Archive for the ‘Album Previews’ Category

C-Rayz Walz – Catching The Strange (prod. Falside)

Monday, February 15th, 2010

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This is the first leak off of beatsmith Falside’s upcoming mixtape, “Dollars Make Change.” The mixtape also features Reef the Lost Cauze, Pacewon, El Da Sensei, Jaysaun (Special Teamz), Ill Bill (La Coka Nostra), B-Real (Cypress Hill), Reason of Poorly Drawn People, Blaq Poet, Termanology and more. Stay tuned. –Philaflava

C-Rayz Walz – “Catching the Strange” (Produced by Falside)
DOWNLOAD LINK : http://usershare.net/bppl81abri7b

For more info please visit http://www.falside.com

D.O.E. C.I.G.A.P.O.M.’s Culture Shock A.D. 2012 EP

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

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Known for blazing open mics around the area (in particular the Pure open mic on Mondays), D.O.E. C.I.G.A.P.O.M., pronounced dough-say-gah-poem, hits the DMV with his EP. Conceptual hip hop that mixes in true lyrics with hard-hitting layered production is basically what this EP is. Some good ol’ street hop for ya’. To suck more of the PF boarders into listening to this, I have uploaded “You Should Think About Us” (feat. X.O.) and “Its All Over” so you won’t have to question whether or not you should be listening to this. And you’re welcome. –Ardamus “2 To The Dome” Thompson

You Should Think About Us feat. X.O.

Its All Over

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Navi droppin’ that free shit, yo!

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

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The homie, Navi, has dropped his free album online. A native from the Maryland area, he handles the emceeing and production with this project. Matter of fact, he even gets into detail with the breakdown of what he’s done to put the whole album together in his blogspot (http://swamisound.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-production.html?zx=5a7f2529b23b3f56). If there’s anyone I could say he reminds a little bit of, it would be P.O.S. as far as his voice goes. And yes, just like most music is on the internet, you can get this shit for free at swamisound.bandcamp.com. Recommended tracks “Soundcheck”, “Snakecharmers”, “Flametongue”, “This Room”, and “Monsoon Season”. –Ardamus

Isaiah Toothtaker “YIGGY” (2010)

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Is this dude as crazy as he looks? Check.
Is this music as crazy as it sounds? Check.

It’s 2010 and what better way to start if off than some new music by one crazy micky ficky. –Philaflava

Isaiah Toothtaker “YIGGY” (2010)

1. Pressure (Prod. by Subtitle)
2. On the Outies (Prod. by Subtitle)
3. I gotcha Featuring Mestizo (Prod. by Meaty Ogre)
4. Magna Carta (Prod. by Masque Anonymous)
5. HARD AS HELL (Prod. by MEGASOID)
6. T.T.T. (Prod. by Eric Steuer of Meanest Man Contest)
7. Revenge (Prod. by Jamie Laurie)
8. Who am I? (Prod. by Magi aka TS)
9. Werewolfing Featuring Zackey Force Funk & Crime (Prod. by MEGASOID)
10. FUCK 2009 (Prod. by Eligh of Living Legends)
11. The shark’s in my mouth (Interlude)
12. Still ill (Prod. by Subtitle)
13. BassFace (Prod. by MEGASOID)
14. Not really (Prod. by Jacob Safari)

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Felt (Slug) loves Philaflava

Friday, November 13th, 2009

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Sluggo doing his subliminal shout-outs are always fun for those Where’s Waldo fans.

And we love him back (yes homo). No homo, for real, well kinda…

Buy Felt 3, not because I’m telling you but because it’s one of the dopest albums of 2009. I promise you that. From the production, yes Aes brought heat, all the way to the back n forth “mojoe” of both Slug and Murs. It’s all about Henrietta Longbottom and Permanent Standby for me. –Gloss The Boss

Listen to the entire album here.

Buy the entire album here.

or peep 1:34

Felt 3 streaming on Rupert Murdoch’s money pit

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Striggity-Streaming Here.

Peace,
Employee

Dez & Nobs (New Music from their “Rocky Dennis” Album)

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Dez & Nobs are leaking shit from their upcoming Rocky Dennis album. Last time around they gave us Behemoth and it lived up to its name.

<a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/dezandnobs.bandcamp.com/track/kat-von-d');" href="http://dezandnobs.bandcamp.com/track/kat-von-d">Kat Von D by Dez &amp; Nobs</a>

Peace,
Employee

Lambent – “Smoothness Extract (Deep Night at Ishigaki)”

Monday, October 19th, 2009

I’d never have taken the time to listen to any of this dude’s material if not for the fucking ill artwork you’re looking at right now (click here for the full-size version). Anyway, he breathes some new life into the whole DillaMadlibFlyingLotusPrefuse73-y clusterfuck of beat makers on the scene. Loads of cool sequencing tricks and precise sloppiness are his trademarks. Lambent’s MySpace is a great starting point. You can check out snippets from the album here.

Peace,
Employee

“My president is black and that don’t mean jack….”

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Sole’s unleashed a slew of his own rappity-rapp-raps in the previous months. From the free Battlefields EP to its follow up full-length Plastique. Now he’s got two mixtapes in the pipeline; one titled Nuclear Autumn exclusively for URB and another titled Nuclear Winter to be sold on his Plastique tour.

Today marks the first leak from his tour-only Nuclear Winter. And oddly enough, it’s a take on Young Jeezy’s “My President”. Intended irony aside, the decade-plus nose-thumbing by Anticon’s co-founder at anything considered a camel’s hair mainstream is now entirely laughable. Granted the track has memorable lines galore, but this mixtape is beginning to reek of a desperate cry for attention as opposed to an authentic reshaping of some of pop culture’s biggest beats.

“Used to love Anticon, now you jock Dipset” – Ardamus

Sole feat. Jared Paul – “My President”

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Employee

Edan – Echo Party (2009) – sampler and info

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

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Yesterday the cover and press release for Edan’s highly anticipated new mix/album hit the internet with the force of 1000 celebrity nipple slips. Today a short sampler appeared. God only knows what kinda crazy shit will happen tomorrow.

Here’s the text of the press release, downloads immediately below:
Artist: Edan
Title: Echo Party
Label: Five Day Weekend
Released: 23rd November 2009

The Hiatus Is Over

‘Echo Party’ is Edans first album since his 2005 critically acclaimed sophomore release, ‘Beauty And The Beat’ (Lewis Recordings).

Boston native, Edan Portnoy first made his mark with debut album ‘Primitive Plus’. Hes a producer, emcee and deejay whos produced for notable artists such as Souls of Mischief, Akrobatik, Mr. Lif and David Holmes.

‘Echo Party’ is just that – a party, an eccentric bonanza of sounds that has been lovingly crafted, polished and played to perfection. Edan had full access to Traffic Entertainment Group’s extensive back catalogue to mix and rework in any way he could imagine. Two years later Five Day Weekend and Edan are set to release ‘Echo Party’. What began as a simple mix, has grown into a colourful full on production album that features Edan as the musician displaying his skills on live instruments including synthesizers, guitar, percussion, echoplex even glockenspiel and kazoo.

‘Echo Party’ has Edans personality intermixed with a wealth of amazing material. Elements are pulled from original multi tracks and these isolated accapellas and drum breaks have not been heard by any ears except the engineers and original artists that were in on the original sessions. Other portions are more identifiable though obscured by the filter of Edan’s ever improving studio techniques. Only an artist like Edan with his borderline obsessive commitment to detail could have brought such a project to life.

‘Echo Party’ promises to be one of 2009s most celebrated releases.

Edan will also be touring an ‘Echo Party’ themed DJ set throughout the UK and Ireland in December.

You can hear a ‘BS Promo Sampler’ here although as Edan will tell you it isn’t for your enjoyment – he talks over it to stop bootlegging. A full album will be mailed to you nearer the release date. Sorry if this irritates you…it irritates us!

The sampler came in a loss-less audio format (aiff), which can be a pain in the ass. I converted it to mp3 for convenience, which you can stream and download below. A link for the aiff file (150mb) is also available below.

Echo Party Bullshit Promotional Copy

DOWNLOAD LOSS-LESS AIFF VERSION (150 MB) HERE