If you store your vinyl purely in alphabetical order with no other guiding principals, you may begin to feel like it’s difficult to browse your own collection in a meaningful way at a certain point. I don’t know very many people who like an artist or band because of the first letter in its name, […]
A groove and also some food for thought.
Jacob spins a music history lesson, establishing the early roots and foundations of hip-hop.
Here’s a little funky live-loop set I recorded recently, enjoy: What’s Live Looping? Live looping is the process of building a song in real time by recording snippets that repeat on endless loops (sometimes a few bars long, sometimes much longer) using instruments, samplers and voices. Each recorded loop must sit well in the overall […]
We untangle the complex and sometimes seemingly contradictory messages regarding religion, the occult and the supernatural that came from Tropicália in Part 2 of our Feature Series on Tropicália.
A second installment of recently found Boom Bap and Underground Rap 12″ Vinyls while digging around Phoenix, AZ.
The first of several Boom Bap, Conscious Rap, Underground, Gangsta 12″ vinyl sets.
Meditative jam with Ravi Shankar and Funky Rob samples by honeybear.
Digitization of a rare find: the unofficial release of the “Lost Demos” from The Ummah Recordings featuring A Tribe Called Quest and Jay Dee of Slum Village (J Dilla)
Madlib, MF Doom, J Dilla, L’Orange, Kool Keith, Ghostface Killah, A Tribe Called Quest, and more…
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