thunk that Victor would come with the solo jumpoff before compatriot Heems, but just a few weeks ago we got The Palm Wine Drinkard.
Now, fresh on the heels of that release we get Nehru Jackets, which was released in conjunction with Queens based non-profit SEVA NY. Featuring tracks we’ve already heard like “Womyn” and “Alien Gonzales,” and guest spots from Kool A.D., Despot, Danny Brown, Big Baby Gandhi, Lakutis, Action Bronson and, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Nehru Jackets promises to be one of the earliest bangers of this young year. Huzzah!
Well, it’s just been a remix kind of day hasn’t it? After the release of the awesome Babe RainbowGreed Remix EP, I stumbled upon this other fantastic set of remixes over at DIS Magazine, this time for all of fellow Bloglin writer Pictureplane’s superlative Thee Physical album. Dimensional Rip 7 is chock full of goodness, with 19 remixes from a seriously impressive roster of artists. Here’s what Dis has to say ’bout it:
Pictureplane’s “Thee Physical” was a conceptual work about how we, as humans, relate to our 3rd dimensional world by experiencing it physically through touch. and our experience of being human inside of physical bodies in a post-physical digital age. this collection of remixes is a continuation of these concepts, each remixer being hand selected by Pictureplane to work with the digital skeletons of each song, to carry out their own visions of what Thee Physical meant to them, and their physical forms. This remix double album, is the 7th Dimensional Rip. which is an ongoing conceptual art work by Travis Egedy (Pictureplane). each Dimensional Rip is meant to be, just that, a rip or tear within space and time. a way of putting something out into the universe that helps to alter perception and the very world that it exists in. past Dimensional Rips have been anything from group art exhibitions, a zine, a mix of slowed down happy hardcore, or a performance artwork inside of an art museum. the 7th Dimensional Rip is no different.
DIS is one of my favorite magazines/websites/creative-entities doing it right now, and in part that’s because of the consistently great quality of the music they’re involved in. Dimensional Rip 7 is no different. It’s got Teams, Fire For Effect (Ultrademon), Ritualz, Physical Therapy (video above), Grimes, Unicorn Kid, Tearist and more, all working with one of my favorite releases of the year. So many remixes, so little time.
I feel like a heel. I gave Lil B’s Christmas tape some love yesterday but totally spaced that our main man Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, was also dropping his own very special Christmas tape. This new tape features a boat load of tracks eX has circulated individually since our release of Lost In Translation. Both “The Song That Never Ends AKA Huzzah! 2″ and “R.I.P. Payso” are on here along with tracks featuring guest spots by Danny Brown and Maffew Ragazino. It’s good shit, but would expect any less from eX?
This shit’s like getting a Sega Genesis when you were 12 or some shit on Christmas morning… only we’re a whole day late. Whatever, It’s not like you guys were all hunkered around a computer all day yesterday anyway. At least I hope you weren’t and spent the day with your friends and/or families. So be it a day late it’s still it’s free and awesome, so enjoy it!
Joy to the world, the latest Zombie Rave is finally here! ℑ⊇≥◊≤⊆ℜof Mater Suspiria Vision has come out of Zombie Rave retirement for something truly special. The Zombie Rave X/Mass is almost two hours of primo drag straight from the depths of a candy-striped hell.
The mix is divided between “2011″ and “2012,” the first a cavalcade of hits and the seconds a journey into a face melting future where Lana Del Rey’s true cyborg origins have been revealed and choreographed machine gun dances are all the rage. Download it below, and check the full tracklist after the jump. But hurry because as always there are only 100 downloads made available… though we suspect you’ll be seeing some unauthorized copies floating around within the hour.
