First taste of their upcoming BBNG2, which drops tomorrow. Really nice point-counterpoint structure here between moments of slowly mounting tension and the release of percussion picking up speed.
BadBadNotGood – “Vices” by okayplayer
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Was Rapped On By Lil B Very Very Rare Black Ken Mixtape Instrumental -
Keyboard
#BASEDSOULCOMINGSOON
This certainly lives up to the #BASEDSOUL tag, and is possibly my favorite Keyboard Kid beat ever. Those horns >>>>>>
A brief but satisfying warped sample collage built from odd bits of exotica, oldies radio and AM gold. The defining stand-out moment comes on track 2 where strange things are done to doo wop standards with impressive results. Fans of Monster Rally or Madlib’s more esoteric sampling work should be pleased.
Cold Blood being the instrumental version of Cold Blooded. Fingers crossed for ‘trapicalia’ to live up to the potential implied by the word itself.
Dam dropped this leftover from his new album during the weekend, but in .wav form. Since it’s essential spring listening I converted it to mp3 for convenience. Judging by the file title it seems like the version that made the album has vocals.
DOWNLOAD: Dam-Funk – Serious (w_o vocals version) MP3
Elsewhere (on twitter), Dam recommended Turquoise Summers as a like minded modern funk maker. The recommendation was on point.
One of Clams’ most straight forward productions, a breezy and jazzy beat wouldn’t feel out of place on an early 90s Native Tongues release (or at least a recent release doing a good job of sounding like early 90s Native Tongues.)
DOWNLOAD: Clams Casino – Moon & Stars Rmx Instrumental
This shit on infinite loop till time runs out. This is the official proper version from the digi single, not some dodgy half-assed youtube remake. Stream only, no dl, go buy it on itunes. Harry Fraud has well earned your 99c.
After 3 years in Trinidadian prison, Dale Kruegler returns to the states. Trading in his beloved guitar “Bermuda” for an alto sax, he joins the remaining members of long defunct r&b/soul jazz ensemble “Brown Slippers” to form Dale Kruegler & The Missing Felicitys, for this captivating interpretation of Lil Ugly Mane’s “Mista Thug Isolation”.
So this exists. Mista Thug Isolation, re-imagined as terrifying experimental doomjazz. And it’s really good too, if you’re into this kind of thing. Plays like BADBADNOTGOOD‘s evil older brother, or a distant but like-minded relative of El-P’s High Water, or the guy who beat up Robert Glasper for lunch money every day at recess.
This single 16 minute track is priced at $500.
As expected based on the leaked singles, REL delivers a subtle vaguely futuristic instrumental set. There’s admirable restraint at work here, the beats are not cluttered or overworked and many clock in under 2 minutes. The minimalistic approach pays off, the album is very enjoyable in a low-key way .
This is little faster in bpms then I usually prefer but I can dig it, as is often the case with Ethereal’s music. Would love to hear a slowed version of it as a companion piece too. This song is going to be on his upcoming instrumental album Car Therapy.
