Interviews

The Fantastic Voyage of Tall Black Guy

“Take A Trip” is the sophomore album from the Detroit-native, UK-based producer known as Tall Black Guy. It welcomes the listener on a 13 track voyage that meets talented guest vocalists and musicians along a the way. It is an album that goes miles beyond the “beat tape” stereotype. One …

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New Releases

Tall Black Guy Releases First Track From Forthcoming Album “Let’s Take A Trip”

via First Word Records: ‘I Will Never Know’ is the first single from Tall Black Guy’s sophomore album ‘Let’s Take A Trip’. Since 2013’s ‘8 Miles To Moenart’, TBG has cemented his position as a standard bearer for the current hip-hop / beats scene. Born in Detroit and now residing …

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Interviews

TALL BLACK GUY – in 10 Records

Since we’ve started hearing his first productions in 2010-2011, we’ve jumped on the Tall Black Guy‘s bandwagon who is one of the producers who manages to keep us interested in the “beats” scene. A scene which we’ve loved for many years but does leave us feeling hot and cold. Detroit’s Terrel …

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“Nothing Leaves The House” – a First Word Records Project

via First Word Records: “On a Saturday morning at the start of November 2013, First Word Records took 3 of our favourite producers out of London to spend the day browsing through the vinyl shelves of the biggest record nerd we know – the incomparable Mr Thing. This was the culmination …

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Guest Mixes

MIMS Guest Mix: TALL BLACK GUY (Detroit, First Word Records)

We are really happy to present our fifth instalment of the MIMS Forgotten Treasure Mix Series. After great mixes from Zed Bias, Taku, Fred Everything, and Jesse Futureman, our fifth mix is by one of our favourite producers of the last couple of years. Tall Black Guy is an up and coming …

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Luv N’ Haight Edits Vol.5: Darondo (Tall Black Guy & Dandy Teru Edits)

via Ubiquity: “The fifth volume in our Luv N’Haight Edit Series is a certified “BANGER” with re-works of Luv N’Haight’s legendary Darondo by beat wunderkinds Tall Black Guy and Dandy Teru.” Limited, hand-stamped jacket, colored-vinyl release iTunes: bit.ly/VldDGb Pre-order the 12″ here: bit.ly/VEUJZZ

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Tall Black Guy “Shake it Baby” (“This That New Jackson 5 Bounce Edit”)

Tall Black Guy “Shake it Baby” (“This That New Jackson 5 Bounce Edit”)

“What up my sounclouders? I hope all is well. It’s that time again for another Tall Black Guy Edit. I haven’t posted any new music in a while. I was listening to old beats and found this beat I made in the summer of 2009. I hope you guys enjoy …

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Future Classic: Tall Black Guy “Tempo Dreams”
Future Classics

Future Classic: Tall Black Guy “Tempo Dreams”

Faithful readers of MIMS already know that Tall Black Guy is one of our favorite producers around. We probably play a track of his every other show, and the other half of the time, well we probably should have! TBG is a Detroit native, so in addition to his skills with …

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Stevie Wonder “Too High” (Tall Black Guy Remix)

Stevie Wonder “Too High” (Tall Black Guy Remix)

from @_TallBlackGuy: “Stevie Wonder’s “Too High” joint is so sick to me. I really haven’t heard anybody outside of Madlib flip it for the Alkaholiks-“All Night” joint, which was sick! I’ve always wanted to sample it and turn it into somthing else funky, so I took a few days on …

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Future Classic: Tall Black Guy / Common Sense “I Used To Love H.E.R”
Future Classics

Future Classic: Tall Black Guy / Common Sense “I Used To Love H.E.R”

2011 has been a great year for Tall Black Guy, one of our favorite discoveries of the year. But we aren’t alone, he’s had some of his tracks played from everyone like Gilles Peterson, Lefto, Lexis (yes, I like to put my name in next to Gilles as often as …

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