I hope you all had a great Fourth of July last weekend. I thought about putting out an ep of Hip-Hop Breakfast last Tuesday but I found myself busy celebrating my new proposed federal holiday, better known as the 5th of July. Ha!
So, I skipped a week but we're back with EP 60 featuring 26 minutes of some quality cuts from some very talented folks including a slightly older cut from Hassan Mackey and the new Pusha T and Tyler, The Creator joint. I hope this EP helps kick start your week. Enjoy. Chea!
01. Pusha T feat. Tyler, The Creator - Trouble On My Mind
02. Mean Doe Green feat. Chuuwee, Black Zeek & Dell Jr. - Haiti's
03. Rapsody - Sweetest Hangover
04. TiRon & Ayomari feat. Seinabo Sey - Back 2 U
05. Prophetic - Where Am I Going
06. Hassan Mackey - Wrong Side
07. OnCue - Feel Tall
08. Sol - This Shit
The Tribe & Big Cats! drop a new jam off their new project dropping soon called "Make Good" featuring Mally & Claire Taubenhaus. Check the video below directed by Isaac Gale & Dave Jensen and download the joint itself. Tell us at TMB what you think!
It was an exciting night brought to you by the folks over at Mindz-I Entertainment. Seems like every show they present, it gets bigger and bigger. This time wasn't any different when they hosted a bunch of rock and Hip-Hop acts at Toad's Place. As you can see from the flyer and the photos, it was a wild and dope night.
The show started at 5:30pm on that Sunday and didn't end till around 1:30 in the morning. When I tell you that I was beat, trust me and know that that's an understatement. The night turned out great with all the music each act performed as well as the breakers in the audience. It was pretty dope to see artists I know such as DJ Mo Niklz, Duece Bug, Chuck Nickles, Blacastan and Pruven on the same stage as Mr. Lif and the legendary KRS-One and perform along with Mr. Lif even. Apathy, a really talented MC out of CT and affiliated with the Demigodz, hosted the evening and got to enjoy it from the sidelines.
With so much to recall, I figured I'd let the photos tell the story. You know The Mad Bloggers had to be there and I didn't let off with the camera work either. So here's a bunch of pics you can take a look through and see what you missed if you didn't go or reminisce on the night if you were there. Check it.
Acoustic Cafe was hosts to yet another round of talented artists hosted by Sketch tha Cataclysm on July 9th. For a whopping $5, you got to hear music by New York's own PremRock and Jesse Abraham as well as CT's Roc Doogie and Political Animals with guests like D_Cyphernauts, Hawl Digg, and Dirt E. Dutch making an appearance in the night's event. While enjoying the dope music throughout the night, I was in TMB mode snapping pics and got a few videos before I unfortunately ran out of space. Haha. Check it them out.
We're taking it back OLD SCHOOL, keeping it REAL and "fuze-ing" Hardcore and Hip Hop all in one show...
With performances by:
KRS-One
PLUS:
dUECE bUG with ITZ URBOI
Mr. Lif
Hate Your Guts
BC Connect
Jacobi Wichita
Political Animals
Kali Ma
Sean Strange
Ocecmic
MetaMusick
Brothers Rock & more!
Check out the latest visuals by New Zealand's Hip-Hop artist David Dallas. This joint definitely has a dope summer feel to it. If you haven't downloaded the FREE album from him title "The Rose Tint", go do that. Right now. Haha.
from The Rose Tint - download free @ http://www.therosetint.com
David Dallas - Sideline feat Che Fu
Song produced by Fire & Ice
Video directed by Stjohn
Check out Lyrical Preacher's "Above Your Kind" he did over Flying Lotus's "Orbit Brazil" from his "1983" album. Honestly, it was hard to get into right away but after a couple of plays, I like this track. Hit play and let us know what you think.
"It's the 5 to the uh, act like you ain't heard of me / Same cat drinking more Scotch that Ron Burgundy..." I finally got to peep this vid by 5:AM. Clean as hell type visuals to go along with the mc's verbal onslaught he's delivering on this track. Check it out and leave your thoughts on the comment section.
"Mass Revolution" written & performed by 5:AM, produced by Migs. Filmed, directed, & edited by Edwin Escobar. Executive producer Rob "Kryptik" Marino. Available on the FTI Records release "Embrace Insanity" by 5:AM at www.ftirecords.com/store. Please visit www.5amhiphop.com and www.ftirecords.com for more content.
At 3:31 am Friday morning, Sauce Fonda hit send on what can be best described as his Jerry Maguire moment. Or he was high. Or he was high watching Jerry Maguire. Allegedly, of course. Ha!
If you've been following the blog, you know Sauce Fonda. He's been featured several times and he's a talented producer and one half of theOTHERSIDE. He is also one of my favorite indie producers. And when we do what we love, we find ourselves in these self reflective moods. I know. That was the mood Sauce was in last night when he put together My Own Time.
As I read what Sauce called a rant, I totally understood where he was coming from and could relate. There is an oversaturation in Hip-Hop. There are a lot of thankless moments. There are many folks trying to get over. There are many copycats and not enough originals.
Making music should always be on your terms and Sauce outlined those terms. I look at it like he's refocusing and I dig that. And I dig the 11-beat-beat-tape with some old and a couple of new joints. "I'm Back Home" is one of my favorites on My Own Time and I thought it was fitting considering. Enjoy. Chea!
"The hip hop scene (I believe) has reached its capacity, the ones that actually put in tons of work to perfect their craft get pushed to the side. Pushed to the side for the “next sound”, the “sound” that isn’t what hip hop is. It just really disgusts me to see hardworking individuals make timeless music while others throw something together (here's looking at you Kreayshawn) and get paid millions. I'm not saying I'm one of those people who make timeless music, but my outlook on what I want with hip hop has drastically changed..."
"... I will work with folks, but it will be very limited, pretty much to my camp and a couple other people I have already worked with. I'm just going to make beats, package them up, and send them out for whomever to download. "
If you use any of these beats, be sure to hit Sauce at sauceisacoolkid [at] gmail [dot] com.
