Here's another Waterbury, CT native and Antfarm Affiliate that's been holding it down for Hip-Hop from here in Connecticut to brief stints in Minnesota and elsewhere. Sketch Tha Cataclysm is a talented MC. Separates himself from a lot of other artists I know musically and taught himself a lot of ins and outs in recording and mixing throughout the years, from what he's told me in conversations. Definitely a motivated go-getter. Guy doesn't sit still. Don't believe me? Check the shows he performs in. You will most likely catch him without his shoes, a staple of his. Very energetic dude. Haha. Anyways, check out this track he hooked me up with for the "Journey" featuring a vocally gifted beat boxer by the name of Seme Rock.
This joint is going to be on the compilation "The Set Off" my boy Botzy out of Minneapolis is putting out. It features production from me, old school panning and Seme Rock on the vocal cuts.
Enjoy.
Sketch Tha Cataclysm - "Virginia Slim featuring Seme Rock"
If only the seasons had their shit together like Oddissee's season themed series. "Odd Spring" is the final installment of the series. Check it. You're welcome.
01. The Blooming 02. Birds & Bees Feat. Diamond District 03. Juba May 04. Warmer In The Day 05. Anticipation Feat. Kingpen Slim & Oddisee 06. In The Now Feat. Olivier Daysoul 07. The Riches Instr 08. This Beat Is For Finale 09. I’m From PG Feat. Oddisee 10. Two Way Street Feat. Muneshine
I posted this joint back in December. It's off of King I Divine's "Crown Jewelz Pt 2" beat mixtape. BLCTXT and King I Divine have collaborated on a few different projects. I choose this joint for the track of the week because it popped up on shuffle and I'm still feeling the joint. Hope you dig it too. Here's "Dont Lose Me" from BLCTXT, the Track of the Week. Enjoy.
I caught this joint in the email. It's fire. The joint is off Marco Polo's upcoming "The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo" in stores June 29th on Duck Down Music. Enjoy this joint. You're welcome.
I intended to post this yesterday but fell into several coma like sleep stints. Before I knew it, it was morning. I wasn't drunk but don't recall going to bed officially last night. Yeah, that's a problem. Annnnnnnnyhoooooo, this is the new (and first) cut from the homie Raze of his upcoming album "Living In Technocolor." The dude is dope and if this track is any indication, "Living in Technocolor" is gonna be serious. Enjoy.
"This is the lead single from the album "Living in Technocolor" by Raze, a member of the group House of M. This album will also be the first official release by the newly established, independent House of Mutants imprint. The album is set for release on June 15th, 2010. The track was produced by Lou Tang for HoM; Co-Produced by Raze for HoM/DreamScale Media."
This Waterbury, Connecticut MC wasn't planned for today's post but since I caught this off his feed, I felt the need to share considering how I feel about the radio and the fact that they supposedly played this joint multiple times already. I wonder how many MCs/Rappers did the same and if they did better.....lyrically?!
So on Wednesday 5/5/10, I happened to be listening to Hot 93.7 cause they were playing that Jay-Z and Eminem track "Renegade", which is one of my favorites. After the track, the DJs were talking about Eminem representing on that track with lyrics and that artists nowadays don't focus enough on lyrics.
They then said that they had a beat available and if any local artists thought they could deliver lyrics over them, to e-mail Hot 93.7 and they would then send out the beat so the artists could get in the studio and lay down some verses and send it back. (That was a run on sentence.)
So of course, I did what was necessary to get the beat and went into the studio around 9:00pm by myself to get down to business. I stayed up till about 2:00am recording myself, running back and fourth from the track recorder to the booth. I recorded an old verse and one that I had just written earlier that day. I also laid down a hook which was just basically a chant that I do at my live shows. I did the best I could with the mixdown and sent it back to them that night. I didn't want to waste any time so I didn't sweat the fact that I wasn't 100% on the mix. I wasn't sure what they planned on doing with the track and thought they might at least give me a shout out on the air.
Well as it turns out, they played the track on the air around 12:30pm during the Mid Day Workout, I think. I totally missed it but a lot of people hit me up telling me they heard it and showed me and my city of Waterbury support throughout the day. Even the afternoon DJs talked about it, apparently.
Anyway, I wanna share the track with y'all but I haven't heard back from the station on whether it was cool to do that since it's their beat. So I can't give it to y'all for free download like I wanted to but at least you can hear it.
Check this video out by Diabolic titled "I Don't Wanna Rhyme". My boy Quest just finished hitting me up online asking me if I heard much of his latest album, "Liar & A Thief", released last month. Sent me this video. I'm digging it. What do ya think?!
Another catch via email. Check out FSM's own Jones Andrews and The Mecca Of Rhymes track "Walk in My Shoes" off their "First in Flight, Last to Land" mixtape dropping late May.
The good folks over at Uncommon Records definitely have a different take on music sometimes. I dig their style and their approach. Check out the new track from Short Fuze "Don't Feed the Machines" produced by the homie Nasa.
"Here's the first leaked track from Short Fuze's debut solo LP Lobotomy Music with Nasa. The album features Short Fuze (of W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S.) on vocals with Nasa handling the full album's production. Look for the full length featuring cameos from Nasa, Cirrus Minor, Eleven, Karniege, Passive65ive and W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. in June!"
