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FAT BEATS TO CLOSE NYC & L.A. STORES

To some of you this aint news. To me & the rest of the faithfuls, it is huge! Fat Beats is one of the only few record stores around where you can find your hip hop & other musical needs. Homies from J.Rocc to Shames Worthy to House Shoes have held jobs there. It has been a haven for all things hip hop & surrounding itself with the illest of the ills! Let’s face it… record stores have become obsolete due to them becoming desolate. FACT - No one buys schitt no more. FACT - Everyone downloads. FACT - & this is why there are no more record stores. I remember talking to the homies Tanya Morgan off the record about this very same issue. They wrote a song about it too… like to hear it? Here it goes…

Tanya Morgan – She’s Gone

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“Tuesdays me & you day” … damn. Peep the official statement & a video of the history of Fat Beats after the J…

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SOAPBOX MELODICS – SBM (SHOGUN DOOM COLLABO)

Yay area stand up! Soapbox Melodics is back with a dope song that is damn near like their anthem & off the top the schitt goes! Anya’s soothing vocals over Deejay DirtyNate’s ominous production grabs you & make you want to put one up in the air while grabbin your nuts… or maybe that’s just me. Anyways… peep & get that!

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DOWNLOAD || SOAPBOX MELODICS – SBM (SHOGUN DOOM COLLABO) [SOUNDCLOUD | BANDCAMP]

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YAY OR NAY: MILO HIROSHIMA – IT’S BEEN WRITTEN…

This hit my inbox yesterday and I was impressed by the candidness of the message included. Milo Hiroshima, a west-coast MC with a pretty ill & unique flow in my opinion, created his ‘It’s Been Written‘ mix tape in a lo-fi format intentionally…and although my first instinct was “yeah right”, I ventured to his Bandcamp and checked out the tracks and was thoroughly surprised. The lyrical detail is dope yet not overwhelming, and with production from devonwho, Flying Lotus, J. Dilla, Left Brain, MadLib, Metal Fingers (aka DOOM), Polow Da Don, and Tyler the Creator, the beats match perfectly. All in all, this is a new guy who just might creep his way into your playlists on some smooth alt-hip-hop shit. Partake and let us know after the jump, YAY or NAY?

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A BLOG CALLED FRESH-UNTITLED MIXTAPE

I’m kind of weird about my tunes. Whenever I see a mix is in a single Mp3, normally I don’t bother fooling with it. Why? I’m lazy and I don’t want to skip through to find the parts I like (kinda like a cassette tape, no?). But, A Blog Called Fresh compiled it, and I spotted it over at Dirtywork so I downloaded it. And I played the entire thing. So now I’ll return the favor.

Pop the hood for tracklist. We got some bossanova, funk, old school, hip-hop and the like. Just trust my judgment.

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HAZ SOLO | WHAZ – ALL CAPS NO TRICK SPELLING

Time is Haz’s bitch. He own’s that trick. He must! I mean… how the hell else does he have time to do all this schitt? It’s like a new project every other Tuesday n schitt! How do you do it nigga!? Huh!? HOW!? Fresh back from “REE_PONGI” , Haz Solo along side super graphic designer & producer Whaz go in on some DOOM schitt. You will hear DOOM over original Haz & Whaz production & then hear Haz on some of DOOM’s previous productions. It’s what you would expect when you get a new Haz project… COMPLETE FRESHNESS.

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Tracklist & DL after the after…

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PODCAST: VAST #7 – SHAPE

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ARTHUR VEROCAI – FLYING TO L.A. [VIDEO+MP3]

“I could listen to the (Arthur Verocai) album everyday for the rest of my life” – Madlib

Arthur Verocai is a mysterious figure even in his native Brasil.  He has composed and arranged for such giants as Jorge Ben, Gal Costa and Leny Andrade.  But hip hop heads know him for his often sampled (see Ludacris, MF Doom and Little Brother) self-titled solo album.  The album came out at the height of the Brasilian dictatorship and was a commercial failure.  His performance of this seminal 1972 record complete brought the sold out crowd at the Luckman Theater to a stand still.  According to Verocai, he had never played the record “alive or dead!”  His delight at the opportunity to play this music in it’s complete form can be seen on the Timeless DVD box set.

This song, “Flying to LA” was written specifically for the concert at the Luckman.  It starts with open drums by Mamao from the famed Brasilian trio Azymuth, and then goes on a beautiful harmonic journey.  Enjoy, share and turn it up.

Keep it here as next week we’ll be dropping the exclusive Verocai remix, shortly followed by the amazing special mix by none other than DJ Nuts.  Don’t sleep.

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SELF-SCIENTIFIC – DEEPER ROOTS

Self-Scientific (Chace Infinite & DJ Khalil) composed this gem for a doomed-LRG promotion. Good thing we have the internet and good thing you have us! Partake!

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MAKESHIFT- THE SLEEPLESS BEAT TAPE

I try not to be a skeptic, but whenever I play something unfamiliar my expectations are usually pretty low.  I spotted this Makeshift mixtape over at Potholes and after I let it play, I did a double take at my screen.  It’s rare that I get this ooh-wee feeling  that leads to an eargasm (see: Sonnymoon). This kid has talent and I like the way his beats switch up. I could hear Ghostface, Jay Elect or MF Doom on a lot of these. Partake!

Celebration

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Champagne Suite

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Download Makeshift-The Sleepless Beat Tape [ZShare]

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BROKEN BELLS

I found this via the homie Mike Waxx, and it’s very very ill. Broken Bells is a group effort consisting of James Mercer of The Shins and Dangermouse of Grey Album/Gorillaz/DangerDoom/Gnarls Barkley/…. fame. Basically that means you should listen to their music. Check out “The High Road” and then hit the jump to stream/DL two more tracks, “October” and “Vaporize“. The project comes out March 9th. Indulge!

Broken Bells – The High Road (DL Sharebee)

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