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The kid Blazin, out of  LA, just hit me up recently with his latest project and this shit here is hella refreshing. The beat tape is split into 2 parts (Raw Like a Circular Saw/Relics of Psychedelics). ‘In A Heart Beat’ is my favorite cut ATM. Download the entire project here. Enjoy!

A few words from Spooks below. Track list and download link after the jump.

WAOOOW!!!! Its Feb 28th….The day you’ve been waiting for is finally here!!! We spent a lot of time making sure that this project was gonna be great, and we wern’t gonna put it out until it was just right…..That time is now.

This project is dedicated to EVERYONE who supported me since the “Hood Sophistication” mixtapes (T.N.B All Day), EVERYONE who supported Waffles and Beatz since the ‘Spooks Invasion Sampler’ and ‘Previous Unheard’…and EVERYONE who now supports us and/or has promoted what we do via Twitter/Facebook/Real Life….We love you all and nothing you do or say goes unnoticed. For real-for real.

If i’ve ever interacted with you in my entire life , thank you for being an influence on this mixtape. I write my shit about life and try to make it sound good ; )…its that simple.

Special thanks to Dusty Loops (who would have prolly written this better)…we had countless real-ass discussions, arguments, and jokes during the making of this project and look what we made my nigg!!! This whole thing would not exist if it wasn’t for you.

Prezzy, L.Ment, Nabob aka Starbuxxx, Tre, J. Parks, Nav, Shiv, Aakarsh, Jonathan, Amrit, Kyle, Wong….I SEE YOU…even with my glasses off hahah….we’re going places…f*ck em if they disagree : )

with out further aideu here are 14 Tracks (possibly more?) of heart, honesty, hillarity, hardcore, and of course Hip Hop….its ready…its MUSIC…its what YOU deserve…. we present G.I.F.T.S

(my grade 12 english teacher is gonna have my ass fer this…pause)  

P.S. Thank you to everyone who came through with their witty G.I.F.T.S acronyms, and encouraging facebook messages yall know who you are….#realcoolshit

….as cliche as it sounds, for the record, this IS just the beginning ; )

(more…)

L.Ment just re-released the “Classical Sessions” beat tape. This one’s a MUST have for all the fans x collectors! Enjoy!

Download here. Check out the Bandcamp page here.

Hello World! I’m currently working on a short beat tape for everyone who’s sick of rappers and just needs some dope music to vibe to. This personal project will be a collection of melodic sounds to get lost in while driving, studying or cleaning your room. Here’s a sneak peek of it. Enjoy. 2 fingers!

- Dusty Loops

PS – I kid about the rappers.  Hah!

An interesting clip from Doug Pray’s documentary Scratch.

Sorry never got around posting this sooner. Been too busy bumping these beats! “I mean this shit is, fuckin’ ridiculous…”
Click here to download!

“An Exclusive beat tape put together by us for the fans of Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars and fans of the highly talented DJ Khalil. Pretty sure you enjoyed bumping these Khalil tracks in the PSP version of the game. Now its time to supply your ipods with it. For those who don’t have the game yet, make sure you go buy it ASAP. Big props to Rockstar Games for knowing how to do music right when it comes to video games. Enjoy.”

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Via: Koalition

DJ Khalil x Rakhi working on some tracks with live drums. Sit back and take notes.

Straight from Just’s twitter, when an eager fan wanted some beats from him. These beats are so sarcastic.
If yah must know, 2nd one is better than the 1st + Just Blaze vocals on the both. What more can you want?

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A small collection of left over beats. Peep the “Prisoner” instrumental, along with other rare goodies. The outro beat is by L-Ment. Enjoy it. Love it. Hate it. Judge it. Rate it. Fruck it!

Ryan Leslie x Rick Ross “Maybachs & Diamonds” In-Studio from Ryan Leslie on Vimeo.

Jocked this off RR. This might have helped DTR had it been on it. R-Les’ doin’ what he does best. Salute!

Gotta get me some of that Dr. Pepper.

Spotted on: RR

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkqRyKPKA4[/youtube]

Spotted on NahRight. 9th jammin’ on the MPC. Some of the YouTube comments bout him are hilarious.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrsuO2D52cs&feature=channel_page[/youtube]

Dope short video of Chad Hugo from The Neptunes working on a beat on his laptop. You can now follow the NERD gang on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/NeRdArMy

Just wanna thank everybody who hit us up and celebrated J Dilla Day with us yesterday. We really appreciate the support and love. Also, be sure to purchase a Ma Dukes shirt by Parra to help raise money for a sooper great cause. Shout outs to Jason from the Stones Throw store who was nice enough to hit me back to confirm my order and sizes. Keep in mind, its Dilla Day everyday.

I received a very special mix from RP3 in my mailbox. The Dilla Midnight Snack is a 61:21 mins mix of some of the rarest and illest smoothest/mellowest instrumentals by Dilla, put together by RP3 and his ppls. This is a MUST HAVE for all Dilla heads. I’m currently stuck between 25:20-26:50. The transition to Love Jones (off The Shining) is heavyyyy! Add this to the collection ASAP. Well done!

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In my opinion, here are some of the illest rappers to rhyme over some of the illest Dilla beats over the past years. If I failed to mention someone, believe me, I’ve already included them in one of the other posts. If not, feel free to blog-hate on me until the end of the day, ha. There was an art to rhyming over a Dilla instrumental and not everyone could do it. Those who were close to him knew the method and those who followed him for a minute developed it over the years. Here’s a list of my 10 in no order what so ever.

1. Lupe Fiasco – Much More

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With the crazy buss behind the Jedi rapper, it wasn’t until this track that I began taking an interest back in his mixtape era. A very wise selection for a beat with the pretty Yummy Bingham on the hook.

2. Black Milk x Guilty Simpson – Freestyle

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Dilla played a mentor to both of ‘em and you can definitely hear the influence in Black Milk’s chop game. I was always a fan of Simpson’s raw delivery and slick word play.

3. Kid Cudi – Cudi Get

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As dope as Cudi is, he get twice as more respect for jumping on this classic beat (Wild off the Ruff Draft EP).

4.  MED – Push

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Possibly one of the illest slept on street/club bangers. It made the noise, but I always felt this joint was always unappreciated it. Shout outs to MED! That last MED x Just Blaze collabo was straight pineapples!

5.  Jay Electronica – A Prayer for Michael Vic & T.I.

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*I have no clue who this guy is but his Uzi weighs a ton.      *sarcasm

Peep the rest of ‘em after the jump. (more…)

Exile – Funky Worm Chop from FWMJ on Vimeo.

…that in my opinion, Chris Rock is one of the greatest and most consistent black comedians of our time. Ain’t nobody left in the game, who can deliver a solid special, take a couple years off in Hollywood and then come right back to deliver another one like he never left. So many comedians hit it big with their stand-up and never bother to sharpen that tool once they get one-too many side roles in movies. Similar to rappers who spit real raw (sh!t that actually makes sense) and freestyle for hours on the radio, until they get a record deal and go limp dick! The thing I really admire bout Rock is his aggressiveness. To my knowledge, we only have a few aggressive comedians (Pryor, Mac, Lopez…just to name a few). After seeing Kill The Messenger this past weekend, I’m really glad to see Rock back in the game and claiming his throne from these clown-ass-no-joke-having jesters. With Russell Peters dropping tomorrow with his “brand spanking new” material, I really hope he’s got the flame to follow after Rock’s weekend massacre. The Rock’s in the motherfcuking building!

Side note: Been so busy with sh!t and haven’t had a minute to myself for anything. I been slacking on the beats, but been pushing Spooks though. Definitely got new material coming from him. We got a couple fresh ideas down for his super-themed mixtape, but not quite sure which one to run with 4 now. I just finished making this loop not too long ago today within the 10 minutes of spare time I had. Peep the loop and have a good one. 2 fingers!

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