As a thank you for hitting 20,000 fans on Facebook, Mark De Clive-Lowe is offering a 24hr FREE DOWNLOAD pack online now! The pack includes albums, singles, remixes, rarities, videos, mixtapes and more. The download is hosted by bittorrent – not advisable to download on a mobile device.
DJ Center is back with a new track featuring Akoya Afrobeat. The vinyl is a limited gold 10″ and has a mix by DJ Spinna. Download/ordering on his Bandcamp page.
Here’s the latest record from Dilla’s long-lost (and still tangled) album The Diary, “Give ‘Em What They Want,” 12-inch on clear vinyl with five tracks produced in 2002 by J Dilla and Supa Dave West. This will be released on May 6th on Pay Jay Productions.
Dilla set out in 2002 to record an album collaborating with his favorite producers, and Supa Dave West was among them. The first two vocal tracks on this record are built around the same lyrics – “Give ‘Em What They Want” produced by Dilla and “The Doe” produced by West are typical of how he would re-record a track, changing his delivery to fit another producer’s beat. (Another version of this track over a completely different Supa Dave West beat is still missing.)
The last vocal track “So Far,” also produced by Supa Dave West, will be familiar to some fans of MP3 bootlegs. On this record, it’s mastered for the first time by Dave Cooley, who worked on Donuts, The Shining and Ruff Draft.
Thanks to James & Karla Murray for the cover photo, from their book Store Front (Ginko Press). The label illustration is by Denise Nestor, based on a photo by B+. Sleeve by Jeff Jank. This was produced for reissue by Eothen Alapatt, with coordination from House Shoes, Henoch Moore and J Rocc.
Pay Jay Productions was founded by J Dilla (James Yancey). The Estate of James Yancey is administered by attorney Alex Borden and overseen by the Probate Court of the State of California on behalf of Yancey’s four heirs – his mother, Maureen “Madukes” Yancey, his brother John “Illa J” Yancey and his two daughters, Ja’Mya Yancey and Ty-monae Whitlow.
via @rappcats
New video from Atmosphere for their new single, “Kanye West”. It’s the second single from their upcoming album Southsiders, out May 6th. The video was directed by Pete Lee.
Atmosphere will be performing at Red Rocks with The Grouch & Eligh, PROF, deM atlaS, and Get Cryphy on August 29th. Tickets go on sale FRIDAY at 10am MST.
Zion I’s new video for “Supreme” from their Masters of Ceremony EP features SF artist Apexer (but the real star of this video is Zumbi’s young son…)
The Masters of Ceremony EP is available for free download on Soundcloud, and Bandcamp. Support and purchase on iTunes or name your price on Bandcamp.
@zioni
Southsiders, the Atomosphere’s eighth studio album, was recorded in south Minneapolis and Oakland and is a shout-out to their native neighborhood. While it is a celebration of their fortitude, it is also deeply introspective and “a very detailed look at my life,” says Slug. With Southsiders, the group’s unique sound featuring vibrant, live instrumentation and Slug’s often-weighty subject matter, continue to push the boundaries of what indie rap can mean.
The first single, “Bitter”:
Southsiders Track Listing:
1. Camera Thief
2. Arthur’s Song
3. The World Might Not Live Through The Night
4. Star Shaped Heart
5. I Love You Like A Brother
6. Southsiders
7. Bitter
8. Mrs. Interpret
9. Fortunate
10. Kanye West
11. We Ain’t Gonna Die Today
12. My Lady Got Two Men
13. Flicker
14. January On Lake Street
15. Let Me Know That You Know What You Want Now
#southsiders
Connect with Atmosphere:
http://twitter.com/atmosphere
http://facebook.com/atmosphere
Snoop Dogg prod. by Madlib. “Cadillacs” is a track off the mixtape Thats My Work Vol. 3 hosted by DJ Drama, dropping at 4:20PM pst today (Feb 27th)
The long-awaited Freddie Gibbs x Madlib album, Pinata, drops march 18th. Listen to the unedited version of “Robes” feat. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt
MADLIB & FREDDIE GIBBS TOUR DATES:
March 07: Chicago IL @ Metro tickets
March 08: Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom tickets
March 22: New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre tickets
March 27: San Francisco, CA @ 103 Harriet tickets
March 28: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex tickets
MADLIB TOUR DATES:
March 21: Boston @ Middle East Downstairs
April 10: Ghent @ Vooruit tickets
April 11: Milan tickets
April 17: Dublin @ Sugar Club tickets
April 19: London @ Koko tickets
via @rappcats
Stones Throw unleashed a couple of new videos today…Jonwayne’s “How To Be A Gemini” is decidedly less safe for work. He’s playing a bunch of dates:
February 26 – San Francisco @ Noise Pop HQ
February 28 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
March 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall
March 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
March 4 – Boston, MA @ Middle East
March 5 – Montreal, QC @ SAT
March 6 – Toronto, ON @ Coda
March 7 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
March 9 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
@stonesthrow
Grouch & Eligh are about to release a new album and embark on a huge tour! Catch them in a city near you…
2/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore | Tickets *
2/21 – Lake Tahoe, CA @ Whiskey Dicks | Tickets *
2/22 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades | Tickets
2/23 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall | Tickets *
2/25 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne | Tickets *
2/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune | Tickets
2/27 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos | Tickets *
2/28 – Boise, ID @ The Reef | Tickets
3/01 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge | Tickets * %
3/03 – Durango, CO @ Animas City Theater | Tickets * %
3/04 – Breckenridge, CO @ Three20South | Tickets * %
3/05 – Ft. Collins, CA @ Aggie | Tickets * %
3/06 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes | Tickets *
3/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line | Tickets *
3/09 – Madison, WI @ High Noon | Tickets *
3/10 – Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose | Tickets *
3/13 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop| Tickets *
3/14 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom | Tickets $
3/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave | Tickets $
3/16 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall | Tickets $
3/18 – Boston, MA @ Middle East | Tickets #
3/19 – New York, NY @ Highline | Tickets #
3/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Barbary | Tickets #
3/21 – Springfield, VA @ Empire | Tickets #
3/22 – Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street | Tickets #
3/23 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade | Tickets #
3/25 – Orlando, FL @ The Social | Tickets #
3/28 – Austin, TX @ Parish | Tickets #
3/29 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues | Tickets #
3/30 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues | Tickets #
4/01 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad | Tickets #
4/02 – Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red | Tickets #
4/03 – San Diego, CA @ Porter’s Pub | Tickets #
4/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy | Tickets #
4/05 – Pomona, CA @ Glass House | Tickets #
* with Madchild
# with Eliot Lipp
% with Sweatshop Union
$ with Slightly Stoopid
Atmosphere tapping the legend of Paul Bunyan for their latest video, Bob Seger. Slug explains:
“it’s about how the legend of paul bunyan began.
it wasn’t really a blue ox.
it was a blue axe. but the accent made it sound like ox.
blue from the blood of the evil canadian soldiers.
it was filmed in northern minnesota. iron range.”
Directed by Andrew Melby
The Welcome To Minnesota Tour kicks off tonight with Atmosphere, Toki Wright x Big Cats, No Bird Sing, deM atlaS and Jimmy2times.
2.12 – Mankato, MN @ Verizon Wireless Ballroom – tickets
2.13 – Duluth, MN @ Clyde Iron Works – SOLD OUT
2.14 – Rochester, MN @ Mayo Civic Center Auditorium – tickets
2.15 – Fargo, MN @ The Venue at the Hub – tickets
2.17 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue – SOLD OUT
