15 posts tagged “hip hop”
Label: Independent, self-release
Catalog#: N/A
Year: 1996
Notes: This is sourced from cassette, no cd exists, so you'll have to excuse the quality (ReplyGain helps). Ultra-rare early Buck 65 mixtape bizness. Got the promo of Rich's forthcoming album today, so I thought I'd dig real deep into the archives for some lost beats and rhymes..
"Throat chakra, now this.. this is Biggie." I want to go back for another degree and major in pimpology this time, dayem..
Label: Grand Slam
Catalog#: BULLP002
Format: Vinyl, 2x12"
Country: EU
Released: 2007
Genre: HipHop
Notes: If you missed it you're outta luck, this is sold out everywhere. really nice collection of obscure and highly-enjoyable remixes of familiar Beastie tracks across the years; and i absolutely love "honky rink" ...if you hear only one Beastie's track this year, this is the one! makes me want to lace up the old skates and trip the rink fantastic.
Label: Chocolate Industries
Catalog#: CHLT 005
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: Dec 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Hip Hop
Notes: Backsleeve states: "Sorry no barcode".
I've always particularly liked the Trapazoid & Autechre mixes.
Label: Matador
Catalog#: OLE 476-2
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 2001
Genre: Hip Hop
By request of We <3 Music.. :]
Label: Lex Records
Catalog#: LEX 044 SVN
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, Limited Edition
Country: UK
Released: 16 Apr 2007
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Broken Beat, IDM, Hardcore
Credits: Artwork By, Photography - Oliver Smith
Notes: Limited edition release of 1000.
GO HERE: Can I Get An Amen?, 2004
recording on acetate, turntable, PA system, paper documents
dimensions variable
total run time 17 minutes, 46 seconds
apple quicktime format
Can I Get An Amen? is an audio installation that unfolds a
critical perspective of perhaps the most sampled drum beat in the
history of recorded music, the Amen Break. It begins with the pop track
Amen Brother by 60's soul band The Winstons, and traces the
transformation of their drum solo from its original context as part of
a 'B' side vinyl single into its use as a key aural ingredient in
contemporary cultural expression. The work attempts to bring into
scrutiny the techno-utopian notion that 'information wants to be free'-
it questions its effectiveness as a democratizing agent. This as well
as other issues are foregrounded through a history of the Amen Break
and its peculiar relationship to current copyright law.
This is essential viewing. I've not re-hosted it here out of respect for Nate's page: nkhstudio. I also highly reccomend watching Bassline Baseline, which examines the origins and history of the Roland TB-303 bass machine.
Didn't see the point in posting the instrumentals.
Bonus Beats:
