I wanted to re-up this at our new location here. Southern California is killing with beats right now. This dude hails from San Diego and seems to favor a bare bones approach with the SP-404 being his “weapon of choice.”
Some more shit: Clean Cut Bohemians Beat Tape
“Hashish If You Please”
“Save Our Stew”
This is where Sleeps Numb lives on the internet.
Peace,
Employee
Blueprint says: “Last year i did a little video for the song “1988″. It was basically a picture collage of all the significant things that happened in the year 1988 or were poppin in the year 1988. However the video version of the song is a slightly different than the album version of the song. I did this to make the song a little easier to perform and to have something special for cats to hear when they come to the show as opposed to how they hear it on the record.”
Blueprint – “1988″ (Video Version)
And this “Beat of the Week” feature on his site/blog raises the eyebrows. I’m not sure if these are works in progress or just joints for the fans. Either way, it works:
Winding it up, I leave you with one of the best beats of 2009 from Blueprint’s Sign Language:
Blueprint – “Numb”
Peace,
Employee
Before we migrated to this new piece of cyber real estate I reviewed Lush One & PhillipDrummond’s Music For Dope Runs. Unquestionably one of the best pieces of music to come out of California’s underground lair in 2008. They’re back with a remixed version. If a free remix album isn’t enough to get you salivating, PhillipDrummond has a gang of beats for you to download.
Battle of the Bay 5 Beat Tape (L.A. vs. The Bay).
Deathproof Beat Tape
Beatfellas Beat Tape
The Blues Beat Battle
Back to the Beat: 80′s Funk, Soul and Boogie Beat Battle
Peace,
Employee
