Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Instrumentals, Not Agendas

Leaf here with the real shit. No beat tapes, and no vinyls that were left laying around, just some fresh instrumentals for you to check out.

First off is Fat Jon's newest release "Repaint Tomorrow". I must say that I was little put off by this release but after a few listens I was impressed. This album goes in a different direction than his other albums but still has that signature Fat Jon sound. The drums are appropriate as with all Fat Jon releases, but his backgrounds are beautiful soundscapes, as usual. "Long Now" will stay stuck in your head for days. Give this record a few spins and tell me what you think of it. Moving on...

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1. Kissed in Shadow
2. Spacesuit Proper
3. Innocent at Once
4. Soundgirl Personal
5. W.Y.P.A.U.
6. Rose Antennae
7. Party Foul
8. Long Now
9. Lighthouse Sleeper
10. Repaint Tomorrow
11. Imagine Seven
12. Muses
13. Leyes
14. Hero Style
15. Tranquilizer
16. Berlin Grey
17. Sunrain
18. Aesthetica
19. Do it Like My Robots

Next up is J. Rawls' new record. I have a lot of good things to say about this one. First of all, J. Rawls has kept his hip-hop sound consistent, but is clearly intent on moving in new directions which is something I admire. Miles Davis did it and constantly evolved as an artist. Imagine J. Rawls' mastery with production, with jazz-influenced themes splashed with some hip-hop. I wouldn't call this jazz hip-hop though. I dunno what to call it. There's definitely more jazz influence than hip-hop, but the hip-hop sound is still there. What you get is "The Liquid Crystal Project 2". There's more to this record than just jazz samples over hip-hop inspired drums. J. Rawls toys with different measures and produces some interesting results. If anyone has the list of songs he sampled for this record, please drop it in the comments. Anyways, enjoy the good music, and drop comments as usual. Oh, and get ready to see more posts like this in the future. Enough of this corny-post bullshit.

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1. The Lead
2. A Tribute to The Beatnuts
3. Digital Funky
4. Rob's Gem
5. Loran's Dance Redux (Pushitalong)
6. A Tribute to Da Beatminer
7. Joshy's Gem (Interlude)
8. Me & Cousin
9. Capricorn's Reprise
10. Charlie Chop's Gem
11. Retreat At Turnberry
12. Bongosss (Interlude)
13. Hebejeebees
14. B's Gem
15. We Fall Down
16. Yinde's Gem (Interlude)
17. The 6th Minute

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

good shit seven.

-goodwill

Anonymous said...

hey man. great stuff. thanks for all the awesome beatz.

Anonymous said...

Good Looking Out. I feel you on the random myspace beat tape ish.

Peace.

Anonymous said...

7 that j rawls shit got me droolin

the first liquid crystal project got maddd plays

im hopin this will be the same.

we will be freestylin over this as soon as i get my cd drive fixed. fyi. lolz

pz g!

good looookin

Anonymous said...

I already have this, but thanks for posting Fat Jon. This is an artist who deserves much more exposure for his amazing music.
Also, your other selections are terrific.

Peace brotha man

Anonymous said...

great stuff!

can anybody give the first liquid crystal project?

Anonymous said...

Ok I got it.

There is track on j rawls wordpress blog. Real ting. But dunno about release this track.

http://jrawls82.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/tribute-2/