Uncommon Records humbly presents our 2nd "Pop Up Album", Save the Horn. All proceeds from Save the Horn will be donated to Charity:Water which builds water wells in the 3rd world. They are currently raising funds to finance a drilling rig that can dig multiple wells in the country of Ethiopia. All of the dollars donated to Charity:Water are verified to be going toward specific wells via Google Maps and photos that are directly associated with the dollars. Even their overhead comes through a separate income source.
Save the Horn will only be available for one month (10/28-11/28), we will then donate all funds raised from the sale of the album and it will never be available again. This creates a rare piece of music in the digital format. The album contains 16 songs for only a $5 donation, although we would encourage you to donate more if you can.
Save the Horn features music from Uncommon's roster like Acid Reign, Adam Warlock, Atari Blitzkrieg, Pruven, Short Fuze, Taiyamo Denku, Masai Bey, DCK VNNGT along with collaborations with fellow Progressive Hip-Hoppers like JunClassic, Billy Woods, Megabusive, Aeon Grey, Passive65ive, Carl Kavorkian, Zesto and more. The list of producers banding together is also impressive including Nasa, Agartha Audio, IV the Polymath, Black Tokyo, Waatu, Bond and others.
The opportunity to present staunchly Progressive Hip-Hop like this in a joint effort to raise money for a worthy cause is an honor. We were able to make a difference with Japan Earthquake Relief earlier this year with a similar project, now we need to send the same love to Africa. Thanks to everyone that takes part, and enjoy the tunes!!!
The Iomega Years is an album that was truly 10 years in the making because it collects an entire decade of lost beats from Nasa. All previously unreleased and unheard, The Iomega Years collects one beat from each year of the first decade of beat making from Nasa (1999-2009).
Nasa recently moved on from saving all his beats on an Iomega Zip Drive after 10 plus years of reliable service. Nasa's Iomega heard every kick and every snare and saved every sample played, this album is dedicated to the device that is now seeing it's semi-retirement. You can hear Nasa's rough around the edges beginnings on the MPC 2000xl all the way through the progressive sound that he's known for today. It's like watching a time lapse photograph, as you witness his style evolve in a way that no other producer has ever let you see.
The project is accompanied by snippets of historical events that happened in the years that each beat was made so that you are transported back to the time, place and mindset of Nasa at that very moment!
Sit back, get comfotable and take this trip with with Nasa, you'll have a lot of "I remember where I was when" moments on this journey and hear an artist grow at the same time.
This is it! Our 4th Annual Progressive Hip-Hop Event in NYC! YULE PROG. If you've never been to a Yule Prog before, this should be your first time and if you have then you already know the deal. It's the very best in the Progressive Hip-Hop scene in NYC as celebrated by Uncommon Records and Backwoodz Hip Hop. As always, it's at one of the best venues in NYC, Southpaw. It's being held on December 14th at 8pm. Make sure you get there at 8pm because the show is starting early with Willie Green performing all the tracks from his classic album "Of Heroes of Villains" live for the first time ever. All told, 14 acts will hit the stage and include Elucid, LoDeck, L.I.F.E. Long, billy woods, The Presence, A.M Breakups and much more! The show goes beyond NYC too with Teddy FaleyDJ Addikt coming in from Baltimore and Megabusive coming in from San Jose, CA! Don't miss this, call out sick, do whatever you have to in order to be there on Dec. 14th! Peep the flyer below and don't forget to TELL A FRIEND!Follow the madness: twitter.com/themadbloggers_
Kitchen Khemistry is a voluntary, rogue, outer body experience. What KK does is find hidden lights in the universe and translates these light waves into sound. Therefore, Kitchen Khemistry is a translator of light waves. What you hear is what you don't see!
What does that sound like? It sounds like a 2010 underground rap version of "Planet Rock". It sounds like nothing else that Uncommon Records has ever released. You may actually end up dancing to "Transit" as well as head nodding to it.
This is the shuttle, the subway, the life. This is space, this is street, this is real.
The compilation ties together the themes of Soap-Box' recent Fall clothing line and centers in on struggling musicians from a first person perspective. Each of the artists on the album created a track about the difficulties of making music in an era when everyone wants it for free. From the artistic, to the financial implications, it's all laid out in stunning fashion. The best thing that can come from this release is a further understanding of the relationship between artist and listener and the realization that we are all living under the same difficulties in life.
Uncommon Records is proud to present, Collector's Bey. A FREE release bringing together some of the best works from the career of Masai Bey. Collector's Bey is more than Masai's classics, it also includes exclusive unreleased tracks, freestyles and live audio.
The track list was put together by Masai Bey himself, with a little help from Uncommon Records' owner, Nasa. Nasa also added an exclusive remix of Masai's seminal "Paper Mache". The album is peppered with co-stars like Vast Aire, BMS, L.I.F.E. Long, Zesto and more.
What's up everyone? For those that don't know, news has come down that hip-hop & graffiti pioneer The Rammellzee has unfortunately passed away.
While I didn't know him personally, I had the rare treat of a sit down audio interview with him for my podcast, Uncommon Radio in early 2007. We talked about the beginnings of hip-hop, the evolution of his career and played a bunch of his music including some stuff that was not released at the time. He also dropped a super abstract freestyle at the end of the show.
I'm proud to have gotten the chance to talk with him and with him gone now, I thought this would be a good way for younger generations to now find out more about him.
peace, nasa.
