Breakdanceable…

 

Lord Finesse – Blue Note State Of Mind

A follow up of Lord Finesse’s  Blue Note mix that dropped on Toshiba in Japan about 10 years ago. Thank goodness this one doesnt have so many shout outs and just lets the great music play. Definitely worth checking…..

Grap Luva – Neva Done EP

I wonder how many beats Grap Luva ghost produced back in the day? Pete Rock’s little brother is a man that has been around a long time,  but released almost nothing except for the INI LP. His very few appearances were always dope and believe it or not, but this is his 1st solo releases. On the A side is a a few collabs with the likes of Damu & Kev Brown, where the flip is just a heap of instrumentals from his vaults. Out now on Slice Of Spice records……

LL Cool J – The Year Of The Hip Hop

As the story goes…

Back in 1994 K-Def was working on some beats out of the B Room in Marley Marl’s House Of Hits when LL Cool J walked in on his session and said “let’s make some tracks together”. Uncle L had always wanted to rhyme on a track using the famous ESG breakbeat ‘UFO’, so he had Def lay it down with some scratches and then went to town with the mic. Both thought they had a sure fire hit on their hands but unfortunately it was never used.

The DAT tape of the studio session was feared lost for several years before it eventually turned up stuck behind a radiator! Now, 17 years later, K-Def and Slice-of-Spice are proud to present ‘Year Of The Hip Hop’ in all its vinyl glory.

The recording has been restored/touched up by K-Def in 2011. Joe Buck has done a fine job with the artwork and Slice Of Spice have cut no corners with the bright orange pressing, gold numbering and overall mind blowing end product. What suprises me most is how such a dope track can go missing….

K-Def – Night Shift

It’s great to hear some hip hop producers from the 90’s that still have some petrol left in their creative tank. K-Def dropped a few classics,  but I really think now is the time he is shining, the Night Flight album is a perfect example. The LP conists of 8 track of which 6 are instrumental, they are not dull tracks made for an MC to toast, but more wholesome musical adventures. The standout track for me is the collab with InI’s MC – Rob O,  a remake of Pete Rock & CL’s Escape. The album is available digitally/cd/vinyl on Redefinition. As I mentioned before this is one of the finest Hip Hop releases from 2011.

Damu – Colorful Storms Remix / Faster Rhyme For Self

A couple of extremely limited pressings from one of my favourite producers, Damu the Fudgemunk on his wonderful Redef inprint. Faster Rhyme for Self catches that early 90’s uptempo vibe. On the other slab he has remixed Colorful Storms, which was originally by Panacea (a group he is a member of with Raw Poetic & K Murdock). Both tracks were pulled from the Damu’s vaults & include the instrumentals . Only a couple hundred of each of these were made available for the public.   

Madvillain Four Tet Remixes

A little scoop from Discogs a few weeks back for €12 including post. I have been after this a while now but wasnt prepared to give 25 notes as the only track on it I love is the Rhinestone Cowboy remix. I got a feeling that Madlib is gonna fire up again this year.

Wojciech Karolak – EASY!

WOOHOOOO I can finally cross this off my wants list. I got hooked on Wojciech Karolak’s EASY! LP when I heard the latin jazz monster Why Not Samba on a compilation a few years back. I find it funny what he wrote on the back cover:  I intended to cut a record with pop music played by jazz musicians. It was done easy, and it should be listened to easy aswell; it may come in through one ear and flow away  through  another. And if, incidently, it brings the listener some pleasure – we may say the mission is filled. Hardly pop music but a nice Polish fusion album from 1975. No fillers on here…..

Bumpy’s Lament / Blind Alley edits

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A couple cheeky edits that have surfaced on 7″, with only 300 copies being pressed. Lets hope a few other bits from the mix surface too…

Fake Blood – Used Volume 6

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I snuck v5 into the last posting … but yesterday Volume 6 landed on the almighty soundcloud, so I thought it would be wise to shine some more blogging light on these exceptional mixes. The blog has taken a back seat for the mo’ , as I just moved and life is a little hectic. Please bare with me as once the dust settles I should be able to gain enough momentum to resurrect the podcast series and catch up on some wax from the last weeks. I’ll do my best thats for sure….