Metal Lungies

New Devin! Praise the lord.

I wasn’t crazy about the song at first but it’s starting to grow on me. Really excited for the album. Landing Gear drops October 7.

Download: Devin The Dude – Can’t Make It Home

(EDIT: I forgot the link, it’s been fixed.)

Remix Tuesdays is temporarily going biweekly, sorry for the lateness on today’s instalment. I’m still trying to figure out whether or not I want to do this feature every week.

“Stakes Is High” is a 1996 De La Soul single, produced by Jay Dee. It was released in support of De La’s album of the same name. Dilla uses a simple yet effective clap and snare combo for percussion, and works a dope, low key bass line for most of the track. The dope sax and piano enter every few bars, and the “vibes…vibrations” chant in the background blends in perfectly.

Dela is a Paris based producer who’s worked with rappers like Les Nubians, Blu and Aloe Blacc. He remixed “Stakes Is High” owe Andres at CDR some dap for tipping me off to this remix and to Dela’s producing talents. His remix works lighter, crisper drums, and delicate piano chord sequence. On the chorus and pre-chorus, Dela adds in a chaotic horn sample that blends smoothly into the beat used for the verses. Dela gives Plug 1 and 2 a little more space in his beat to flex verbally – there’s a bunch of adlibs I never noticed on the original. It all adds us to a dope jazzy beat that sounds like it could be vintage No I.D. circa Resurrection or Large Professor circa Illmatic.

The video features De La as guests on a talk show. They walk around New York, do laundry, rake leaves, wash cars and play basketball. Watch for Q-Tip’s cameo. Is that Phife at 1:55 as a coach? Ali Shaheed Muhammed and Common are in this too.

I fell in love with “Stakes Is High” in 11th grade and the beat brings back memories for me the second I hear that Ahmad Jamal sample. But the Dela remix is a fresh spin on the track. I need to hear more from this cat.

Download: De La Soul – Stakes Is High

De La Soul – Stakes Is High (Dela Remix)

Watch a good chunk of the up and comers in hip-hop hanging out and saying random ish at an XXL shoot.

G.O.O.D. MUSIC @ KNITTING FACTORY NYC TONIGHT ALL AGES SHOW!! CONSEQUENCE, GLC, KID CUDI, BIG SEAN + SPECIAL GUESTS WALE, MICKEY FACTZ, TERMANOLOGY

Late notice, but try to make it out to this you NYC heads..

BTW, it looks like we’re back, in the words of Fat Joe, like cooked crack.

eLXavi646‘s YouTube channel is full of classic breaks, some amazing stuff there (especially the “En Espanol” section).

GRANDGOOD has video of the Nuts performing material from their upcoming album, Planet Of The Crates.

Download: The Beatnuts – Se Acabo (Remix ft.Method Man)

Peep this old ODB freestyle he did for Funkmaster Flex in 1996. Dirty goes in on the “Broken Language” beat like no other. My favorite part is when he mentions “The Count of Monte Crisco”. His interview is cut off at the end, which is heartbreaking.

Download: Ol’ Dirty Bastard – ’96 Broken Language Freestyle

Bonus: Buddha Monk – Prepare for the Buddha Monk featuring Brooklyn Zu, Da Manchuz & Ol’ Dirty Bastard (off Unreleased Chambers, 2008 Visions of the Tenth Chamber, 2000)

via GRANDGOOD

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Kanye West will release his fourth album this December. The album will not be called Good Ass Job as has been previously stated/rumored. His first single, “Love Lockdown,” will be released this Monday or sooner if the Internet has anything to say about it.

My friend’s immediate reaction to the title was, “It sounds like it’s going to be some kind of R&B crap and I’m not going to like it.” Regardless, expect to hear this song every day for a long time.

Any mixtpae with Super Mario World on the cover is cool by me. I first heard NandoMcflyy, a DC rapper, on a song with Wale where there went in over some acoustic guitar. His mixtape is plenty more guitars and it sounds pretty good. I’ve been liking a few guys out of DC recently: Wale of course, X.O. and now Nando.

But dude gets a definite ‘fuck you’ for the song "Ash" which contains a sample that is just plain wrong. Not going to say what it is, but here’s a clue. It might even be worse than Charles Hamilton‘s "Windows Media Player" track. Hate aside, check him out.

Download: NandoMcflyy – SNES

via WDIR

A couple new tracks from the coolest kids on the block (even cooler than the kidz on the block, but maybe not cooler than new kids on the block).  Also a Que B.I.L.L.A.H track featuring the duo and a beat that pops and sparkles like mikey’s watches.  Finally, check the Juke and the City remix that I’ve heard spun all over the place.  Stay up.  

Cool Kids: If It Rocks, Let it Knock 

Cool Kids: Nigga Please 

Que B.I.L.L.A.H: Colors feat. The Cool Kids 

Cool Kids: Mikey Rocks (GT’s Juke and the City Remix)

Jadakiss in the studio (with white dudes!) previews some tracks off his upcoming Def Jam debut, while making analogies about Cake (pineapple??).

Via BoBo

Site note: I’m currently without a computer, RIP my Dell, so communications and postings from me are gonna be kinda sparse for a little.