Future Classic: Lianne La Havas “Forget” (Video)
What a great way to finish off a week of great music with what just might be the highlight. The new video for Lianna La Havas’ EP by the same name, “Forget” Last week we shared with you the Shlohmo remix of the same song (link here) which is also …
Future Classic: Sonnymoon “2012 EP”
Its weird because when I discovered this group it was when they release a cover of a “Houstanlavagas” by Drake. And people who know me personally know that I’m not the biggest fan of the guy, in fact I make fun of him all the time. But Sonnymoon did an …
Future Classic: Heart Streets “Keep it together”
10 years from now when people start studying the hip-hop movement in Montreal; Heart Streets will be known as the first rap ‘du-ette’ to create some serious waves. These two laid back unassuming mamas are filling a void in the hip-hop scene and best of all are doing it right. …
Future Classic: 5kinandbone5 “Make U Understand/Reset”
I always go to bed pretty late, but hitting the sack past 6am on the day I have an important interview? Let me show you what’s been keeping me up. You see, some babies get delivered very peacefully and quietly, while others come out of there drenched in blood and …
Future Classic: Die & Break feat MC Fats and Buggsy “Peace & Dub”
Massive Massive tune from the Digital Soundboy crew in Bristol! So real is every possible way. I swear 2012 is off to a really good start! Taken from the forthcoming ‘Grand Funk Hustle EP’ on Digital Soundboy.
Forgotten Treasure: Brother Ali “Rites of Passage” (2000)
Being an ’88 baby is a funny thing sometimes cause a lot of my favorite music acts were well established by the time I was of age to seek them out. Often I find myself curious of their humble beginning, which usually ends with a chuckle and sigh of relief …
Future Classic: Big Pauper “Beyond My Means”
Big Pauper (or Panzah Zandah) is a beatmaker and visual arist from Portland. He did a great mashup album back in 2010 withtracks from Beck called “Aphids on Lettuce”. He’s always been a part of the independant hiphop scene in part because of his involvement with his label called Token Recluse. His …
Future Classic: Beneath “Send”
Didn’t know too much about this producer from Sheffield called Beneath. But I was on the Punch Drunk website, one of my favorite labels, and they had this mysterious blurb about this white label pressed only in 200 copies. And, well you know me. I’m kind of a nerd and …
Future Classic: TRIBE ft Joan Belgrave “Where Am I?”
What do you do when you’re flipping through 12s at your local record store and you come across a label that reads “Produced & Mixed by Carl Craig”? As if that weren’t enough, what if you flip sides only to realize you’re also holding a Kyle Hall remix? What becomes …