J DILLA DONUT SHOP (SERATO/STONES THROW) 2 DISCS, 2 SLIPMATS & DILLA BEATS
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J DILLA – DONUT SHOP
Pre-order for the J Dilla-Serato release (May 2010)
Serato and Stones Throw have teamed with the J Dilla Estate for the official J Dilla Serato release, Donut Shop. This is 2 discs with six J Dilla tracks, 2 sides with Serato Control Tone (for use with Serato Scratch Live DJ software), and 2 donut slipmats in a package designed by Studio No.1. This will be released May 10th (the day after Mother’s day–what’s up Ma Dukes?). Pre-order is available now.
The J Dilla tracks consist of three previously unreleased instrumentals selected by J.Rocc from the Dilla archives – “Safety Dance”, “Sycamore”, “Bars & Twists” – and three unreleased instrumental versions of Dilla’s production for Mos Def, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes, each remastered by Elysian Masters who mixed and mastered J Dilla’s Donuts, The Shining and Ruff Draft albums.
1. Dimlite – Roo (A Dedication)
2. Millionyoung – Pilfer
3. Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong (Flying Lotus Remix)
4. Panda City Band – Wet Journey
5. Lupe Fiasco – I’m Beaming
6. Oddisee – Paris
7. Drake – Fovever (Bluntspeakers Remix)
8. Redman – Oh My
9. Young Chris – Think About It
10. Actual Proof – Genius
11. Suzi Analogue – Open Kall / Bonu$
12. A-Alikes ft. Mos Def – Sirens
13. Machinedrum – Take A Chance
14. Jabee & Addlib – The Low Rises
15. Muhsinah – Always (00 Genesis Remix)
16.Doom – Gazzillion Ear (Dr. Who Dat Remix)
17. Majestik Legend – All I Know
18. k. Sparks – Momma Say
19. Alex B – Players (J Dilla SV Remix)
20. J Davey – Get Together
21. Krystal Kleer – Never Thought I Would
22. DJ Jamad & Dave West feat Monica Blaire – Rocket Exclusive
23. DJ Donna Summer – Fighter (Sonido Del Principe Remix)
24. Peter Hadar – Full Time Lover
The f0nk duo, Georgia & Declaime, has busied themselves with the delivery of another single off their album, SomeOthaShip. Featuring Kazi and produced by Black Milk, the song “SomeOthaShip Connect Game” delivers on beats that Declaime AKA Dudley Perkins just couldn’t resist. “SomeOthaShip was unexpected – originally, Dudley, Kazi, and Grap Luva were going to do a track over a Kev Brown beat, but when D sat down and heard Black’s beat, they recorded right away,” says Michael Tolle, founder of Mello Music Group. Declaime rides a piano-laden f0nkdified beat to drive home the message about the sometimes-inauthentic hip-hop industry. An eerie melody accompanies Declaime’s description of a life consumed by partying, alcohol and drugs – a life the public has come to expect from those in the industry. The emcee chooses to remind listeners that regardless of facades and fronts, real hip-hop is still alive. Reintroducing a verse from the song “Get Up”, Declaime affirms his position in the game as a respected artist and emcee by declaring, “Return the war vet / Bet your bottom dollar that/You ain’t seen nothing yet.”
Jill Scott premiered a new song, “Hear My Call”, at the recent 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards. She has teamed up with the NAACP to offer an exclusive download of the live performance for just 99¢, with all proceeds going to the NAACP for Haiti Fund.
In the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Coleman and B+ were invited to New Orleans to screen Brasilintime and to make photos by the folks from Common Ground. Documenting the damages and the obstacles people were faced with to rebuild what was lost. In five days they had made enough images to have a benefit show at Self Help Graphics in LA.
Three years later on Halloween Weekend of 2009, VTech invited Mochilla back to New Orleans again – to attend the Voodoo Festival and to meet with Jay Electronica – New Orleans favorite representative – well, besides the Saints!
This video was shot that weekend. Though Jay proved to be quite elusive during our stay, we managed to get him over to his beloved Magnolia Projects in the Third Ward. His memories of growing up there and what it means to be there now stand as a striking reminder to all those of us lucky enough to escape these kinds of unnatural disasters.
It has taken us a second to bring you this video but the events that have occurred over the past few weeks mean that the message hasn’t lost any of its potency.
#3 of the Beat Konducta monthly series is here! Madlib Medicine Show No. 3: BEAT KONDUCTA IN AFRICA
3 Preview tracks:
Madlib Medicine Show No. 3: Beat Konducta in Africa will be released March 23 as the third installment of the producer’s one-release-a-month music series for 2010. Beat Konducta in Africa will be released as CD, 2/LP, limited 3/LP deluxe, and digitally.
3LP DELUXE Limited edition, 3 disc, 43-track version. The album covers are individually silk screened and numbered by Hit+Run in variations of black, gold, and red. 1250 of this edition will be made:
Beat Konducta in Africa is an instrumental hip-hop album produced & mixed with Madlib, featuring J. Rocc. This album bases itself on the obscure vinyl gems from the afro-beat, funk, psych-rock, garage-rock & soul movements of African countries as diverse as Zambia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Botswana and Ivory Coast.
Madlib’s Beat Konducta instrumental series – created from Madlib’s raw beat tapes – began in 2006 with Movie Scenes, an imaginary movie & TV soundtrack with the feel of Blaxpoitation soul, afro-psychedelia and moody progressive rock. Beat Konducta in India(Vol. 3-4) and A Tribute to J Dilla (Vol. 5-6) followed in 2007 and 2009.
Shine Travis and Holley Monelle of “CDR: Crack Distributors Radio” spoke to Chace Infinite about his group with super producer DJ Khalil; “Self Scientific”, his mixtape “I Would Have Killed This”, and his Chace Infinite x GoodWoodNYC AFRICA Collab pieces (Shown below on Cognito & Planet Asia)-
DJ Jamad on DJ Jamad: Afromentals “Fro Powah Hour” Listen Now
Superbizzee on Jill Scott’s “Hear My Call” – Downloads Benefit Haiti!
H8TR on Countdown to Return of the Ankh
Vonmiwi on LA Exhibition: The High Priest of Bop: The Jazz Odyssey of Thelonious Monk
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