Well look whose back, you may remember when we chatted up with the Lessondary homie Jermiside a year or so back. After not hearing from him for a bit, Jerm just hit me up to give me the scoop on his new mixtape Die Jerm Die which features guest spots from Tanya Morgan’s (and ML friends) Von Pea & Donwill amongst others. I’m a few tracks in and this mixtape is a diverse offering from it’s soulful sampled track, electronic inspired beats, and mellow introspective underground tracks with Jerm’s rapid flow.
Travis Barker hasyettodisappoint us with a rework of a song, and this song is no exception. AND he gets Bun B to add a verse? This video is definitely winning..late pass face smash.
Exile and company have been murmuring about adding vocals to the instrumentals from Radio since the album came out in January. Muhsinah and Blu have already appeared on two Radio beats while a track leaked in August suggests the Lessondary crew (specifically Von Pea, Donwill and Elucid) are working on their own Radio tribute.
J. Mitchell, who sings the hook on Fashawn’s “Life as a Shorty,” lends her voice to the chopped-up, haywire “Your Summer Song.”
DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples and Sean Boog of The Away Team are linking up for an album, the latest of many recent MC/producer albums. Not much more info about this project, but “More Than Okay” is the single. I’ve been fan of Babu off the strength of Duck Season Vol. 3. And he’s cool as hell to talk to.
I’m guessing this cover art is tentative because it’s just a cropped version of this with a logo on it.
Add Ta’Raach to the list of monster Detroit producers. You may know the rapper/producer as half of C.R.A.C. Knuckles alongside Blu and if you’re really cool, you know about his album as Lacks, Re: Lacks, Vol. 1: With the World. “Orenthal” features swinging, soulful Pete Rock-like production.
Abstract raps meet classy production on producer Dumhi’s new EP, Indian Summer. Underground releases are rarely this polished. And even though the featured rappers are mostly unknowns (the most recognizable names are Donwill and Jermiside), the rhymes are rarely lacking. Gem right here!
Skip to 8:40. Then watch Baby show off what is probably the biggest traveling collection of jewelry in rap (curated by Young Moola baby). Instead of a weed carrier like a lot of rappers, Baby has a jewels carrier. But why does he store what seems to be nearly a million worth of watches in a ziploc baggie? They do make watch cases, right?
Off the Forge Your Own Chains 45, a limited edition bonus that comes with Forge Your Own Chains Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges 1968-1974. Tell ‘em, Stones Throw:
With the same detailed, no-stone-unturned approach he used for deep funk on The Funky 16 Corners and Cold Heat, Egon’s Now-Again Records tackles beat-heavy global psychedelia with Forge Your Own Chains. Psychedelic records, long the mainstay of older, grizzled collectors, are giving up new ghosts in the hands of Egon and those of this generation.
Guilty Simpson pounds out a verse over the original (which is included separately) and then Oh No flips the beat on the second half.
I can’t say I know anything about global psychedelia. This wouldn’t be the first time a Stones Throw Record introduced me to a new genre of music.
