tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80296119500013732742024-02-06T20:51:29.874-08:00Too fat, fat you must cut leanWhat It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-62051327723939478002008-03-26T17:07:00.001-07:002008-03-28T05:18:34.246-07:00Treebeats Shitty Reviews Of Not Shitty Artists Presents: A King E & PSY/OPSogist Extravaganza!!!<a href="http://asia.cnet.com/i/r/2006/dc/39304504/fireworks_sc.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="240" alt="" src="http://asia.cnet.com/i/r/2006/dc/39304504/fireworks_sc.jpg" border="0" /></a>Alright, sorry, sorry, sorry.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I’ve been trying to get this other thing going which was recently hacked and instead of working on it I decided to end the neglect with some super dope exclusive(ish) material for you and yours.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Both are instrumental.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>1 is straight up hip hop in the best sense of the word and the other is hip hop on pharmacy-grade hallucinogenic (think Ninja Tune that is not totally avant-arde and ridiculous).<br /><div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">First up we have my man King E’s, “Heart Beats” project.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Those of you unfamiliar with him should check his <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kingelam">MySpace</a> out.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>El Rey's been making beats for the past 8 years in one of the most relevant and dyanmic cities in the history of Hip Hop, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Pittsburg</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Just consider it further data to confirm Rakim Allah’s statement, “it ain’t where you from!”<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>All the beats are strictly sample based. The King is not a fan of synths.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Not a fan of using them.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Not a fan of anyone that does use <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/king.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px" height="334" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/king.jpg" border="0" /></a>them and will fight you to the death using only the box of his purchased copy of Fruity Loops and a loaded AK if he finds out you do.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>While his sound can easily be compared to 9<sup>th</sup> Wonder, there are a lot of cats that sound like 9<sup>th</sup> Wonder, but the difference is he does what he does well.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Beats and samples get flipped like a Triple Lindy and really well structured and well put together.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>It’s not easy to do an interesting or refreshing take on Ayer’s “Sunshine” and he does.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I also like the work he did with Minnie Ripperton's “Lovin' You” I reference the two most common sources because they are two most common sources but they still sound interesting.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>He included the following blurb with the songs, “This is an instrumental album that I put together with the valentines theme in mind. I feel it’s some of (if not) my best work to date. I really hope you take the time to listen to it. And please listen to it with someone you love, that’s why I made it.” Aww. He'll kill your ass too so don't get it twisted, he just is in love with love. This is only the first act and next year it will have M.C.’s and possibly other vocalists over the beats presented here. Aww shit son.<br /></p><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/folder-11.jpg" border="0" /></p>01 - Holla<br />02 - Complete With You<br />03 - Incredible Feelings<br />04 - Loving You<br />05 - Heres a Kiss<br />06 - The Wedding Song (You My Queen)<br />07 - Sunshine Of My Life<br />08 - Baby<br />09 - I Love You<br />10 - I Wish I Could Kiss You<br />11 - You Shine<br />12 - Baby Makin Music<br />13 - How Much Do I Love You<br />14 - Golden Feelings<br />15 - I Need Your Love (Not actually part of the Heart Beats project, consider it a bonus track cause I got you like that nahmean!)<br /><p><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/rp3b6x"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a> You lucky bitches also get his sample set to download as well.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>So grab it and steal the new FL and pretend like you got skills too. And Fail.<br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/folder-12.jpg" border="0" /></p>01 - Ray Charles - She's Funny That Way (Holla)<br />02 - Grant Green - We've Only Just Begun (Complete With You)<br />03 - Ronnie Laws - Night Breeze (Incredible Feelings)<br />04 - Minnie Riperton - Loving You (Loving You)<br />05 - Ronnie Laws - Momma (Here's A Kiss)<br />06 - Roy Ayers - Take All The Time You Need (Wedding Song)<br />07 - Roy Ayers - Everbody Loves The Sunshine (Sunshine Of My Life)<br />08 - Ronnie Laws - Living Love (Baby)<br />09 - Les Mccann - Changing Seasons (I Love You)<br />10 - Barbara And Ernie - For You (I Wish I Could Kiss You)<br />11 - Sylvia St. James - So I Say To You (You Shine)<br />12 - Sade - Sweetest Taboo (Baby Makin Music)<br />13 - Ray Charles - How Deep Is The Ocean (How Much Do I Love You)<br />14 - Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady (Golden Feelings)<br /><p><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/23v3vx"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Secondly, we have <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=146325079">PSY/OPSogist’s </a>(pronounced [sigh-ops-oh-jist]) offering entitled “Suffused With Static.” I really am not sure where to start with this dude.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>If we are talking genres, I’d just stick him in Electronica, simply because he uses electricity to make music and not because it is techno or trance or any of that hippy music.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>If I was to peg his style it would be fucking ill.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Psy <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/psy.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/psy.jpg" border="0" /></a>(which he will be refered to as from now on because I don’t actually like to type) twists the shit out of beats till juices run down legs and snares and kicks get distorted and panned like Greek mythology. <span style="font-size:0;"></span>I’m a big fan of delays and fucked up vocal samples getting tweaked and slowed down.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Psy does this.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Another thing he does really well is take shit that you kind of think would not work together and somehow make it gel. <span style="font-size:0;"></span>Some people say he’s hacked Reason and Ableton, some people say he’s a fucked up dude with wicked beats, some people say he looks like Diana Ross.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Fact of the matter is he’s a humble dude with an exceptional amount of talent.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>What is one the more irritating of his idiosyncrasies is the fact that he’s only been doing it for 2 years.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I mean, he played bass in guitar in bands previously but after his gentle and soft-spoken friend Raven Mack of <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=147750252">Solaris Earth Pipeline</a> approached him a couple years ago about working together and providing some beats for them, he pretty much has not looked back.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>While this is his most recent and most beloved by me, he has a slew of other work to check out at his <a href="http://psyopsogist.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. Sonically, he spends a lot of time sounding like a less pretentious Ninja Tune artist, but there are almost RZA-esque moments like on “Transmigration” or nearly boom bap tracks, “Potent Spirits” sprinkled throughout that make for a dynamic and interesting aural stroll.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>It’s also lovingly laced with some gnarly ass P.C.P. and a vile of liquid acid.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Do yourself a favor, download this shit, burn it to a cd or stick it on your new fangled music toy and put on some headphones, spark one and dig it.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Thou shall not be disappointed!<br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/folder-10.jpg" border="0" /> 01 - Intro<br />02 - Birth, Space And Time<br />03 - Between The Keys<br />04 - Transmigration (Stranger)<br />05 - A Quick Reminder<br />06 - V-Sis<br />07 - Dreamland Happy Times For All<br />08 - Service Preperation<br />09 - Non Music<br />10 - Potent Spirits<br />11 - Opposing Drives<br />12 - Time (A. Not Just Madness B. Clarity C. Anaethetised)<br />13 - Outro<br /><a href="http://sharebee.com/13ce4ffa"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Enjoy,<br />Pace.</div>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-28674522100775235212008-03-22T11:37:00.000-07:002008-03-22T11:38:57.024-07:00where you been at kid?<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rorBOzwR3Tc&eurl=http://aqi.co.jp/product/ds10/">Korg on a DS</a><br />And likely, I say "likely" because I don't like to disappoint, there will be a post tonight. Although I have the attention span of aWhat It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-40060216912938596742008-02-09T19:17:00.000-08:002008-02-09T20:05:06.111-08:00February Is For Breaks: Ultimately Broke and Beaten<div align="left"><a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/UBB.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 276px; CURSOR: hand" height="271" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/UBB.jpg" border="0" /></a>So it's been a minute but I've been steadily working on this other site. The first week went prety well. This week I'm not feeling the sample as much or rather, I've fucked with it so much that I want to kill that Italian fucker and the majority of it's family. But this is not about my limited ability to play around with sounds while simultaneously downloading huge amounts of porn I'll never have the time to watch. This is about the month of February which here at treebeats is for breaks. The original UBB was realeased on Street Beat Records in 86 and over the next 5 years 24 more were released to the delight and cheering of many a dj and producer. Most of it was "obscure" (digging hadn't really become the culture it is now yet) funk but there was also gems from Billy Squire and The Steve Miller Band. You kind of have to remember that a lot of cats that listened to hip hop hadn't ever heard of Steve Miller or his hippy band back then. You kind of have to remember actually that none of this stuff was obvious back then and made for a huge volume of music to fuck with. A lot of the breaks were already looped in the record making for easy juggling for your favorite DJ hooked up to a lightpost for power bringing in Debbie D to celebrate Ramo's new home and baby. It's a great place to begin to learn how to make beats and begin to dig. It's really fun just listening to it and trying to name as many people as possible that had sampled the song. Well, "fun" if your nerdy things like that.<br /></div><div align="left">Anyway, Here is volumes 1-25 in their entirety (except for 8 which I don't have the real version of) I made cute little folder pics and numbered them all because I'm retarded that way.</div><div align="left">Enjoy</div><div align="left">Pace.</div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/ultimatefolder.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">1-3</span><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/r207rq"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">4 & 5</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/722919659f3a62/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">6 & 7</span><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/9wjm0y"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">8 & 9</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/72297400303d85/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">10 & 11</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/723041943e198b/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">12 & 13</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/723091930a1980/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">14 & 15</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/7234170d42c4f0/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">16 & 17</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/7261894ce42018/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">18 & 19</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/726634516fd0ad/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">20 & 21</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/7354089f0102ab/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">22 & 23</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/73561500ca44a2/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">24 & 25</span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/7359000c9d3679/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jpLv-1FeBWQ&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jpLv-1FeBWQ&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-69502040591178460192008-01-30T10:18:00.000-08:002008-01-31T11:53:15.510-08:00January Is For Beats...Patrick Douthit, Peter Philips, & Chris Martin<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/charlesmingus/picccsze09.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px" height="349" alt="" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/charlesmingus/picccsze09.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>So, there's one more day but I wanted to get the Class Is In Session thing out and big up a gimme. I can’t rustle much up on the “Class Is In Session” record. It was done around 2005. It was collaboration between 9th Wonder and Pete Rock. Grap Luva and Phonte were involved. The beats are dope. If anyone has some info on why it came about or any back-story, please let me know.<br />And Premier really is just that dude. I’m putting up <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/7008481c5786e3/">The Question Remains instrumental</a>. You’re probably like, “this beat isn’t a good example of Primo. I disagree. He took a two count from one of the more popular samples of the time and flipped it. He’s the king of finding things that can be looped infinitum and still sound fresh. He has the most widely recognizable scratching style in the world.<br />From GangStarr to Lord Finesse Jeru to Nas to Biggie. On and on and it’s all pretty consistent. That’s about 20 years of not sucking. That ain’t easy. There’s plenty more info on him, but you guys are hip to it. And I’m lazy.<br />Pace.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161357275239843538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="252" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJM4XQhJrmTtuEi_yM7fD-8jnPizNu0VrSb2NLBtC5EMLHwv3BavoY9lXMdpg4SAdHqekQyN-Hd0Hjd10iQpDxAyYTTSrgH5LXPz6cFXt2QIARu_Iz-UJJAJ-eoZxNeCD4UE53TdI0XwI/s200/folder.jpg" width="260" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>01 - Whatever You Say (Remix I) (Feat. Little Brother)<br />02 - Whatever You Say (Remix II) (Feat. Little Brother)<br />03 - Am I Dreaming?<br />04 - Hi Baby (Instrumental)<br />05 - Watch Me (Instrumental)<br />06 - City Star Srut (Instrumental)<br />07 - Oh yeah (Feat. Phonte, Grap Luva, & Kevin Brown)<br />08 - Always (Feat. Kevin Brown)<br />09 - From The Basement (Feat. Phonte & Grap Luva)<br />10 - Funky (Instrumental)<br />11 - Night Cruise (Instrumental)</div><div>12 - Hello Tokyo (Instrumental)</div><div> </div><div></div><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/700950814c2c6a/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-56990642032466595362008-01-29T08:05:00.000-08:002008-01-29T11:20:47.263-08:00On Some Ol Nex Shiznit...So, shit has been crazy gearing up to launch my new project. And now, people, behold…<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://ihookabeatup.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><strong>I Hook A Beat Up</strong></span> <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg283/hookabeatup/HOOKABEATUP.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="left">It’s going to be a weekly beat battle. Sample sources will be provided by the likes of<br />Mr Mass from <a href="http://www.masscorporation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mass Corporation</a>, Dr OK from <a href="http://forrealheadz-anditdontstop.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">And It Don't Stop</a>, DJ Nes from <a href="http://dirtywaters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Waters</a>, or Scholar from <a href="http://souledonmusic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Souled On</a>. Then we have a bunch of talented cats, including yours truly, take the song and sample it and flip it any way they want over the next week. The beats are then posted and a Panel (including Travis from <a href="http://www.wakeyourdaughterup.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WYDU</a>, Eric from <a href="http://whentheyreminisce.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">WTR</a>, Max from <a href="http://www.hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hip Hop Isn't Dead</a>, Mike Dikk from <a href="http://dumpindumpin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dumpin.Net</a>, Andrew from <a href="http://strictlybeats.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Strictly Beats</a> and King E from the <a href="http://www.thejustusleague.com/lawn/index.php?" target="_blank">Justus League boards</a>) will discuss what they liked and/or didn't like and Rank them. There is also a public vote which will be ranked and scored as well. The cat or kitten with the most points wins and can brag to all of there interweb friends about how they won and there friends will be like “OMFG. U’r fresh.” And the winner will be like, “ROTFLMAO” and their friends will be like “PIR. TTL” or something along those lines. Stop by if you feel like it or if you want to contribute.</div><div align="left"><br />Next up we have the video for Gnotes new single “Missing You”<br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6ScKjKWb3mQ&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of the video but conceptually I like what they did. I also like what Gnotes does a lot. (Also coming out soon on Gnawledge Records is <a href="http://www.gnawledge.com/afrodzak.html">Afro DZ ak's solo joint.</a> I'm not familiar with his work but if it's from Gnawledge, it's got to be interesting.) It’s just the dude in the video doesn’t fit in my opinion. Not that I need some <a href="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z123/llface1/BuffyTheBody-1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" height="228" alt="" src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z123/llface1/BuffyTheBody-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>dude with a pimp cup smaking Buffy The Body’s freakishly rotund glutes, but the dude just seems out of place. But, there’s nothing wrong with taking risks unless you are jumping out of planes naked.So nothing to post. Again? Yes, again. I haven’t been able to post all the producers I wanted but I’ve been producing myself so there. I will post the 9th Wonder and Pete Rock “Class Is In Session” and some other stuff before the month of beats comes to an end. I’ve also decided to make February the month of breaks since I’ve been spending so much time thinking about it lately. Expect the Ultimate Breaks & Beats, The Dusty Fingers collection, The Super Breaks & Beats, and some others. Nothing too obscure because that’s mine, but there is a lot of stuff still flippable in what I’ll put up. Plus there is always a new batch of 9th Wonder wannabes who have yet to hear some of it.</div><div align="left">Pace</div>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-89688794805484141572008-01-23T07:31:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:43:18.409-08:00Just A Few Things That Have Been Going Through My Head...<div><a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/LadysmithBlackMambazo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/LadysmithBlackMambazo.jpg" border="0" /></a>I saw Ladysmith Black Mambazo the other night. If you get a chance to see them, go. It’s a South African male acacpella group that has been around for 50 years. The layers and harmonies they come up with are fucking amazing and leave your jaw kind of loose when you watch them. You probably will recognize them from Paul Simon’s Graceland album but they have a huge body of work that is worth checking unless you are one dimesional and can’t listen to anything that is in another language. If that’s the case, you’ll probably prefer listening to American Gangster again. Watching them preform is almost like watching a martial art. They kick and squat and punch. It's really worth checking out. More recently, they were nominated for a few grammys. Really cool stuff that, sadly, was not included in my letter “L” listing (my one mistake). <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/cloverfield.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand" height="185" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/cloverfield.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Secondly, and completely unrelated, I saw “Cloverfield” and “I Am Legend” last weekend. I don’t know if it’s the fact that I haven’t been able to go to a flick since Transformers and before that since my boy was born, but they were both pretty good. Cloverfield is dope because the story is told completely by one handheld camera. Now, my dad said he felt nauseous watching it and some people may feel the same way (think Blair Witch Project) but it submerged you in the movie and was an awesome way to tell the story (sans the beginning plot set up, love triangle, pretty & rich Manhattan people that live in ridiculously nice lofts shit) Also the 2 main hotties in it are muy caliente. I thought Will Smith wasn’t bad in I am Legend either. I’m a sucker for most things “zombie” and except for an ending that was horrible it was a good watch.<br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="87" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/TopSecret.jpg" border="0" />Third, I am ironing out the details of a new venture that will include a lot of your favorite bloggers, a lot of talented cats and a lot of beats. Oooo. How excitingly covert. It has taken up some time for setting up and that’s why I haven’t posted any more beat nuts.(punny)<br />So, I’ll get another cat up either tonight or tomorrow for your continued aural ecstasy.Pace.</div>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-70283412745819378612008-01-21T13:55:00.001-08:002008-01-21T13:55:47.687-08:00January Is For Beats: Joe Beats<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.joeybeats.com/images/joenow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.joeybeats.com/images/joenow.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Joeseph Beats (god given name) is straight out of the biggest little state in the union. He’s a sample based producer and here’s a tip for you aspiring producers that keep getting newer equipment and software to make your beats that much better. He uses SAWPro on a 333 MHz, 128MB RAM, Windows 98 computer. Now, I’ve never used SAWPro but I’ve used a lot of Cakewalk and some Cubase and no Pro Tools. My point is this, stop getting more and more shit. Pick something that you have and like learn the fuck out of it. Spend some time with it. Flirt. Play hard to get, whatever but learn that particular piece of software or hardware in and out. Then you can build on that. It will help you define your own sound. If it doesn’t do something that someone else does, then you should both stop trying to do what someone else does and also figure out a way to make it do that. 9th Wonder does his shit on Fruity Loops and Cool Edit Pro. Shadow did Endtroducing all on an MPC-60. Just learn some thing and define your sound. Yeah, so Joe Beats is really dope. Really moody and brooding type shit. His first release, Reverse Discourse came out in 2003 and he’s had 3 or 4 since then. I’m<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GBm2OAZZbA/R5USTF2r5RI/AAAAAAAAADE/ZSkocoEPpr8/s1600-h/joey+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GBm2OAZZbA/R5USTF2r5RI/AAAAAAAAADE/ZSkocoEPpr8/s200/joey+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158049067421132050" border="0" /></a> putting up Side 1 of the vinyl version of Diverse Recourse (2007) which has some tracks not on the CD. It’s way to recent for my liking to post, thus only one side (like that makes a difference but I’m inconsistent and irrational so sue me. Actually don’t sue me but hate me) but the shit is dope and I don’t think he gets nearly enough shine. But, I like it a lot and January is the month of beats. He’s also works with Sage Francis (another RI thug) as Non-Prophets. Good shit too. Feel the funk baby.<br />Pace.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fVrjLHV1lak/RreK6_3ZLrI/AAAAAAAAAB0/etTZgel6RXM/s320/DiverseRecourse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fVrjLHV1lak/RreK6_3ZLrI/AAAAAAAAAB0/etTZgel6RXM/s320/DiverseRecourse.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>01 - Don't Front...<br />02 - Smart Dumb Person<br />03 - Me Talk Pretty<br />04 - Kiss Of Life<br />05 - Sleep Or Bust<br />06 - Strategery<br />07 - Friday Afternoon<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sharebee.com/7e75d360"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08212573560973854 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7m7Ja8zUM4Y&rel=1"></a><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7m7Ja8zUM4Y&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7m7Ja8zUM4Y&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br />Doin his thing.What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-4085703115930725932008-01-18T05:21:00.000-08:002008-01-18T05:30:12.000-08:00January Is For Beats: Daniel Nakamura<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GBm2OAZZbA/R4-qW12r5NI/AAAAAAAAACk/XpWmoOvvZ5s/s1600-h/dan-stairs-sm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156527407752799442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6GBm2OAZZbA/R4-qW12r5NI/AAAAAAAAACk/XpWmoOvvZ5s/s200/dan-stairs-sm.jpg" border="0" /></a>Under the slick monniker "Nathaniel Merriweather" I bring you Mr. Wannabuyamonkey himself. Now, I’m a big fan of hip-hop that’s been slowed down and beats that are as well. The natural reverb comes out. The sound is thicker and murkier and fanfuckingtastic. Mr. Nakamura is a big fan of this stylee too as he has incorporated it into a lot of his work. Some people call it Trip-Hop but there are also some people that thought braided rat tails or having a Gumby was a good choice in hair style. Another thing he does well is incorporate some spaced out “Forbidden Planet” type sample shit that is campy without being over bearing or stupid. Again, this is the kind of shit I like because it just sounds good. A friend of mine is was a big fan of laughing going through a delay and no matter how enjoyable or infectious the laughter is originally, after it echoes over itself again and again it sounds maniacal and menacing. That has nothing to do with Dan but I'm just saying. He's very cinematic. Very big sounding. Along with the Dr Octagon project, which kind of blew him up, he has done a lot of remix work and has worked with a bunch of others on side projects. Most notably would be the Handsome Boy Modeling School and Loveage side projects (both of which I love and would marry if I could manifest them into a physical form or even just a pair of boobs.) What always makes someone stand out for me is they take risks musically and don’t basically rely on Ultimate Breaks and Beats volumes 1-25 for source material. A sense of humor doesn’t hurt either. The Bombay the Hard Way project was a perfect example of this. Maybe I’ll put that up as well if anyone cares. But it’s bollywood over hip-hop before it was cool and Punjabi MC and such were mainstream. Timbaland did it too but this is more my thing. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GBm2OAZZbA/R5CiNV2r5PI/AAAAAAAAAC0/YrdKldz3gT8/s1600-h/Nathaniel+Merriweather.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156799923427730674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6GBm2OAZZbA/R5CiNV2r5PI/AAAAAAAAAC0/YrdKldz3gT8/s200/Nathaniel+Merriweather.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Side note: I won’t have a Timbaland day this month as there are way to many artists and too few days as it is. I like him and think he’s had an impressive career. He’s more pop than I am or listen to but has successfully defined what pop is several times over. That’s not easy and isn’t luck after the first few times. So that’s my piece on him.<br />Back to the Japanese dude, I’m upping the Dr. Octagon Instrumentalyst as it was really his first success and was a really dope release. Poppa Large was impressive as well. THis is more standard Hip-Hop fare and I say that only because it's around 90 BPMs. It still has that Automator feel but he uses more familiar breaks or drum kits.<br />Enjoy.<br />Pace.<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Dr. Octagon - The Instrumentalyst</strong><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156802491818173698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GBm2OAZZbA/R5Cki12r5QI/AAAAAAAAAC8/IpSNK5U1WvA/s200/Instrumentalyst.jpg" border="0" /><br />01 - Intro<br />02 - 3000<br />03 - I Got To Tell You<br />04 - Earth People<br />05 - No Awareness<br />06 - Raw Deal<br />07 - General Hospital<br />08 - Blue Flowers<br />09 - Technical Difficulties (Produced By Kut Masta Kurt)<br />10 - A Visit To The Gynecologyst<br />11 - Bear Witness<br />12 - Dr. Octagon (Produced By Kut Masta Kurt)<br />13 - Girl Let Me Touch You<br />14 - I'm Destructive<br />15 - Wild And Crazy<br />16 - Elective Surgery<br />17 - Halfsharkalligatorhalfman<br />18 - Blue Flowers Revisited<br />19 - Waiting List (DJ Shadow / Automator Mix)<br />20 - 1977<br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/3z7hju"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TpvuvFkggaw&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />Handsome Boy Modeling School Promo VideoWhat It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-73910879771134812132008-01-17T11:38:00.000-08:002008-01-17T11:57:25.760-08:00A Couple Of Things About This "Whatever Of The Month" Thing I'm Doing...There is no order to what I'm talking about. These are all artists that I have enjoyed a great deal and while some of them are pretty obvious, cats like Ratatat, Joey Beats or Mr. Cooper don't get a lot of shine and I think some people might enjoy them. The fact that RZA is ahead of Pete Rock has nothing to do with me liking him better so if you are looking for a hierarchy, don't. There isn't any. <br />Second, there is no way on god's (the one true god) green earth I can put all of my favorites here. "30 days" or even "a month" sounds like a lot of time but then you start widdling away and during morning meeting 20 kids shout out that it's January 17th you're like "fuck" but not in front of the kids because then I'd get fired. But last night I wrote down the names of the producers or beat making bastards that I felt I had to post and the list was past 40... and I'm already halfway through the month. In a perfect world I'd post 2 or 3 artists a day and it would actually be interesting and informative. Welcome to my world bitches. I use commas too much. I think I'm funnier than anyone else seems to and I procrastinate a lot (exhibit A: I was going to write this last night but then I decided to sit a little bit longer.) <br />In closing,<br />If man is 5,<br />and the devil is 6,<br />Then god is 7.<br />Pace.What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-76011095792339301232008-01-16T06:46:00.000-08:002008-01-16T07:21:50.089-08:00January Is For Beats...Ewart & Walter Dewgarde<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMSgbPPGtL6IUwuiJWNFEjFuALqzv4eL7gLAN7zFlPfQfLcw3kg_YzISxqTdb7pVq9cszlO6cMZtW48J7cjribX9lhWxsI2FarpvcTvQOhXp4OeW-2QA27VbRSoWXvv8Z5zekIk7q6sY/s1600-h/beatminerz.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156087912339334322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMSgbPPGtL6IUwuiJWNFEjFuALqzv4eL7gLAN7zFlPfQfLcw3kg_YzISxqTdb7pVq9cszlO6cMZtW48J7cjribX9lhWxsI2FarpvcTvQOhXp4OeW-2QA27VbRSoWXvv8Z5zekIk7q6sY/s200/beatminerz.jpg" border="0" /></a>Da Beatminerz. A crew that became famous for using a filter on an Akai sampler. A friend of mine had the S950 back in the day. We were playing around with it and all of the sudden, with the aid of a low pass filter, we were Evil Dee and Mr. Walt. Not to slight the guys but their early sound was distinct for a reason. They did define the gritty dark sound that was the East Coast Street in the Mid 90’s. Really thick and fat loops de la Jazz variety, really compressed drums and bass lines that made you want to get on some old high school shit and start punching people in the face. Enta Da Stage blew my mind and I spent many hours writing rhymes to that record. I’d say that one and Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop were the cause of many pages of metaphysical blundering by me. Lots of “3rd eye”'s and “my mental” this and that. Anyway, they evolved. Got a few more cats in their click and released two joints showcasing their beats and the raw talent that began to blend all together and sound the same to me and a whole buncha remixes. That being said, I liked pretty much all of it up through O.G.C. then it got a bit monotonous. But those earlier releases were fucking huge for me and obviously a few others. I wish I had had this instrumental version (and the sassy cover I created on paint.net) back then but then again I wouldn’t have left my house and probably would not have gotten up to eat or poop and would have been found dead emaciated and rotting in a sea of feces. And that probably wouldn’t have been worth it. They have since gone back down to the original two-brother combo and have continued to make bangers.<br />Enjoy.<br /><br /><div>Pace.</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156093250983683266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHUrdOiGPptGivjMcO-ALvhyphenhyphenOXA-MmAvk8j5glMPgfdXc2t8Hd04PGHDQm6SiyGh0_hI5WRxUcJlg4IKkRhmEJUURPZlIyAnupgRayTfUgsx0x8jl8Ga5Te2R4jK5an8jhyphenhyphenN9CmVDdDM/s200/folder.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><br />01 - Powaful Impak (Instrumental)<br />02 - Niguz Talk Shit (Instrumental)<br />03 - Who Got The Props (Evil Dee Mix Instrumental)<br />04 - Act Like U Want It (Instrumental)<br />05 - Buck Em Down (Instrumental)<br />06 - Black Smif N Wessun (Instrumental)<br />07 - Son Get Wrec (Instrumental)<br />08 - Make Munne (Instrumental)<br />09 - I Got Cha Opin (Remix Instrumental)<br />10 - Shit Iz Real (Instrumental)<br />11 - Enta Da Stage (Instrumental)<br />12 - How Many Mcs (Instrumental)<br />13 - U Da Man (Instrumental)<br />14 - Funk It Up (Instrumental)<br />15 - Murder Mc's (Instrumental)<br />16 - Reality (Killing Every) (Instrumental)<br />17 - Who Got The Props (Mw Smooth Mix Instrumental)<br /><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/65549112c747f5/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a29vPS1upmo&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a29vPS1upmo&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br />Siblings and a short guy in the studio.What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-56518334555857664522008-01-15T06:41:00.000-08:002008-01-15T11:55:49.665-08:00January Is For Beats: Peter Phillips<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSTEK1VZ-Posu_0YwklY6uSwIlX0hUZ8nr28H2N07G783H3OauXbdQmzAjGfvB16FtxXsluhgPiDKx0LsYgcFd78dIu6tJr6d8i51YzDLowtGLfSYxyI0fxMpAp5aK7G0KZ5oVNZOljsK/s1600-h/Pete+Rock.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155718484536623762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="235" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSTEK1VZ-Posu_0YwklY6uSwIlX0hUZ8nr28H2N07G783H3OauXbdQmzAjGfvB16FtxXsluhgPiDKx0LsYgcFd78dIu6tJr6d8i51YzDLowtGLfSYxyI0fxMpAp5aK7G0KZ5oVNZOljsK/s320/Pete+Rock.jpg" width="230" border="0" /></a> I was just going to write “HORNS” for this but I figured I might as well actually write something. If you haven’t heard of Peter Phillips then you are reading this in some parallel universe where he turned out to be a mildly retarded elementary school janitor with a stuttering problem. There would also need to be some weird rip in the fabric of reality to allow this post to pass through unaltered. I’m assuming none of that is true so, needless to say, you’ve heard of the Chocolate Boy Wonder. I spent some time with “Mecca & The Soul Brother” this weekend and really enjoyed it again. I hadn’t listened to it for several years now but it still holds up and <em>The Creator</em> still says “what,” “yeah,” or “ow” at the end of each bar. CL has always been one of my favorite MC’s and the two of them made a classic record. But this is about Petey and his crates. The dude put little beats snippets in front of songs as if to say, “yeah, I could have used this but I have too many beats so check it out.” His use and abuse of Funk, Jazz & R&B was exceptional. The drum work on T.R.O.Y. is better than 99.999999999999999% of what comes out today. Still. That record came out nearly 20 years ago. By the way. Yes. You are now <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYztFZAE3EG5S73Eq2aAExOx0T_DJgDsh4d7NRRHbjXXY3agUx06piFNvQGyJ_M5-x9gKedgvcVts50P8QnicOrL6s87hY-smmYVwzT06I1OQvAHdhAj0Wy79_nhj8ym_8iHBw7t6OWVM/s1600-h/Pete+Rock+sig.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155718810954138274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 138px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" height="152" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYztFZAE3EG5S73Eq2aAExOx0T_DJgDsh4d7NRRHbjXXY3agUx06piFNvQGyJ_M5-x9gKedgvcVts50P8QnicOrL6s87hY-smmYVwzT06I1OQvAHdhAj0Wy79_nhj8ym_8iHBw7t6OWVM/s200/Pete+Rock+sig.jpg" width="135" border="0" /></a>officially old. He made the horn riff a mainstay in hip-hop production and his chopping of samples, while not really as prominent on their debut developed and was mastered over the next few years. Also, when’s the last time an artists did all of their own remixes on a single. And speaking of remixes… He invented them! I mean after Puffy of course.<br />After the Main Ingredient, <em>The Soul Brother #1</em> went on to do a lot of great work including the INI project, Soul Survivor and a slew of remix work. CL’s “American Me” was horribly disappointing. He’s still one of my favorite MC’s though. I’m putting up their Rare Tracks" release, which was stuff done between Mecca and Main Ingredient.<br />Enjoy. Pace.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155718166709043826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKRelv9yigTAr3BOzQc-RXX_XF6GtO3klg8pEfN54HUmgNhnvvIwutdsDPId_D4VVM7O800Tbik0IGfvMY1FKBGd-XEZrPy0kxL0FLemu7eZZfVwQ3GxGqAQk9iUPePUIWM5LTB7Ys3dUU/s200/rare+tracks.jpg" border="0" /><br />01 - Searching (Remix)<br />02 - Take You There (Remix)<br />03 - Lots Of Lovin' (Remix)<br />04 - I Got A Love (Remix)<br />05 - It's Not A Game (Vocal)<br />06 - Mecca & The Soul Brother (Wig Out Mix)<br />07 - Creator (EP Mix - Vocal)<br />08 - Straighten It Out (Vocal Remix)<br />09 - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Vibes Mix)<br />10 - Get On The Mic (Remix)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/6519805085499e/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jQWxrWSsI2k&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />"Pete" rhymes with "beat"What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-72105468710029103802008-01-13T17:26:00.000-08:002008-01-13T21:18:56.349-08:00January Is For Beats: Baobob Productions...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHpEFOwCiPiWYSL9NJAdSm8XzsI6fAVO0b_IU7ONpWiImRFs7MhwHejyidxaR0H7cR0VNHqeea3kZtZD8iIzWwSl2jiJG1mFCk4DoxkVZCSk_ATlPCVGUwbMxMvvyjseRG5IozBc04mc/s1600-h/Doomed+Megalopolis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHpEFOwCiPiWYSL9NJAdSm8XzsI6fAVO0b_IU7ONpWiImRFs7MhwHejyidxaR0H7cR0VNHqeea3kZtZD8iIzWwSl2jiJG1mFCk4DoxkVZCSk_ATlPCVGUwbMxMvvyjseRG5IozBc04mc/s200/Doomed+Megalopolis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155181141663933602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >So, I couldn't find what I had initially intended to put up. However, as I went looking through boxes and crates I found a CD of beats I had put together in 96. It was all done on my trusty ASR-10 and was just before I really started chopping breaks up so beat wise it's pretty basic. It was mixed with a bunch of vocal samples from my favorite anime but that version is long gone. I was pretty excited to find this. It's kind of like looking in an old journal. I never really did anything with them so I figured I might as well let someone hear them. You got stuck with it. I had some cover art for it but that's long gone too.</span> In other news: it looks like I'll have a snow day tomorrow so I'll make a proper post then.<br />Pace.<br /><h2 class="h2a"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sharebee.com/e277b1f9"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></h2>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-48702261005820187642008-01-11T09:06:00.000-08:002008-01-12T14:04:15.413-08:00Treebeats A To Z Posting Compilation Of Really Dope Things. The Letter N<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwYaESb0t1E8H2CE_uNYNb1aPj3ZdDoqx8oVv0I1_2HqYxasF5FZzXi6P4JwCpkfuLoKZY77gdoJhx7BTjO_gSBJouVZgVEThwd9f5AxUl4_dmKYxIj6Dm1gKCXn7zyt9kH0UbFM9R8A/s1600-h/N.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwYaESb0t1E8H2CE_uNYNb1aPj3ZdDoqx8oVv0I1_2HqYxasF5FZzXi6P4JwCpkfuLoKZY77gdoJhx7BTjO_gSBJouVZgVEThwd9f5AxUl4_dmKYxIj6Dm1gKCXn7zyt9kH0UbFM9R8A/s200/N.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154356014021862546" border="0" /></a>In my mad intricate plot, I saved the second half of the alphabet for the dos mil ocho putas. An amazing year thus far with January “The Month Of Beats” progressing along quite nicely. Next month is either the month of “Breaks & Rare Grooves” or “Rapper Guys” I’m not sure yet and planning 3 weeks ahead seems a bit too ambitious. Anyway, here’s “N” Enjoy or don’t.<br /><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">01 - Nancy Wilson & CannonBall Adderly - Save Your Love For Me</span><br />Ah Nancy Wilson. The babalicious song stylist with a remarkable voice to boot. This is off the <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NinjaTune.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 145px; height: 145px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NinjaTune.jpg" border="0" /></a>record she did with the legendary Cannonball Adderly. Its just really good vocal jazz with Adderly making aural brass love. The whole record is great and I highly recommend it.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">02 - Nas - It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Large Professor Remix)</span><br />Perhaps there are too many LP remixes on my list. I don’t care. There’s a reason for it. They’re dope. With a clever Biz sample this one just bangs. It loses the charm of the Human Nature version but was probably cheaper and legal-er to make. I know it’s obvious to say this album was big in one’s life but this one was. I actually met Nas when he had released this album as we had a mutual friend. He was doing a promo tour and did a show in Florida where I was living at the time. He came to my crib and we had a session and smoked Bidi’s and talked about beats. My homeboy had just bought a bunch of hash and we started smoking and drinking beers and got pretty fandangled. As the night progressed he became more comfortable and familiar and was less Nas and more Nasir and he started opening up a little. He <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NaomiCampbell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 148px; height: 206px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NaomiCampbell.jpg" border="0" /></a>went on about his difficult relationship with his dad and then out of nowhere, the dude starts crying. I mean literally weeping on my couch and I’m looking at my friend like “What the Fuck!?”<br />Actually none of that happened. And I would go on but got really bored with myself. Great track though.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">03 - Naughty By Nature - Uptown Anthem</span><br />Before making Egypt with Pepa. Before his acting career with co-stars Peanuts Chocolate and Obsession (seriously? You’re telling me it’s not gay porn but his name was Peanuts Chocolate!) Naughty By Nature was doing well. And after their self-titled debut they did a little song on the Juice soundtrack that fucking owned me. I mean the whole thing with the piano in the beginning and then him coming in with, “Hey you can smoke a spliff...” and then continuing his rapid-fire delivery into shit no one ever really understands. Vinnie once again paled in comparison but still was fine. I don’t know how many times I watched this movie.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">04 - Nellie McKay - The Big One</span><br />From the nearly never released second record from Ms. McKay we have “The Big One” After doing stand-up for a while Nellie started recording music. Her initial outings generated a lot of buzz and the bidding wars commenced to have the next big thing. After a label debacle I think she is now on her own label. She’s pretty hard to pin down genre-wise. She does have a great voice and smart lyrics. The song is about Harlem being Guliani-ized and how great that turned out for anyone not old, white and rich. <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NinjaScroll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 212px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NinjaScroll.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">05 - The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed</span><br />Honestly, the main reason this song is here is because Neko Case’s voice kicks ass and it was a two-fer. The song is pretty good too. People drool and babble about how Mass Romantic was such a better album and any real music fan would agree. I’m a surreal music fan, man. I burn incense and I am guided by the winds of change and the planets in the northern hemisphere.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">06 - Nice & Smooth - Sometimes I rhyme Slow (Stay Faithful Remix)</span><br />There was a time where I dropped this beat behind everything else in my collection. And I would juggle it for hours much to my delight and any one else’s chagrin. I don’t know what it is about the beat, but Joshy likey!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">07 - Nick Drake - Parasite</span><br />The sad case of a dude who was really talented and petrified of sharing his talent. A story that parallels the crippling sorrow that washed over America when Jonathan Knight came out and announced he had stage fright and the New Kids broke up. Nick Drake battled or rather was beaten down by depression up until he overdosed on antidepressants in 1974. He never was critically acclaimed in his lifetime and this certainly didn’t catapult him into extroversion. He was one of dudes that played guitar and sang quietly and would get his guitar ripped out of his hands and then have it smashed against the wall by William Zabka if he was in any 80’s film.<br /><a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NervousRecords.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NervousRecords.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">08 - Nightmares On Wax - Morse</span><br />I’m a lot more familiar with George Evelyn’s work from the 90’s a la “Smokers Delight” and “Carboot Soul” which was well produced down tempo hip-hop. This is off the latter. He had a lot of musicians and artists come in for the sessions and I heard that the show was pretty good. Another reason I like N.O.W. is he did an EP with De La. So, yeah dig the mellow vibe and spark an L.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">09 - Nina Simone - Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair (Jaffa Remix)</span><br />So what if Eunice Kathleen Waymon looks like and sounds like a dude? So did MC Lyte but Ms Simone made more than 2 albums worth listening to. This song is from the Verve Remix series which are worth checking out if you like fat beats and Jazz. Her voice was unique and covered a lot of emotions effectively. A few cool facts about her. She recorded over 40 albums. She had Bi-Polar Disorder. She once shot a neighbor’s child for disrupting her concentration. Lauryn Hill does a spot on imitation of her defecating on a microphone. Nuff said.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10 - Nine - Wutcha Want (Portishead Remix)</span><br />Nine was that dude that sounded like he was in the midst of swallowing a bag of gravel and then decided he rhyme as well. Kind of like that guy who drinks a glass of water while his Mannequin sings The Star Spangled Banner. But different and iller. This is the Portishead remix. Speaking of Portishead, when asked about rumors as to whether or not they would be working with <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Nefertiti.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 137px; height: 184px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Nefertiti.jpg" border="0" /></a>Danger Mouse on their new effort Mr. Barrows replied, “I’d rather poo in my mum’s Sunday roast than have Danger Mouse produce a Portishead record. No offense.” None taken sir. Well played.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11 - Nine Inch Nails - Closer</span><br />Upon further introspection, I was never really a Trent fan. I like a couple of tracks off of this record and the only track of his I liked a lot was off of the Mulholland Drive soundtrack which featured hot chicks naked and making out and the standard “I’m the only person who actually knows what’s going on but I have know clue what that actually is” plot by David Lynch. So, I should have posted that song but I didn’t and don’t feel like going back now. In closing, I only put this here because I like what he did conceptually, pushing boundaries and expanding his audience’s tastes but I didn’t really like it.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12 - Nirvana - Lithium</span><br />I wasn’t ready for this band when they came out. I was too submerged in making beats and writing rhymes to accept anything that wasn’t sequenced. I grew up. I’m also glad I wasn’t on the Nirvana bandwagon because they would have been ruined for me by over exposure. Now I can come from the future and freak that futuristic George Jetson robotic type shit and appreciated it without millions of depressed and pseudo depressed kids having candlelight vigils and crying over him going out with his grey matter splattered against the closet wall. I think that was gangster.<br />Pussy.<a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Namor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Namor.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13 - The Notorius B.I.G. - Gimme The Loot</span><br />Okay here it goes. I don’t think Biggie was the greatest rapper of all time. Now that everyone has left the room I shall continue. He was obviously great but he recorded 2 records. Only one of them was great. The second one was not. Sorry. And his style was ill but he recycled lyrics all the time. I’m not saying others don’t but I guarantee the greatest of all time won’t. I was a much bigger early Biggie fan. I liked his cameos. “Party & Bullshit” is my favorite song of his, period. True Story, this is kind of where that Nas story came from BTW. Me and a bunch of my friends went to Jack The Rapper in Florida while I was living there. We broke 2 ounces into nicks and dimes and sold it and tried to network. We sold a lot, smoked a lot but networked nil. Anyway, I was taking a break and taking in the scene for a minute when Big and some stromie of his stand right next to me. This was after Party & Bullshit but before he was huge (as a star I mean. He was still quite fat) So I’m doing my best to not look over at him and be like “Hey I think your really groovy sir, and on behalf of all white people to all black people, “I’m sorry” can we be friends?” But apparently Big Poppa had had too much to drink and was having trouble balancing his girth and maintaining a vertical stance. His buddy says he’s going to look for someone and he starts whining, “Nah man. Don’t leave me man.” Like really pitifully. It was horrifying. I felt awkward and uncomfortable and walked away and we never crossed paths again. <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NewJackCity.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 136px; height: 171px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/NewJackCity.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14 - The Nonce - Mix Tapes</span><br />Did you know “nonce” means “pedophile” in the Queens’ English? I didn’t. It means, “present time” in Real English. It means “a rap group form the mid 90’s that had 2 MC’s, one of which died” in Ebonics. It’s one of those slept on records that people go on and on about so I won’t but if you haven’t checked out “World Ultimate” then do so. It’s a good example of what good hip-hop from the West Coast sounded like. Less posturing and more postulating. And the “mix tapes” referred to in this song are the kind that don’t suck.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15 - Nuyorican Soul - Jazzy Jeff’s Theme</span><br />A really interesting project that came out in the late 90’s that was the brainchild Of Kenny Dope and Little Louie Vega. This one features Jazzy Jeff which I don’t think one can get enough of. Well that’s not true but it’s a dope track. The rest of the release was a combination of Jazz, Latin, R&B, and Hip-Hop that all blended really well. Certainly worth a listen if you’ve never checked it out.<br /><a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Necronomicon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Necronomicon.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">16 - N.W.A. - Gangsta Gangsta (Aphrodite Remix)</span><br />Aphrodite on the remix. Not much like the original but maybe some of you haven’t heard it yet so I wanted to break you off something proper like. If you don’t know Aphrodite, he was instrumental in making Drum & Bass a big thing (I use “big” as a relative term) this comes off of a CD called Urban Jungle where he remixes a couple other rapper guys like Jeru and The Luniz. You’ll also find the Vinyl Syndicate’s "Man Of Steel" which always gets me open and should absolutely be checked out.<br /><br />Pace.<br /><br />01 - Nancy Wilson & CannonBall Adderly - Save Your Love For Me<br />02 - Nas - It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Large Professor Remix)<br />03 - Naughty By Nature - Uptown Anthem<br />04 - Nellie McKay - The Big One<br />05 - The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed<br />06 - Nice & Smooth - Sometimes I rhyme Slow (Stay Faithful Remix)<br />07 - Nick Drake - Parasite<br />08 - Nightmares On Wax - Morse<br />09 - Nina Simone - Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair (Jaffa Remix)<br />10 - Nine - Wutcha Want (Portishead Remix)<br />11 - Nine Inch Nails - Closer<br />12 - Nirvana - Lithium<br />13 - The Notorius B.I.G. - Gimme The Loot<br />14 - The Nonce - Mix Tapes<br />15 - Nuyorican Soul - Jazzy Jeff’s Theme<br />16 - N.W.A. - Gangsta Gangsta (Aphrodite Remix) <a href="http://sharebee.com/e8b463c0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 200px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div><a style="left: 338px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-05128333548448907 visible ontop" href="http://www.livevideo.com/flvplayer/embed/E5AE8D81BFF24033887477B9DCD733EC"></a><embed src="http://www.livevideo.com/flvplayer/embed/E5AE8D81BFF24033887477B9DCD733EC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" wmode="transparent" height="369" width="445"></embed><br /><a href="http://www.livevideo.com/video/embedLink/E5AE8D81BFF24033887477B9DCD733EC/399611/the-natalie-portman-rap.aspx">The Natalie Portman Rap</a></div><br />W3RD!</div>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-80189893453073413042008-01-08T06:39:00.000-08:002008-01-08T14:30:54.213-08:00January Is For Beats: Robert Diggs<a href="http://www.rapreviews.com/interview/rza.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://www.rapreviews.com/interview/rza.jpg" border="0" /></a>Robert Diggs was born 15 days before Neil Armstrong landed on the moon (or did he?) 22 years later he released "Ooh I Love You Rakeem" Then he went to jail. 2 years later he reunited with his cousins Gary and Russell and 7 other rapper guys, to release the quietly recieved "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)." Apparently a few people bought this long playing vinyl record with sales over 8.3 million thus far. The Bodyguard Soundtrack, which was released around the same time however, has sold about 18 million. That means it's a better album and I'm considering staring a Whitney blog because of that.<br /><div><div>But back to Bobby. I read somewhere that he did the whole thing on an ASR-10, which I had at the time...still do actually. It was dirty sounding and crunchy and redefined the way a lot of young producers wanted to sound. Full of references from old kung-fu flicks seems pa<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >ss</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">é</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >now </span>but that cat was genius to blaze that trail. And the fight sounds getting punched in over curses for the "radio" versions!? Fucking brilliant! It was by far my favorite sounding Wu record and rests with ODB's and Rae's solo joints in my world of deeply loved RZA excersions. I don't remember where I found the Instrumentals but wherever it was, "thanks." Enjoy.<br />Pace.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jVPYMnID0Ks7uZ8_fUrbNAa2DCcKng5c08FQ87lj1YIB-gf9oJ8XlN92nzXfzJugpqUuGix9dysiemlU1YL3QyU1W6cvtkC1yaomaIW60I50cTp6M40AaDGYTDwUyfC_T-Sna0R0JzA/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jVPYMnID0Ks7uZ8_fUrbNAa2DCcKng5c08FQ87lj1YIB-gf9oJ8XlN92nzXfzJugpqUuGix9dysiemlU1YL3QyU1W6cvtkC1yaomaIW60I50cTp6M40AaDGYTDwUyfC_T-Sna0R0JzA/s200/folder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153233343930426498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)Instrumentals</span><br /></div>01 - Bring Da Ruckus (Instrumental)<br />02 - Shame On A Nigga (Instrumental)<br />03 - Clan In Da Front (Instrumental)<br />04 - Wu-Tang 7th Chamber (Instrumental)<br />05 - Can It Be All So Simple (Instrumental)<br />06 - Da Mystery of Chessboxin' (Instrumental)<br />07 - Wu-Tang Ain't Nothin To Fuck Wit (Instrumental)<br />08 - C.R.E.A.M. (Instrumental)<br />09 - Method Man (Instrumental)<br />10 - Protect Ya Neck (Instrumental)<br />11 – Tearz (Instrumental)<br />12 - Wu-Tang 7th Chamber (Part 2) (Instrumental)<br />13 - Method Man (Remix) (Instrumental)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sharebee.com/0e1b115b"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009512261365473595 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel="></a><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDT8OOkS_dc&rel=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed><br />That rough, rugged and raw shit </div></div>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-88651936854867902682008-01-07T10:45:00.000-08:002008-01-08T05:14:53.608-08:00January Is For Beats: Ratatat...<a href="http://www.ratatatmusic.com/photos/inlogo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px" alt="" src="http://www.ratatatmusic.com/photos/inlogo.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.ratatatmusic.com/">Ratatat</a> is made up of guitarist Mike Stroud, producer Evan Mast and more recently, Jacob Morris on the keytar. They have released a couple of remix albums of your favorite rapper guys (details <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatat_Remixes_Vol._1">here </a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatat_Remixes_Vol._2">here </a>) and also two other cd’s and an EP, which wasn't ever officially released (<a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/254806">here</a>, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/757654">here</a> and <a href="http://banagale.com/new-ratatat-9-beats-hits-hard.htm">here </a>respectively). I really like the way these guys sound and put shit together. It’s not standard fare hip-hop production, which always appeals to me.<br />The incorporation of guitars in hip-hop always makes me a bit uncomfortable because a lot of people don’t really know how to do it. For some reason they try to have some crazy Satriani-esque solo over a dry 808 beat. Not good. It’s like they have one dude who speaks only Japanese and makes hip-hop beats and listens to nothing else <a href="http://www.ratatatmusic.com/photos/beans.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 283px" height="211" alt="" src="http://www.ratatatmusic.com/photos/beans.jpg" border="0" /></a>and then have some guy who speaks only siSwati and listens to nothing but Randy Rhodes' solos and then they’re put in a room together and are expected to work together, understand each other and make something cohesive and dope. That’s how I feel about it anyway. Ratatat doesn’t sound like that. I wouldn't say the guitars are subtle or understated but they gel with everything else that's going on. Plus, who doesn't like a little organ in their head nod? That could sound dirty if you try. I like it and I think you will agree. If you don’t, you’re wrong. But we can still call each other when we’re lonely.<br /><br />I’m upping their debut and the EP entitled 9 Beats. A lot of the beats from the latter were used on the second volume of remixes and are more straight up beats while the debut is more song and melody based. They got a lot better at drum programming as time went on. Anyway, enjoy.<br /><br /><br />Pace.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEdUwuIuU1cx_NZMk7kNvwMqLpvH7IA0fO9Mr5RFWQ2IrqRgPxHnYFWCRPtVrdaG6a_VQ5Y_C24GWtiHUiV_yj5YSjx_AgiYHRk295q7vjTF0yu4BTk30UDdtM-1J4kBQWWXvG0cLmnA/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152862881526310002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEdUwuIuU1cx_NZMk7kNvwMqLpvH7IA0fO9Mr5RFWQ2IrqRgPxHnYFWCRPtVrdaG6a_VQ5Y_C24GWtiHUiV_yj5YSjx_AgiYHRk295q7vjTF0yu4BTk30UDdtM-1J4kBQWWXvG0cLmnA/s200/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />01 - Seventeen Years<br />02 - El Pico<br />03 - Crips<br />04 - Desert Eagle<br />05 - Everest<br />06 - Bustelo<br />07 - Breaking Away<br />08 - Lapland<br />09 - Germany To Germany<br />10 - Spanish Armada<br />11 - Cherry<br /><p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/62851093371e58/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2DXCVT92Uv5amr25oYbNAd0Y459uK9pmMdOGYx317xNsEZox86XPfnic0LCNjGfPv-AEkqOnlCwwWvQ5S9r606N5ymfXrsShle584YACulnvdXqWw0rxXtODEQqdJKfkBfui1p85dfE/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152862271640953954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2DXCVT92Uv5amr25oYbNAd0Y459uK9pmMdOGYx317xNsEZox86XPfnic0LCNjGfPv-AEkqOnlCwwWvQ5S9r606N5ymfXrsShle584YACulnvdXqWw0rxXtODEQqdJKfkBfui1p85dfE/s200/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>01 - Beat 01<br />02 - Beat 02<br />03 - Beat 03<br />04 - Beat 04<br />05 - Beat 05<br />06 - Beat 06<br />07 - Beat 07<br />08 - Beat 08<br />09 - Beat 09<br /><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/62845997509252/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a> <p></p>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-27368470924384874422008-01-03T18:34:00.000-08:002008-01-04T15:36:49.270-08:00Back, Caught You Lookin For The Same Thing...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPB50bro7EUxtyP-KOSjKuP5seDK593Zx9_YC-Zc9r8n1yB_df-oEbU7LSkcOf6TNOibxwXqinJWVrIn6Ii01ogsHc2-MU6duha5lAsJEDblD52QLw5-5D-LyaLUQRQnMPb_wlDihr3Q/s1600-h/Peace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPB50bro7EUxtyP-KOSjKuP5seDK593Zx9_YC-Zc9r8n1yB_df-oEbU7LSkcOf6TNOibxwXqinJWVrIn6Ii01ogsHc2-MU6duha5lAsJEDblD52QLw5-5D-LyaLUQRQnMPb_wlDihr3Q/s200/Peace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151448282507764818" border="0" /></a>Hello again fart knockers.<span style=""> </span>I hope you all had an intensely inebriated holiday season and share the sorrow of returning to the grind.<span style=""> </span>Alas, we all need an education or a job or else we’d all have a blog or a reality show on the CW.<span style=""> </span>I thought long and hard about this blog over the break and after the blood, sweat and tears a typical nap incurs, I’ve decided to have monthly themes.<span style=""> </span>I’m really easily distracted and deciding what to put up and talk about is a daunting task for me.<span style=""> </span>I’m also lazy and without guidance I will nap.<span style=""> </span>I intend on finishing the listing of really dope things, much to everyone’s chagrin, but I kind of feel like I should finish it if for no other reason than to feel like my listing does not parallel the rest of my unfinished novels, paintings and guano sculptures that clutter my past.<span style=""> </span>So, welcome to January, “The month of beats.”<span style=""> </span>It’s a month filled with some of my favorite producers and instrumental artists. <span style=""> </span>Call it “Beats” Call it “Downtempo,” call it “Trip-Hop,” call it “the secretion from the infected and gaping anal sore of humanity”, I don’t care.<span style=""> </span>It’s one of my favs and I now bestow it unto you.<span style=""> </span> <p class="MsoNormal">I figure I’ll start with Shadow.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.losanjealous.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/dj-shadow-10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 188px;" src="http://www.losanjealous.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/dj-shadow-10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I don’t really know what to say about this dude.<span style=""> </span>His impact is immeasurable.<span style=""> </span>His skill is undeniable. <span style=""> </span>I mean Monosyllabic!?<span style=""> </span>I am not really feeling the newer shit but that’s more because of the lyrics on top and less the music.<span style=""> </span>Whatever you can’t deny the dude.<span style=""> </span>If you do, you don’t understand what goes into programming or you make beats on an SK-1.<br />I’m putting up The Private Repress, which was a series of remixes, his Lesson 4 Archive Mix which is a shout back to Double Dee & Steinski and a BBC mix that came out during the UNKLE time.<span style=""> </span>While this isn’t the best representation of his work, I figured some of you might not have it yet and the rest of the stuff is readily available out there.<span style=""> </span>Enjoy.<br />Pace.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyJgFU4KTLoiTUYOwvtwIFNtEwndUZCqXhNnDieMvGIkHMHQ8gN57SBa4YMwNRYPHg0Pm8fAUtrjsZmFamH8Tnu_EyEyzOF5SrjL422N6VrFvnpanszUExwdYy8gIJCA0ZH0NwcQjeNA/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyJgFU4KTLoiTUYOwvtwIFNtEwndUZCqXhNnDieMvGIkHMHQ8gN57SBa4YMwNRYPHg0Pm8fAUtrjsZmFamH8Tnu_EyEyzOF5SrjL422N6VrFvnpanszUExwdYy8gIJCA0ZH0NwcQjeNA/s200/folder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151445877326078994" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Private Repress</span><br />01 - Intro<br />02 - Six Days (Soulwax Mix)<br />03 - GDMFSOB (UNKLE Uncensored Feat. Roots Manuva)<br />04 - Interlude<br />05 - Walkie Talkie (Extended Radio Edit)<br />06 - Six Days (Remix Feat. Mos Def)<br />07 - Disavowed<br />08 - Interlude<br />09 - Right Thing (Tokio Ghetto Tech Remix)<br />10 - Mashin' On The Motorway (Radio edit)<br />11 - Right Thing (Z-Trip 'Get The Party Off Mix' In Three Parts)<br />12 - Outro<br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.zshare.net/download/6194533cebe96a/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4-xGnDw315hlIEogaWK-olLjmgxz3PEXjya5o0JALTEc57j3gCKpmur-irGBkSwPlAuGO3stznWE4V4qxFM01zUV1cFTVMBQxwdkP_m03bnJ847n_VQrTc5eQFWW0RmTDQe4HmTa6e4/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4-xGnDw315hlIEogaWK-olLjmgxz3PEXjya5o0JALTEc57j3gCKpmur-irGBkSwPlAuGO3stznWE4V4qxFM01zUV1cFTVMBQxwdkP_m03bnJ847n_VQrTc5eQFWW0RmTDQe4HmTa6e4/s200/folder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151446126434182178" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Shadow BBC Mix</span><br />01 - Intro<br />02 - Lonely Soul (Early Instrumental Version)<br />03 - Lost and Found<br />04 - Painkiller (Kill The Pain Mix)<br />05 - Painkiller (Depeche Mode remix)<br />06 - High Noon<br />07 - Organ Donor<br />08 - Midnight In A Perfect World<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.zshare.net/download/61936602b5944b/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYFgAkXAwS5PcJcowb0uyrRX0kSdLQB3Q8NEyE4MnwYnCP6MCkljf5G2LPcE-cPT2mOaEw52kHJ9x32kBDjBQD4MRyI0elzojmxqpZCKvVJAq9T5oFnY_CdBJfCcb6Is2A-i3l5SEiFs/s200/folder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151446242398299186" border="0" /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lesson 4 (Archive Mix)</span></span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.zshare.net/download/6193036b096085/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-06260501213763059 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HxYNNYoZp9w&rel=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-06260501213763059 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HxYNNYoZp9w&rel=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-0706074770673059 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HxYNNYoZp9w&rel=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-0706074770673059 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HxYNNYoZp9w&rel=1"></a><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HxYNNYoZp9w&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HxYNNYoZp9w&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.brianudelhofen.com/Shadow.html">The Shadow Percussion Project.</a></div>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-79602906982692667692007-12-20T13:23:00.000-08:002007-12-20T13:26:38.414-08:00Until We Meet Again...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/w3rd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/w3rd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alright<span style="font-weight: bold;"> bitches. I'm off for two weeks. May your holidays be filled with dopeness and that new hotness. No top anything lists here. Nothing to post either. I mismanaged my time. Fuck it. See y'all next year.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pace</span><br /></span>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-67303595634866458352007-12-12T08:50:00.000-08:002007-12-12T09:51:34.869-08:00Mommy Mommy, Look. Here Comes Santa Claus. And He's Black...<a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/folder-9.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/folder-9.jpg" border="0" /></a> Next up, we got the “Enhanced version” (I say enhanced because I added a bunch of tracks and switched the order and it makes me feel regal) of <strong>Christmas Rap</strong>. I had this tape and loved it. Of course Christmas in Hollis is a classic, but there were some other greats on it too. Sweet Tee’s “Let The Jingle Bells Rock” was good. Dane told another goofy story in a goofy accent. King Sun brought a depressing story of Christmas in the ghetto when “ghetto” wasn’t synonymous with “cool”. I added “Santa’s Rap” from the Treacherous Three. I put the single and the version from the movie (Beat Street). There’s a slight difference but I just loved the track and redundancy makes me feel good. Also, redundancy makes me feel good. I felt like this was the one and only Hip Hop Christmas release that wasn’t completely wacky. It seems that Luke’s Christmas and Afro Man’s 40oz Christmas and the Dipset one were all more interested in being shitty then feeling good. Granted King Sun and Spyder D were not happy but, and maybe this was 14-year-old naiveté, but I felt like this release was fun and not mean. Whatever. You can draw your own conclusions. Enjoy.<br />Pace.<br /><br /><br /><div>01 - Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis<br />02 - Sweet Tee - Let The Jingle Bells Rock<br />03 - Dana Dane - Is Coming To Town<br />04 - Treacherous Three - Santa's Rap<br />05 - Derek B - Chillin' With Santa<br />06 - Spyder D - Ghetto Santa<br />07 - King Sun - Christmas In The City<br />08 - The Showboys - That's What I Want For Christmas<br />09 - Coldcut - Christmas Break<br />10 - Audio Two - Christmas Rhymin'<br />11 - Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'<br />12 - Disco Four - He's Santa Clause<br />13 - Lightning Rich - Santa's Groove<br />14 - Hard Rock - Christmas Bells<br />15 - Busy Boys - Funky Fresh Christmas<br />16 - The Rap All-Stars - Last Christmas<br />17 - Surf M.C.'s - Surf M.C.'s New Year<br />18 - Treacherous Three - Santa's Rap (Beat Street Mix)<br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/ao3zob"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tT5noclsXS4&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />Word!What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-3872446577594251762007-12-10T06:36:00.000-08:002007-12-10T10:06:06.216-08:00A Long Time Ago In A Studio Far, Far Away...<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/ChristmasintheStars.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/ChristmasintheStars.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>So, I realized that I am going to Costa Rica on the 20th and will be there till January 2nd so I figured I’d hit y’all off with some Christmas music interspersed with some other stuff before I am M.I.A. First off, we have <strong>Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album.</strong> It was produced by some guy named Meco, who takes himself far too seriously. Armed with the vocal stylings of Anthony Daniels as C3PO who kind of talk/sings his way through most of an album spattered with brief skits, mostly between the stock sounds of R2 and 3PO calling him a silly droid. You can almost hear Anthony Daniels cocking the pistol that he has in his mouth as a tear leaves it's wet trail of sorrow across his cheek. It is somewhat difficult to listen through. The only other cast member is a roar by Chewy in the intro to the holiday classic, "What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?)" Oh Meco, thou art so droll. </div><div>Oddly enough, the track "R2D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas" brags the first time Jon Bon Jovi is on wax. Both of these tracks were released as 45's. The songs fit into the "painfully-cheesy" genre and I don’t really recommend it unless you want to hear something different or are a fan. It is nowhere near as bad as the TV holiday special and thankfilly, B. Arthur is nowhere to be found. It’s just kind of goofy and fun to listen to once and only once. I must stress this fact or you may suffer some anal leakage and mild clotting if you listen to it twice. Enjoy.<br />Pace.</div><div></div><div>01 - Christmas in the Stars</div><div>02 - Bells, Bells, Bells</div><div>03 - The Odds Against Christmas</div><div>04 - What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?)</div><div>05 - R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas</div><div>06 - Sleigh Ride</div><div>07 - Merry, Merry Christmas</div><div>08 - A Christmas Sighting ('Twas the Night Before Christmas) </div><div>09 - The Meaning of Christmas<br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/b6054a58"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/b6054a58" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a></div><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3rtPmPDrWjY&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />The cartoon from the holiday specialWhat It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-83584698089285116332007-12-04T13:48:00.000-08:002007-12-05T19:22:14.977-08:00Treebeats A To Z Posting Compilation Of Really Dope Things. The Letter MI’ve had about 5 different collections of M people. There are glaring omissions in this one. One of my main deciding factors is to try to get everything under 100 megs. With a letter like M, limiting that to around 20 groups is very hard. I get that this one is emaciated as far as what should be there. I just got tired of rearranging and adding and removing. So there it is. If you feel adventurous, put some of what you think should be there in the comments. I’m guessing about .00009% of you will do so, so don’t feel pressured. I hope everyone is having a swell December filled with visions of your said or applicable holiday. Although if you are not celebrating the official birthday of the son of the one true god then you probably will end up in hell with Satan. He has horns and a tail and a pitchfork. I’ve seen pictures.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><strong>01 - Mad Kap - Da Whole Kit & Kaboodle</strong><br />Back in 93, I was living in Florida, flunking out of my first attempt at college and smoking far too much weed of far too low a grade. I had a shitty car, I thought Phillies made me cool and I was planning my move to Atlanta to make it big and let the world hear my name. I lost everything except for the shitty car. Mad Kap was part of the blossoming West Coast sound that was based on East coast sound. They just did it well and the cat on the trumpet, while gimmicky, blended really well. This was a really great first and last release by them and worth checking out if you like that kind of thing. If not, you aren’t a patriot.<br /><strong>02 - Main Source - Fakin' The Funk (Remix Feat. Neek The Exotic)</strong><br />I had the “White Men Can’t Jump”/“White Men Can’t Rap” soundtrack and actually kind of <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Megatronjpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Megatronjpg.jpg" border="0" /></a>liked it now that I think about it. It had this joint and Cypress Hill’s A to the K and a College Boyz song I can’t remember the name of and don’t like it enough to actually look it up now but I remember liking it then. Anyway, it was The Xtra-P doing his thing and the “Ba-Ba-Ba-b-Ba” (that’s my creative interpretation of how it should look) always got my pumped.03 - Mary J Blige - Sweet ThingMy favorite part of old school mixtapes was when they blended an R&B acapella with a Hip-Hop beat. It always made R&B more palatable for me. Puffy made his early career out of it. Back when he was trying to be grimy and rhyme like 3rd eye. This is off the Remix album of "What’s the 411." I liked this version a lot more than the original but I kind of liked the original too.<br /><strong>04 - Massive Attack - Teardrop</strong><br />My man Matt over at <a href="http://beatsandblood.blogspot.com/">Beats And Blood </a>wrote a really good <a href="http://beatsandblood.blogspot.com/2007/12/massive-attack-of-mezzanine.html">review of Massive Attack’s Mezzanine record </a>that this is off of. You should really check his site out anywayPlus, I’m lazy and can admit when someone does a better job than me. Plus, I’m laz (so much so that I can’t even finish typing “lazy” get it?)<br /><strong>05 - Master Ace - Letter To The Better (Remix)</strong><br />I love Ace. I love the Juice Crew All Stars. I love Marley Marl. I fucking love this record.<br /><strong>06 - MC Shan - The Bridge</strong><br />C-L-A-S-S-I-C!<br /><strong><a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Mothra.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Mothra.jpg" border="0" /></a>07 - MC Lyte - Cappuccino</strong><br />I’m always a sucker for a good story and this was Lyte in her prime. No “Rap & Bullshit.” No trying to be pretty. Just Lyte being Lyte, which was what she did best. I read some interview of hers where she was complaining about how she was forced into different directions like the “Ruffneck” and clubby shit. She sounded sorry and pissed off and seemed to realize that she fell off. I like when people admit they fucked up.<br /><strong>08 - MC Serch - Back To The Grill (Feat. Chubb Rock, Nasty Nas, Red Hot Lover Tone)</strong><br />I won’t make any “Next White Rapper” jokes because that show depressed the shit out of me. This is one of those “posse” cuts that I always loved. A lot of MC’s can’t really hold a whole song, let alone an entire album. It’s not their fault. They are forced in different directions like Lyte was. Look at Supernatural or Cannibus. Those cats would rip most anyone to shreds in a battle but can’t make a complete record to save their life. The Posse cut allowed you to murder 8–16 bars and everyone got a chance to not suck. If you didn’t come off with 4 or five other dudes then you stuck out like a sore thumb and everyone beat you with socks filled with D batteries. Or so legend has it.<br /><strong>09 - Metallica - Last Caress & Green Hell</strong> <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/MeganFox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/MeganFox.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />There was a time when Metallica were:A. not a shitty band and B. trying to help their fans. They<a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/MammaryGlandsjpg.jpg"></a> released the $5.98 (as printed on the cover) EP to make sure we weren’t getting our balloon knots torn open by record stores. This song is also a two-fer because they are covering Misfits’ songs. I never really liked The Misfits when they were out because I thought Danzig sounded like a pussy. I had never seen him. This was before interwebs. They were too mature for my taste. I wanted someone screaming into the mic. Anyway, Metallica released this cover of two Misfits songs and fused Metallica's early raw energy into what I felt was missing from The Misfits back then. It made me want to punch someone in the face in the best kind of way.<br /><strong>10 - The Meters - Cissy Strut</strong><br />We all have to start somewhere and if you’ve never heard The Meters, than you are wrong because you have silly. The Neville brothers and co. have been sampled to death and helped define that nasty southern funk. It's really an integral part of musical history that you should explore. Interestingly enough, they opened for the Stones on one of their tours.<br /><strong>11 - Method Man - Bring The Pain</strong><br />The first solo Wu and one of the best. Meth still sounded interesting and thirsty to me. He wasn’t doing movies or deodorant commercials. Rza was always a favorite of mine because we both used an ASR-10 and therefore I thought he would probably show up to my parties or call me on holidays. He never did. He did make a fine ass series of beats (again) for Meth to flow over. Sure, the songs a gimme, but there is a reason for that.<br /><strong><a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/MoonKnight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 124px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/MoonKnight.jpg" border="0" height="193" /></a>12 - M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun</strong><br />My coming out song. I don’t really care how homosexual this song makes me. It’s really gay! I feel like I should be in a Cheerleading competition on ESPN4, wearing tassels. But not red because that makes me look fat. There is just something about those horns that I bug out to. The rest of her album was one of my top records last year too. Her new one is also really worth checking out if you are not musically limited.<br /><strong>13 - Minor Threat - Straight Edge</strong><br />I think I’ve talked before about how many similarities I feel there are between the hardcore punk scene and the hip-hop scene. If I didn’t, then pretend I did and it was eloquent and convincing. Minor threat was a DC band led by the one and only Ian McKay and rocked your ass off. There was such a raw energy and emotion in these songs that completely appealed to the 13 year old in me. Plus, the lyrics came with the record and they said shit and fuck a lot, which made it even cooler.<br /><strong>14 - Mississippi John Hurt - First Shot Missed Him</strong><br />My dad introduced me to Mississippi John Hurt and the blues at an early age. Mississippi John Hurt was on a lot. This is off of his last sessions when he was nearly 70's and you can hear him forget lyrics and just kind of hum melodies. He still sounded like two dudes playing the guitar though. It’s really someone worth checking out if you like southern folksy-blues.<br /><strong>15 - Moby - Flower</strong><br />Granted, it’s very chic to hate Moby now. I certainly don’t want to have a cookout with him but<a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Micronauts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Micronauts.jpg" border="0" /></a> he made some pretty well crafted music for what he does. This is from the "Play" B-sides. Along with being a sucker for a chick over a fat beat, I really like the counterpoint of having some old blues or gospel or something like that over a fucked up break or digital kind of back drop. It appeals to some part of me a great deal.<br /><strong>16 - Morcheeba - Tape Loop</strong><br />"Wow, that’s weird. Another Portishead clone makes your list?" Yeah, yeah, I know. I’m just a sucker for a chick singing over a fat beat. I freely admit my fault. There’s nothing I can do about it. The group was properly named and forced me to purchase their namesake to truly appreciate their music and the wonders of incense and lava lamps.<br /><strong>17 - Morphine - Good</strong><br />Representing Beantown, we have the greatest Drum/Bass/Sax trio to ever perform. Mark Sandman had one of those voices that was depressing and low and made you want to listen. They sound like no one else. Unfortunately, Sandman died from a heart attack and they only made a couple records but there’s a lot of extra material out there. If you are willing to let something sink in, I really recommend these cats.<br /><strong><a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/MayaAngelo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 248px;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/MayaAngelo.jpg" border="0" height="164" /></a>18 - Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty</strong><br />When I heard the song it was sampled from, I fell in love with the beat. Mos Def is one of those cats that are pretty consistently dope, extremely talented and willing to take risks musically. Not all of it is great but his body of work, on a whole, is pretty fantastic. Plus, did you see him in that Carmen re-make with Beyonce!? Amazing!<br /><strong>19 - Murs - D.S.W.G. (Dark Skinned White Girls)</strong><br />There are so many women from my past and present that fall into the three categories in this song that it gives me chills. I also felt it was a powerful/empowering song for a lot of them too. It hasn’t ever really been covered like this before and I found it refreshing and dope. I like when people do cool things.<br /><strong>20 - Muse - Time Is Running Out</strong><br />I saw these guys, knowing that I would be disappointed by a three piece set trying to sound as big as they do on record. I am happily an idiot though and typically wrong and witnessed one of the better shows I’ve seen. A small venue and these guys sounded like a slew of dudes on stage. A really good group. This is from my favorite album of theirs but all their stuff is pretty dam good.<br />Pace.<br /><br />01 - Mad Kap - Da Whole Kit & Kaboodle<br />02 - Main Source - Fakin' The Funk (Remix Feat. Neek The Exotic)<br />03 - Mary J Blige - Sweet Thing (Remix)<br />04 - Massive Attack - Teardrop<br />05 - Master Ace - Letter To The Better (Remix)<br />06 - MC Shan - The Bridge<br />07 - MC Lyte - Cappucino<br />08 - MC Serch - Back To The Grill (Feat. Chubb Rock, Nasty Nas, Red Hot Lover Tone)<br />09 - Metallica - Last Caress & Green Hell<br />10 - The Meters - Cissy Strut<br />11 - Method Man - Bring The Pain<br />12 - M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun<br />13 - Minor Threat - Straight Edge<br />14 - Mississippi John Hurt - First Shot Missed Him<br />15 - Moby - Flower<br />16 - Morcheeba - Tape Loop<br />17 - Morphine - Good<br />18 - Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty<br />19 - Murs - D.S.W.G. (Darg Skinned White Girls)<br />20 - Muse - Time Is Running Out<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="http://sharebee.com/2cac5d9c"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 200px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-039236476048188085 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ceERPc3pyw&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-039236476048188085 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ceERPc3pyw&rel="></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-03346586645063211 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ceERPc3pyw&rel="></a><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ceERPc3pyw&rel=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed><br />Masters of the universe indeed!</div>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-86694155279793580982007-12-03T06:46:00.000-08:002007-12-03T07:25:20.384-08:00Mixtapes Suck.<a href="http://www.pingmag.jp/images/article/kilimanjaro17.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.pingmag.jp/images/article/kilimanjaro17.jpg" border="0" /></a> I hate “the mixtape” culture. I just don’t get it. I’ve been “down” as much as my melanin deficient dermis allows since the early 80’s and I get the point that cultures need to evolve. I’m not saying it was better back in the day. It was by the way. But the whole mixtape thing. It is you rhyming over someone else’s beats, typically. They are rushed and sloppy and lack direction and substance. I understand there are a few that are done well but I don’t need to be inundated with new material from MC Magoo or DJ Magee every few months. It doesn’t make you prolific, it makes you irritating. In my opinion, the only time one should rhyme over someone else’s beat is on the legendary and sadly extinct “posse cut” or at a battle. Otherwise it’s biting. You are straight jacking some shit. Rather than put the rhyme you wrote last night on 2” or into your computer. Take some time with it. When I started rhyming I didn’t really understand that other people made your beats. I just thought you wrote the rhyme, made the beat and, I guess, engineered the session yourself. Naïve? Maybe. But I had to learn how to do it all myself. It was a lot more work, but I got a lot better at making everything gel together.<br />End transmission<br />10001110101<br />p.s. I refer to the rapper "mixtapes" not a bunch of songs from a bunch of artists. That would just make me a hypocrite.What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-36974960970701016402007-11-22T08:52:00.003-08:002007-12-04T05:12:25.514-08:00Happy Thanksgiving...<a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/happythanksgiving.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 445px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 339px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="311" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/happythanksgiving.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.ehow.com/images/ehows/hero/Carvetureky_hero.jpg"></a>What up people? I finished the mix and I'm posting it along with this. I got eveything you guys reccomended except for the Jungle Brothers' "I'll House you" Sorry Mook. I really tried. I'm posting it early so y'all can check it out. Voting hasn't started yet and I'll updateyou guys when voting is up. I did the whole thing with Acid so there's some time stretch effect on a lot of it but I tried to minimize it so it isn't too distracting. If y'all are feeling it I'll do more. I'll probably do more anyway. It's been a few years since I really concentrated on some music creation and it felt good. So that's about it. I'll get back to the alphabet and try to get some mixes (not by me) and some cover stuff done too. Holidays are crazy though. 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Ish Aka Butterfly)<br />08 - DJ Shadow - The Number Song (Cut Chemist Remix)<br />09 - Notorious Big - Party And Bullshit<br />10 - <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Soul Coughing </span>- Super Bon Bon - (Propellerheads Remix)<br />11 - Free Speech - Everything Is Different Now<br />12 - <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Leonard Cohen </span>- Everybody Knows (Treemix)<br />13 - Nas, Krs-One & Rakim - Better Than I've Ever Been (DJ Premier Remix)<br />14 - The Jaz - The Originators<br />15 - Doves - Firesuite<br />16 - Lovage - <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">To Catch A Thief</span><br />17 - PSY/OPSogist - Enjoy It While It Lasts<br />18 - <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Smashing Pumpkins</span> - Eye<br />19 - Tom Cat - <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Muddy Waters</span> (David Holmes Mix)<br />20 - Rehab - Step Away<br />21 - <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Portishead</span> - Humming<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sharebee.com/f241e0a8"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Let me know what you think.What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-54133407750624862232007-11-13T10:54:00.000-08:002007-11-13T11:15:07.412-08:00A plee to my fellow bloggers...<a href="http://www.abstracthiphop.com/hip-hop-honeys/melyssa_ford_american_flag.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.abstracthiphop.com/hip-hop-honeys/melyssa_ford_american_flag.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I realize all of you have fantastic taste in music and care a great deal about it. Why else would you have a music blog!? However, my tastes are not always yours. I don't need to have your music playing while I'm at your blog. I'm there. I get it. I'm interested. Yet even more frustrating is the placement of them. The bottom of the page? halfway down on the right or perhaps a quarter of the way down on the left hand side. If you need to have one (you don't) and if you use one (please don't) then at least make it the first thing that I see on the screen so I can press "mute" or "pause" or "stop" immediately. Then I can make the choice and your ultra rare remix of Spice 1 doesn't create the aural chaos that is inevitable when played in tandem with my Kenny G.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>And Happy Veterans Day</div>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-38114502263957164342007-11-04T17:47:00.000-08:002007-11-05T13:05:55.291-08:00I Need Your help...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/vidaguerra.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 485px" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/vidaguerra.jpg" border="0" /></a>As I've said before, I am without wit and devoid of any interestingly creative bones, juices, or complex internal structures. I therefore hope that you will help me. I have won my round of the mix competition and have moved to the second. Honestly, I didn't think I would win but now that I did I want to. The first mix was thrown together pretty much except for the I Get Top Billin (and even that was a little lame) and now I'm competing with some cats that are more serious. I'm not scared of the, I just don't know what to do for a mix. This is where you come in. Now, I don't have turntables setup (baby took over my room) so there will not be any scratching but I can still tweak some shit, mash some shit up and I have stuff I've done over the years. Here's what I don't want to do:<br /><p class="MsoNormal">1. a mix of all contemporary hip-hop (there's not enough really that would make a mix to win, if that makes sense to you.)<br />2. A mix of all old school (it just seems cliché and lame.)<br />3. A dirty south or hyphy mix (A: I don't really like it, and B: see #1)<br />So, what I was thinking was making a mix of rock that's more hip hop-y and hip hop that's a little more eclectic. What do you think? Do you have any requests for me to put in? Also, any requests (that I have or you can provide for me) I'll put in. It probably won't be the whole song but some element of it will be there. I promise. So, there's my dilemma. Help a brova out. The picture has nothing to do with anything, I just like her bum.<br />Pace.</p>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029611950001373274.post-3422570023647387232007-10-30T06:19:00.000-07:002007-10-30T13:10:37.017-07:00Treebeats A To Z Posting Compilation Of Really Dope Things. The Letter LFall is falling. The air is crisp. The Red Sox are champions of the entire world. You might have 5 more minutes to vote for the mixes on Dumpin.net by the time this is posted. Dancing is coming back to Hip Hop. Sadly, I hate it and all the people that snap, wiggle, walk and superman. Hope you are all well.<br />Enjoy the letter L<br /><a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/L.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/L.jpg" border="0" /></a> <b>01 - Lamb - Lusty</b><br /><span style="color:black;">I don’t really know about overseas, but one of the bands that got slept on a great deal here was Lamb. Andy Barlow, a.k.a. Hipoptimist (not to be confused with the Hip Hopatamus), and vocalist Lou Rhodes made up one of the more experimental and interesting groups that resulted from Portishead’s fame.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>While groups like Morcheeba did more of the same, Lamb explored breaks and made, at times, straight up noisy tracks that sounded fucked up and different.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I liked them a lot, but I also liked Sean Cassidy doing “Do Run Run” so what do I know?<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The track here is easier to listen to than when they got totally fucked but a</span><span style="color:black;">lso isn’t the Amen Brother break chopped with a distorted bass.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I really think this was their best album, but I typically like when groups are more raw and</span> unrefined then when they get polished.<br /><b>02 - Laquan - Now’s The B Turn</b><br />I’m not sure if he released anything after this but it was the height of the New Jack Swing movement and besides Redhead Kingpin, I felt this record did it best.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Some people think New Jack Swing was totally worthless but I hate them and if you were into hip-hop at that time it was hard to ignore.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>You can say what you want now but if you lived in the North East in the late 80’s, Teddy Riley was the man.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>And I know I am constantly defending the fact that I liked Teddy Riley, but Fuck you.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>You’re ugly and stupid.<br /><b>03 - Laura Veirs – Galaxies</b> <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Lips.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/Lips.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Hippie indie folk rocker Laura Viers grew up in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:state>, camped with her family and was a patchouli wearing hippy freak.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>She studied rocks and Mandarin in college.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>“Year Of The Meteors” was the third release she had and the first record of hers I heard.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>She’s got a great voice and sings about science a lot but this is basically a love song wrapped in a high-brow ribbon. Galaxies has a great hook and would have been a big pop record if The world was right. <br /><b>04 - Lauryn Hill - The Sweetest Thing</b><br />The bitch is crazy but she was really talented.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>This song helped me get many women naked.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>“Oh yeah, I think she’s amazing. There’s so much pain and beauty in her voice.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Why don’t you take off your pants?”<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Now she doesn’t let people walk in front of her and prays to alters drenched in chicken blood, or some such nonsense.<br /><b>05 - LCD So<a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/liono.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/liono.jpg" border="0" /></a>undsystem - Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up</b><br />The blog-nerd darling that I never really liked but felt pressured to listen to since everyone said it was such an amazing record and I don’t have the ability to think for myself.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I didn’t like and/or get “Daft Punk Is Playing In My House” but I really liked this track which is nothing like the rest of the disc and therefore, I think it’s awesome cause I’m counter-culture and really cool.<br /><b>06 - Leaders of the New School - Case Of The P.T.A.</b><br />Before Busta-Bus had a 32 inch bicep and Dinco and Charlie went on to…They released 2 records as the Leaders of the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">New</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> and blessed the shit out of us with their participation on “The Scenario” which could be the best “posse” cut ever besides “The Symphony”.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>This is off their first release, when they were still young and thirsty and more interested with the idea of getting on and rocking shows than whatever happened to them after.<br /><b>07 - Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do</b><br />Zeppelin is one of my favorite groups of all time and spent many years in high school taped to my walls next to pictures I cut out of Word Up and Rap Pages magazines.<span style="font-size:0;"></span><br />There was a time when the only way to get this song in the States was either in the bootleg “Destroyer” which my brother had, or as an import single as a b-side of “The Immigrant Song.”<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>It was officially released on the 4 disc boxed set in 1990, and thusly all of the wind was removed from my pompous sails and the steed from which I toted my “Zoso” superiority broke all four legs, collapsed and decomposed instantly. <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/legos.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/legos.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><b>08 - The Libertines - Horror Show</b><br />When I went to go see these guys, Pete Doherty, in true form, stumbled on stage and nearly knocked the mic stand down with his guitar (he may have been intoxicated.)<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>They proceeded to rock the rest of the set.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I’m not a huge Babyshambles fan but I thought the first Libertines release was some get-in-your-ass rock and roll.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>This was, by far, the song that slammed your anus until it was raw and blistered.<br /><b>09 - Lightheaded – Orientation</b><br />So Lightheaded is part Omega Watts, part Braille, part Othello and part Muneshine.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>A collective of really talented cats whos only problem is they are Christian Rap.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Now it’s weird how bad a rep Christian rap gets.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I’ve spent nearly 30 years listening to idiotic interpretations of Islam like 5% douche bags and somehow I’m a big Brand Nubian fan.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>But, put “Jesus” or “church” in a rhyme and I start bugging out.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>It’s stupid, I know, but that’s just the way shit is.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>God bless.<br /><b>10 - Lily Allen - <st1:place st="on">Nan</st1:place> You're A Window Shopper</b>I thought this song was funny.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I thought <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/LaLaVasquez.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: hand" height="196" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/LaLaVasquez.jpg" border="0" /></a>her debut was a great record but then my wife played it until it was dead and I hated it.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>It’s too bad she eats and pukes now because I thought she was cute enough as she was.<br /><b>11 - Little Brother - Slow It Down</b><br />This was the Little Brother album that I really liked and this was the song off of it I liked the most.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The beat is sick (9th Wonder I miss you.)<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Phonte and Big Pooh catch wreck. It’s just one of those songs that work really well.<br /><b>12 - L.L. Cool J - I'm Bad</b><br />My High School Soccer and Basketball teams started every game with either this or “Cut Creator”, “Ace Of Spades” by Motorhead, or “We Got The Beat” by the Go-Go’s.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Does that make us gay?<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I’m one of those cats that’s not mad at LL.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>He made seriously monumental tracks in rap history and besides “The Bitch In You” wrote my favorite dis record ever.<br /><b>13 - Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Track The Movement</b><br />I went to school with this kid Mike Johnson.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>He was from <st1:place st="on">Harlem</st1:place> and I spent a couple vacations at his house.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I think the official tally of times that we listened to this record was nearly Elventy bazillion.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>It was the beginning of the DITC crew for me and my real taste of Premier as a <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/loki.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" height="332" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/loki.gif" border="0" /></a>producer outside of Gang Starr. We also cuddled to this song.<br /><b>14 - Louis Armstrong - That Old Feeling</b><br />Satchmo is another one of those cats that gets kind of slept on.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I mean everyone knows him.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>His voice was unmistakably unique, but most people think of “What A Beautiful World” and not a really good jazz musician.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>He was a band leader.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>He appeared in a slew of films, he recorded 3 records with Ella Fitzgerald.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The dude was really amazing and somehow his accomplishments have kind of faded into obscurity.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Take some time and check him out.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The dude was ill.<br /><b>15 - Lovage - Strangers On A Train</b><br />I really liked this record a lot.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Jennifer Charles is sexy as shit (in a world where feces is unbelievably sexy) and her, Dan and Paul make up a majority of what made Lovage work.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I wish I liked Mike Patton more but I don’t and I hope he gets hit by a bus.<br /><b>16 - Low Profile - Funky Song</b><br />I got this record when it came out.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I also had the Rhyme Syndicate record but I didn’t really check for them on it.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Anyway, MC WC and DJ Alladin made the best debut of any of the Syndicate and then broke up.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I don’t really remember hearing this a lot, but I went to boarding <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/LorenzoLamas.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px" height="234" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/LorenzoLamas.jpg" border="0" /></a>school in the Berkshires and everyone else that listened to Hip Hop there was pretty much from <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state> and they weren’t interested in it.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I was.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I loved this whole joint.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>WC ended up with Coolio and Alladin spent more time making out with Ice-T.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I highly recommend this record if you enjoy late 80’s Hip-Hop and are cool.<br /><b>17 - Lupe Fiasco - Daydreamin' (Feat. Jill Scott)</b><br />If you’ve ever read anything that I wrote, you know I have a crush on Jill Scott.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Not enough to go to a Tyler Perry freak show of a film mind you, but me likey.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>You might of heard of this Lupe cat too.<br /><b>18 - Lyrics Born - Bad Dreams</b> <a href="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/lizaminelli.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand" height="168" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/lizaminelli.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Oddly enough, the last show I remember going to was the Quannum tour with my wife, who was my “friend” at the time.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Both of the last groups I saw started with “L.” Now, “L” is the 11 letter of the alphabet and there are two 1’s in 11.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>If you add those you get 2 and “B” is the second letter. Which is where these mixes actually started since “A” was just one group.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>If you take the 1 from “A” and the 2 from “B” you get 3, and that’s a magic number.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>I hate mathematics and I think they are stupid.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Lyrics Born is dope though.<br />Pace.<br /><div><p class="MsoNormal">01 - Lamb - Lusty<br />02 - Laquan - Now’s The B Turn<br />03 - Laura Veirs – Galaxies<br />04 - Lauryn Hill - The Sweetest Thing<br />05 - LCD Soundsystem - Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up<br />06 - Leaders of the New School - Case Of The P.T.A.<br />07 - Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do<br />08 - The Libertines - Horror Show<br />09 - Lightheaded – Orientation<br />10 - Lily Allen - Nan You're A Window Shopper<br />11 - Little Brother - Slow It Down<br />12 - L.L. Cool J - I'm Bad<br />13 - Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Track The Movement<br />14 - Louis Armstrong - That Old Feeling<br />15 - Lovage - Strangers On A Train<br />16 - Low Profile - Funky Song<br />17 - Lupe Fiasco - Daydreamin' (Feat. Jill Scott)<br />18 - Lyrics Born - Bad Dreams<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sharebee.com/3535901c"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/treebeats/download.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p></div><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8WIWq3qikXo&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed>What It Ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447171840013927224noreply@blogger.com1